Bar employee reveals ’cause’ Shia LaBeouf squared as much as drinkers
A bar worker has revealed the real reason why Shia LaBeouf squared up to a group of men outside a pub in Edinburgh.
A man, believed to be the Hollywood actor, was heard shouting ‘let’s go, I’m right here, m**********r,’ near the OX184 bar last weekend.
Footage shows the bearded man, throwing off his cap before raising his fists, with two other men jumping in to hold him back.
Dressed in a black padded jacket and jeans he walks up and down the street while shouting at an unknown male.
Now, however, a bar worker at Stramash, where the incident took place, has claimed the A-lister was not in the wrong.
A shocking video has emerged of Shia LaBeouf as he prepares to fight a group of men outside a pub in Edinburgh
The Hollywood actor, 38, was heard shouting ‘lets go, I’m right here, m**********r,’ outside the the OX184 bar last weekend
Shia has been arrested six times, with the latest taking place in 2017 where he was detained for obstruction, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness
The source told The Sun: ‘The guy who was involved in it has been in touch. I told him to contact the police – one of the guys who got involved with him outside.
‘He messaged on Facebook asking if he could get CCTV. We could only share it with the police.
‘I watched the CCTV, he looked like he was having a great time. He was dancing about.
‘To be honest the other four guys were antagonising him. They knew who he was and they were poking at him.
‘The other guys were definitely antagonising him, trying to goad him into some sort of reaction.’
Shia is currently in Scotland while his wife Mia Goth films for the upcoming Frankenstein film, the couple have been spotted in both Edinburgh and Glasgow over the past week.
Last week’s incident in Edinburgh follows a string of controversies that have continued to cast a shadow over the troubled actor for the last few years.
In 2011 he was also filmed being punched to the ground by a shirtless man outside the Cinema Public House in Vancouver, before getting up and staggering away.
Shia LaBeouf is seen ahead of his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in November 2019
Shia LaBeouf and his current partner Mia Goth are seen in Hollywood on August 30, 2014 in Los Angeles. The pair separated in 2018 before getting back together in 2020
Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth out and about in Los Angeles, California, in 2014
Shia LaBeouf and Mia Goth attend the Fury film premier at the 58th BFI London Film Festival in 2014
In 2014, he was arrested after disturbing a performance of the musical Cabaret on Broadway in New York.
He pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct violation and received outpatient care for alcohol addiction.
Shia was also arrested for a drunken scuffle in New York City in 2017. He was arrested again in the same year for disorderly conduct in Savannah, Georgia when he became aggressive towards a police officer he had asked for a cigarette.
In another incident in 2020, Shia was reportedly charged with battery and theft after getting into a verbal argument with a man in Los Angeles.
In that same year, the Transformers star was accused of sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress by his former girlfriend FKA Twigs, real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett, who filed a lawsuit against him.
Among the allegations, she accused him of violently attacking and strangling her, knowingly infecting her with an STD, and physical and verbal violence.
