Man Involved in Shia LaBeouf’s Mardi Gras Arrest Skirmish Alleges Hate Crime
Shia LaBeouf’s arrest in New Orleans in the early hours of Tuesday, as the city’s Mardi Gras celebrations were underway, is facing fresh scrutiny, as an alleged victim of the actor’s rampage that night says he was targeted in the confrontation, which he is characterizing as an alleged hate crime. The altercation that took place 15 minutes after midnight at R Bar in the city’s Faubourg Marigny neighborhood — video of which circulated widely online, showing the latter of a belligerent LaBeouf’s Jekyll and Hyde display as he was restrained outside the bar — left two bartenders injured and the actor facing two counts of simple assault; he was quickly released by early afternoon Tuesday on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on March 19. Jeffrey “Dammit,” a longtime local fixture and master of ceremonies at various New Orleans events, is also a Screen Actors Guild member who now resides and works in Hollywood most of the year. He told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday that he makes multiple trips back to …
