

In it, she tells her fan that she understands it’s surprising to learn that such an empowered and independent woman could be trapped in an abusive relationship. She wants to raise global awareness on “the tactics that abusers use to control you.”įurther, on social media she shared a lengthy Instagram post. Abusers will find a way to take away your freedom and agency - your control over yourself, essentially. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.”Ĭoming forward has been a brave step towards Barnett’s own healing from trauma, but there’s another purpose behind this lawsuit that she wants us to know. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. In another email to the times, he says “I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. Leboeuf emailed the NYT after the FKA Twigs interview was released, owning up to being an abusive alcoholic, but doesn’t admit to all of it, saying “Many of these allegations are not true.” Still, he says he needs to “accept accountability for those things I have done” but we haven’t seen him actually take that step. In it, he can be heard saying “ this is the kind of thing that makes a person abusive” and even tells the people who filmed the fight that he “would’ve killed her” if he didn’t leave. This dates all the way back to 2015 - when he was dating indie actress Mia Goth, they had an argument that happened to be on film. And I’m a person of colour who is a female.” Shia is a privileged white male in Hollywood, and it’s clear that this power has allowed him to get away with abusing multiple partners. She thought, “No one is ever going to believe me. But even after all these scary events, she felt like her voice wouldn’t be heard if she spoke out. He even knowingly gave her an STD, which is a serious crime. He isolated her from her London friend group and slept with a gun at night. He wouldn’t let her look or talk to male waiters. He regulated how many times she should kiss or touch him daily.

During the same trip, they took a desert vacation out of LA, where he woke her up in the middle of the night choking her. She begged him to let her out of the car, and after dropping her off at a gas station, he followed her and slammed her against the car, while screamed inches from her face. He took off his seatbelt and warned her that he’d crash unless she told him she loved him. In February 2019, Barnett was in the passenger seat of a car her ex Leboeuf was recklessly driving. The suit also states a horrifying ordeal that FKA was put in.

Multiple ex-girlfriends, including stylist Karolyn Pho, confirmed that Shia was abusive.
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The two met when she was cast in his film Honey Boy, and started dating after the filming for the movie finished.Īpparently, this isn’t the first time that Shia Leboeuf has been accused of abuse. In it, she called her relationship with Shia as “the worst thing I’ve ever been through in the whole of my life”. The 32-year-old went public with tragic details in an interview with the New York Times. It’s official: FKA Twigs (otherwise known as Tahliah Debrett Barnett) is suing actor and ex-boyfriend for emotional, mental, and physical domestic abuse during their relationship. But recently the singer went public with a lawsuit, and some heartbreaking news. She’s stunning, a little weird, and a musical genius.
