A joint statement by their lawyers said they wished “each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.”
The actor Shia LaBeouf settled a lawsuit with the musician FKA twigs, his former girlfriend, that accused him of sexual battery and assault, their lawyers announced in a joint statement on Tuesday.
In the lawsuit, which FKA twigs filed in Los Angeles in December 2020, she accused Mr. LaBeouf of “relentless abuse” in a relationship that lasted just short of a year. She said in the lawsuit that Mr. LaBeouf knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease, choked her and threatened her as she became isolated from friends and family.
On Monday, FKA twigs asked the court to dismiss the case. In a joint statement, Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for FKA twigs, 37, and Shawn Holley, a lawyer for Mr. LaBeouf, 39, said that the deal was made in the spirit of “forging a constructive path forward” and that their clients wished “each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.”
The details of the settlement would remain confidential, the lawyers said.
When she filed the lawsuit and made her claims public, FKA twigs said in an interview with The New York Times that she was doing so to show how even a celebrated artist with a network of support could be caught in a cycle of abuse. She and Mr. LaBeouf met in 2018, when she was cast in “Honey Boy,” a mostly autobiographical movie he wrote, and started dating after filming. “I’d like to be able to raise awareness on the tactics that abusers use to control you and take away your agency,” she said then.
In an email to The Times when the suit was filed, Mr. LaBeouf said “many of these allegations are not true.” He added: “I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations. I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years. I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.”
In the aftermath of the suit, Mr. LaBeouf parted ways with his agency, CAA, as he sought inpatient treatment. He is known for his work in “Transformers” and last year appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s critically reviled “Megalopolis.”
FKA twigs, a British artist born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, released her third studio album, “Eusexua,” to widespread acclaim in January. Her U.S. tour this spring was canceled because of what she called visa issues.
Katie Benner contributed reporting.
Melena Ryzik is a roving culture reporter at The Times, covering the personalities, projects and ideas that drive the creative world.
