FKA Twigs’ attorneys have lashed out at her ex Shia LaBeouf in a new filing.
According to documents obtained by People, attorneys for the 36-year-old English singer–songwriter accused the 38-year-old Megalopolis actor of ‘abusing’ the discovery process and attempting to delay his deposition.
In the filing, Twigs’ attorneys provocatively called LaBeouf an ‘abuser’ due to his alleged attempts to avoid turning over evidence in her lawsuit.
The songstress has accused the actor of ‘relentless’ sexual, physical and emotional abused during their brief relationship.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for both LaBeouf and FKA Twigs to request comment.
FKA Twigs’ attorneys accused her ex Shia LaBeouf, 38, of ‘abusing’ the discovery process and attempting to delay his deposition in a filing obtained Monday by People; seen in May in Cannes, France
Twigs’ attorneys provocatively called LaBeouf an ‘abuser’ due to his alleged attempts to avoid turning over evidence in her lawsuit. The songstress has accused the actor of ‘relentless’ sexual, physical and emotional abused during their brief relationship; seen in May in NYC
FKA Twigs’ legal team claimed in their filing that LaBeouf ‘abuses his basic discovery obligations in this litigation.’
They accused him of being ‘egregiously evasive and nonresponsive,’ and wrote that he had produced ‘only nine pages’ in the lawsuit.
‘It appears that LaBeouf has something to hide, as LaBeouf has suspiciously claimed he no longer has any other responsive documents in his possession or control, as he lost or misplaced his electronic devices, or destroyed relevant information prior to the initiation of this action,’ the filing reads.
By contrast, attorneys for the singer (real name: Tahliah Debrett Barnett) said she ‘has produced voluminous responsive documents and substantive written responses.’
Her lawyers went on to lambaste LaBeouf for allegedly attempting to slow down the deposition process.
They claimed he had waited until ‘the eleventh hour’ to take care of scheduling concerns, and they said he ‘inexplicably refuses to be deposed first,’ even though there were allegedly ‘multiple agreements’ between LaBeouf and FKA Twigs’ attorneys determine that the two would be deposed in a single week, with the Transformers star going on the record first.
In the filming, FKA Twigs’ attorneys added that it required ‘advance planning’ and was ‘highly disruptive’ for her to schedule an ‘in-person deposition in California,’ as she is a ‘resident of the United Kingdom.’
However, though she may reside in the UK, the singer is regularly spotted spending time in the United State multiple times per year, particularly in Los Angeles and New York City.
In a statment to People, LaBeouf’s attorney Shawn Holley said, ‘This dispute concerns whose deposition is to proceed first and nothing more. Ms. Barnett’s counsels’ attempt to turn a very simple issue into something sinister is unfortunate.’
One of FKA Twigs’ attorneys said in a statement to the publication: ‘As stated in our papers, Shia LaBeouf has not only mistreated my client, but continues to abuse the discovery process in this litigation. What does he have to hide? We are seeking the courts intervention to stop his nonsense.’
According to the court filing, the deposition is now rescheduled for October 25, though it’s unclear which of the two parties will be deposed on that date, or if both will give their depositions on the same day.
The former couple were first linked in 2018, the same year that they filmed the semi-autobiographical film Honey Boy.
LaBeouf starred in the film as a fictionalized version of his father, who was presented as an abusive and neglectful parent obsessed with making his child a star in order to live off his fame.
Her lawyers say LaBeouf has produced ‘only nine pages’ in the lawsuit, which they claim suggests he ‘has something to hide’; pictured in 2020 in Santa Monica
The singer’s attorney also lambasted LaBeouf for allegedly delaying his deposition, after they claim his attorney agreed that both would be deposed in the same week, with LaBeouf going first; pictured September 16 in London
The two began dating in 2018 after working together on the film Honey Boy, which LaBeouf starred in and wrote. They broke up in 2019, and FKA Twigs filed her lawsuit against LaBeouf in December 2020; seen together in 2018 in Paris
In addition to her claims that he abused her, she also alleges that he knowingly gave her a sexually transmitted disease; pictured in 2017 in Toronto, Canada
FKA Twigs appeared in a small supporting role as an older woman who befriends and becomes an object of desire for LaBeouf’s young stand in (played as a child by Noah Jupe and as a young adult by Lucas Hedges).
LaBeouf wrote the screenplay for the film, while Alma Har’el directed, but the writer and star later said that the film was not autobiographical, and he claimed to have invented many of the most sordid details about his father’s behavior.
The star and FKA Twigs would later break up in 2019, and in December of 2020 she filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing him of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, along with knowingly giving her a sexually transmitted disease.
LaBeouf has denied all of FKA Twigs’ allegations.