Shia LaBeouf’s tumultuous and complicated life took yet another turn for the worst on Thursday as it was revealed that his wife Mia Goth filed for divorce from him after a decade-long marriage.The actress, 32, cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for the split and listed the date of separation as July 28, 2025. The pair married in Las Vegas on October 10, 2016 and welcomed daughter Isabel, now four, in 2022. It was undoubtedly a difficult relationship, set against the backdrop of several scandals in Shia’s personal life – and the pair actually first separated in 2018.At the time, a representative for the couple confirmed that they had split and were in the process of filing for an amicable divorce, however it was never finalised. They eventually reconciled in 2020 before welcoming their daughter just two years. This week’s divorce filing came after yet another turbulent year for Shia, who was arrested in February after a drunken bar brawl in New Orleans. But his troubles certainly didn’t start just in 2026, as the star has a long past of controversial behaviour… Shia LaBeouf’s tumultuous and complicates life took yet another turn for the worst on Thursday as it was revealed that his wife Mia Goth filed for divorce from him (seen in 2014) This week’s divorce filing came after yet another turbulent year for Shia, who was arrested in February after a drunken bar brawl in New OrleansDisney pastShia was just 14 years old when he landed his breakout role as Louis Stevens in the beloved series Even Stevens and won a Daytime Emmy.It was what catapulted him into the spotlight, with him going onto star in Hollywood movies including Holes, Transformers, Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and Eagle Eye.Like many Hollywood child stars he has gone on to have a complicated life and things started to go wrong publicly for Shia from 2013 onwards.While he had minor legal scrapes before this date such as a 2007 trespassing arrest at a Walgreens and a 2008 DUI – his career and personal life began to spiral following a plagiarism scandal which led to subsequent erratic outbursts. Shia was just 14-years-old when he landed his breakout role as Louis Stevens in the beloved series Even Stevens and won a Daytime EmmyPlagiarism Many of his more serious troubles began when the star admitted that he had plagiarised cartoonist Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel in a short film, HowardCantour.com, starring Jim Gaffigan which was released in late 2013.Observant viewers attacked the film as an almost direct adaptation of Clowes’ 2007 comic even though Shia had initially failed to give Daniel any credit.His actions were called ‘shameless theft’ by the comic’s publisher Eric Reynolds and a steady string of apologies from Shia ensued.Paper bag premiereVery soon after in 2014, Shia escalated the public fallout and made headlines when he walked the red carpet for his movie Nymphomaniac: Volume I at the Berlin Film Festival with a brown paper bag over his head.The bag had eye holes cut out for him and the black writing on it read: ‘I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE.’Earlier that day Shia had walked out of a news conference for director Lars von Trier’s film.He left after ten minutes, quoting footballer Eric Cantona’s famous 1995 line: ‘When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.’Around the same time he declared he was ‘retiring from public life because of attacks against his artistic integrity’. In 2014, he made headlines when he walked the red carpet for his movie Nymphomaniac: Volume I at the Berlin Film Festival with a brown paper bag over his headClaims he was raped Soon after the paper bag incident, he claimed that a woman raped him on Valentine’s Day.He claimed that the incident happened during his week-long #IAMSORRY performance art installation. For five days, the actor invited the public to visit him one-on-one in a small room in a Los Angeles gallery where he sat wearing a paper bag over his face that read: ‘I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE’ – the same one he wore to the film premiere.But three days in, a woman allegedly stripped and raped the former Disney Channel actor while their respective partners stood in line. Shia did not explain whether he attempted to stop the alleged attack during his silent performance at the Stephen Cohen Gallery. He was reportedly unresponsive and silent during every one-to-one meeting.He later opened up about the incident during a bizarre interview with Dazed Digital, conducted over email before he and the reporter sat staring at each other in silence for an hour.’One woman came with her boyfriend, who was outside the door when this happened,’ the Daytime Emmy winner wrote in his email interview.’She whipped my legs for 10 minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me. ‘There were hundreds of people in line when she walked out with dishevelled hair and smudged lipstick. It was no good, not just for me but her man as well.’ Soon after the paper bag incident, he claimed that a woman raped him on Valentine’s Day during an art exhibition where he wore the same paper bag from the premiere FKA Twigs allegationsA few years later things took a turn with his romantic relationships. Twigs and Shia, who met on set of the film Honey Boy, dated for about nine months from mid-2018 until May or June of 2019.The Cellophane singer then sued the Transformers star in 2020 for sexual battery, assault and emotional distress.She claimed he ‘knowingly gave her an STD’ and subjected her to a ‘continuous stream of verbal and mental abuse’.Shia denied Twigs’ allegations but acknowledged to The New York Times at the time that he had ‘a history of hurting the people closest to’ him.’I’m not in any position to tell anyone how my behavior made them feel,’ he said. ‘I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations.’I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years… I’m ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.’The 2020 lawsuit ended with an out-of-court settlement that was finalised on July 23, 2025.In a statement, they said: ‘Committed to forging a constructive path forward, we have agreed to settle our case out of court.’While the details of the settlement will remain private, we wish each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.’Her original complaint included several disturbing allegations, including claims that Shia knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease and once threatened to crash a car with her inside.She also alleged he physically assaulted her at a gas station following that incident. Shia had denied the allegations against him. FKA Twigs sued the Transformers star in 2020 for sexual battery, assault and emotional distressTumultuous relationship with Mia The actor later found love with Mia.Shia previously credited Mia as having ‘saved [his] f*****g life,’ once revealing on an episode of the REAL ONES podcast that ‘she gave me hope when I was really running on fumes.’ The pair started dating in December 2012 after meeting on the set of Nymphomaniac: Vol II, and they tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2016.The couple’s relationship was tumultuous, with the pair filmed in the midst of an explosive argument in 2015, and they went on to split up in 2018.At the time a source told Page Six: ‘Shia and Mia have filed for divorce. The separation is amicable, and all details pertaining to the divorce proceedings will remain private.’Shia and Mia reconciled in 2020, and it was revealed that the latter was pregnant with the couple’s child in 2022. The X star gave birth to Isabel in March of that year.They then split again last summer.This week she filed for divorce again and listed the date of separation as July 28, 2025.Mia is asking for primary legal and physical custody of Isabel and is also requesting to terminate the court’s ability to award either her or Shia, 40, spousal support. The couple’s relationship was tumultuous, with the pair filmed in the midst of an explosive argument in 2015, and they went on to split up for the first time in 2018 (seen in 2014) New Orleans arrest He was arrested in New Orleans on February 17 on two counts of misdemeanor battery after allegedly getting into a bar fight. The Disturbia star was then arrested later in February on a misdemeanor simple battery charge, which was reportedly related to the same incident.In June he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges in connection with his altercation at a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras and received two years of supervised probation and a six-month suspended jail sentence. Video of the encounter showed a shirtless LaBeouf outside a bar shoving one person to the ground and hitting another person in the face, ‘causing his nose to possibly dislocate’, according to a New Orleans police report.Police said LaBeouf repeatedly used homophobic slurs, including while he was arrested.Leading up to his New Orleans arrest, the star had police visits to his residence in Los Angeles before his separation from Mia five months earlier, TMZ reported. Back in November 2024, law enforcement had responded to a ‘husband and wife’ disturbance of the peace call.TMZ claimed that during the call, an ‘uncooperative female’ had told her husband ‘just go’, with a male additionally heard cursing in the background. He was arrested in New Orleans on February 17 on two counts of misdemeanor battery after allegedly getting into a bar fight No formal report was filed at the time but a spokesman for the Pasadena City Public Information Office confirmed to the outlet that the incident involved those residing at the home. And then last year in August 2025, police officers received a call in regards to a stalking incident. The caller had told officers that an ‘old friend’ was ‘mentally ill and she thinks she is married to Shia LaBeouf’.It was also claimed by the caller that the woman was ‘murderously angry with him, appears to be stalking him and is going to his home’. It is not known if the Hollywood actor had been informed of the alleged stalking incident or the call that was placed. Criminal trespass arrest at CabaretThe bar brawl wasn’t the star’s first brush with the law.In June 2014, he was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass at Studio 54 in New York City after being disruptive during a Broadway performance of Cabaret. According to reports at the time, he started smoking in the theater, yelling at the actors, slapping actors’ behinds and using vulgar language.He later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after the outburst and was sentenced to six months of outpatient alcohol rehab.On June 26, the former child actor had reportedly spent the afternoon drinking margaritas at Iguana Bar in Midtown and watching Belgium play South Korea in the World Cup.Later that afternoon, he was seen wild-eyed and dishevelled as he chased a homeless man through traffic in broad daylight around the city’s Theater District, photographs at the time showed.It seemed the actor wanted either a bag of McDonald’s food or a baseball cap that the man had. The actor repeatedly said: ‘It’s me, Shia,’ reports said.Then, hours later, the troubled actor was led away in tears from the Studio 54 theater on West 54th Street around after causing the disturbance during the first act of Cabaret. In June 2014, he was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass at Studio 54 in New York City after being disruptive during a Broadway performance of CabaretHis many other brushes with the law In 2015, he was arrested for public intoxication in Austin, Texas. At the time, a witness claimed to TMZ that the actor seemed under the influence and had been jaywalking in front of police officers.He was also arrested in 2017 after an altercation at the actor’s livestreamed anti-Trump art installation in Queens. Shia allegedly grabbed a man’s scarf and pushed him to the ground. However, the charges against him were dropped.That same year, he was arrested again, this time in Savannah, Georgia, for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, after which he attended court-ordered rehab.In 2020, there was an incident in Los Angeles involving misdemeanor battery and theft, which resulted in mandated therapy, 12-step programmes and sobriety monitoring.