Actor Shia LaBeouf was handcuffed by
police after a bar brawl that began over a gay slur, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.
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star was briefly detained by police early Sunday morning after the
altercation at Mad Bull's Tavern in Sherman Oaks, California.
According
to celebrity website RadarOnline, LaBeouf, 24, was called a
“fucking fagot.”
“The guy was laughing at Shia and
called Shia 'a fucking fagot'. Shia shot back that he was going to
'kick his fucking ass,'” an eyewitness told the website. “Shia
then lunged but the other guy got the first punch in. He hit Shia
hard in the face and split his lip.”
Police briefly detained both men but
neither is pursing charges. They were both released shortly after
1AM.
The bar brawl is the latest run-in with
the law for the young actor. The most unusual was a 2007 arrest for
drunken trespassing in a Chicago-area Walgreens. Misdemeanor charges
were later dropped because the Walgreens store didn't want to pursue
the matter and arresting officers noted that the Transformers
star was “very courteous and polite.”