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FKA Twigs, whose authorized identify is Tahliah Barnett, has reportedly dropped her most up-to-date lawsuit towards her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf. The lawsuit, which was filed in March, argued that the nondisclosure settlement Barnett had signed when settling her sexual-assault go well with towards LaBeouf was unlawful beneath California’s STAND Act. Now, Barnett says her go well with has “achieved its function” since LaBeouf agreed to void the NDA.
Barnett first sued LaBeouf in 2020, accusing him of committing sexual battery, bodily assault, and emotional misery throughout their relationship within the late 2010s. After the go well with was filed, LaBeouf apologized for what he described as “abusive” habits in a public assertion however later denied all of Barnett’s claims by his authorized staff. Barnett and LaBeouf reached a settlement settlement for an undisclosed quantity in 2025, which apparently included an NDA.
Based on Barnett’s March lawsuit, LaBeouf had accused her of breaching the phrases of the NDA after she gave an interview to the Hollywood Reporter in October 2025. When requested in regards to the settlement, Barnett stated, “I wouldn’t say I really feel protected,” including that she felt “actually passionate” about organizations that assist survivors. Barnett’s lawsuit argued that LaBeouf “has nonetheless refused to confess and agree that the NDA provisions at subject are illegal and unenforceable beneath the STAND Act.” (A California legislation enacted in 2018 in response to the Me Too motion, the STAND Act bans the usage of confidentiality agreements in settlements of sexual-assault or harassment instances.)
In a courtroom submitting on Tuesday, per Billboard, Barnett formally dropped the lawsuit as a result of LaBeouf has agreed that the NDA is “terminated and void.” Within the submitting, her lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, described this improvement as “an necessary victory for the precept that ladies who communicate out about sexual abuse shouldn’t be silenced by NDAs that contravene California legislation.” He added, “FKA twigs is proud to have the ability to proceed talking about her expertise and advocating for different girls, together with those that might lack the sources to talk out and defend themselves.”
Rosengart informed The Reduce, “On the heels of Mr. LaBeouf’s now dismissed, failed December 2025 arbitration towards Twigs, wherein he sought cash from her, this necessary victory terminating and voiding a previous NDA fully frees her to debate her expertise, advocate for different girls who is likely to be much less privileged, and freely help the charitable causes of her selection, which she was beforehand blocked from doing. To her nice credit score, Twigs stood up for one thing bigger than herself, all feminine survivors of sexual abuse.”
In a press release to The Reduce, LaBeouf’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, stated, “Shia needs Twigs nothing however the most effective in her life and profession and, to that finish, has agreed to finish their long-standing dispute. Twigs has spoken about this matter for years and there’s now nothing to stop her from persevering with to take action.”
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