FKA Twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf Over Settlement NDA

FKA twigs, the British singer whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court against her former partner, actor Shia LaBeouf, alleging that portions of a nondisclosure agreement from their 2025 settlement violate California law.

The agreement stemmed from Barnett's December 2020 lawsuit against LaBeouf, in which she accused him of sexual battery, assault, and emotional distress during their relationship from late 2018 to 2019. In that suit, filed in the Superior Court of California, Barnett detailed months of physical, verbal, and mental abuse, including incidents where LaBeouf allegedly strangled her and kept a loaded rifle by their bed. The case, which also claimed he knowingly transmitted a sexually transmitted infection, was settled out of court in 2025 without admission of liability.

According to the new complaint, the settlement included confidentiality provisions that Barnett's attorneys argue are unenforceable under California's Stand Together Against Non-Disclosure Act, a 2019 law enacted in the wake of the MeToo movement. The STAND Act prohibits nondisclosure agreements in settlements involving sexual assault, harassment, or...