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A former California lawmaker is backing FKA twigs in her lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf, who’s trying to bar her from broadly discussing issues of sexual violence and sharing any information about acts relating to her own experiences of alleged sexual abuse by the actor.
Last year, months after she settled her lawsuit against LaBeouf, the singer-songwriter got an arbitration demand from the actor’s legal team. He claimed breach of contract for what he considered a violation of the deal’s nondisclosure agreement over an interview in which she said, “I wouldn’t feel safe” with that chapter of her life behind her.
The arbitration was later dismissed, but FKA twigs (whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett) brought a lawsuit against LaBeouf seeking a court order that would block him from enforcing portions of the NDA. She argued that it violates the STAND Act, which prohibits NDAs in sexual assault, discrimination and sexual harassment cases that don’t rise to felony prosecutions.
After Barnett received the arbitration demand in December, Mathew Rosengart, her lawyer, argued that nondisclosure provisions in the settlement violate the statute. LaBeouf’s legal team responded that it doesn’t apply because Barnett only brought a claim for sexual battery and not sexual assault in her 2020 lawsuit.
