Shia LaBeouf charged with misdemeanor battery, petty theft in Los Angeles

Shia LaBeouf has been charged with misdemeanor battery and petty theft. Prosecutors allege that the 34-year-old actor fought with a man named Tyler Murphy and took his hat, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday from the Los Angeles city attorney. The charges were filed on 24 September for the 12 June incident. A representative for LaBeouf did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. According to a report by  TMZ, LaBeouf and Murphy engaged in a verbal altercation that escalated and turned physical. After that, the actor allegedly took off Murphy’s cap and left with it. LaBeouf, who first gained fame as a teenager on the Disney Channel show Even Stevens, is known for his roles in 2007′s Transformers, 2008′s Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and last year’s Honey Boy, a film he also wrote about his relationship with his father. He has had several run-ins with the law during his career, including in 2014, when he was arrested outside New York’s Studio 54 after he disrupted a performance of Cabaret while inebriated_._ He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to months of alcohol-abuse treatment, reports LA Times.  In 2017, he was arrested in New York for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct that was captured on a live stream video. He was sent to court-mandated rehabilitation for the incident. (With inputs from The Associated Press)