{"id":49681,"date":"2026-03-13T14:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=49681"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:23:33","slug":"shia-labeouf-travels-to-rome-for-fathers-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2026\/03\/shia-labeouf-travels-to-rome-for-fathers-baptism.html","title":{"rendered":"Shia LaBeouf Travels to Rome For Father\u2019s Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49684\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2026\/03\/Shia-Labeouf_credit-Vahan-Stepanyan-Shutterstock-Inset-Orleans-Parish-Sheriffs-Office.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49684\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2026\/03\/Shia-Labeouf_credit-Vahan-Stepanyan-Shutterstock-Inset-Orleans-Parish-Sheriffs-Office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vahan Stepanyan \/ Shutterstock.com | Inset: Orleans Parish Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shia LaBeouf was cleared to travel to Rome for his father\u2019s baptism despite having been banned from travel following a brawl in New Orleans. LaBeouf\u2019s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, had first requested that LaBeouf leave New Orleans from March 1-8 for \u201creligious observances\u201d on February 25. LaBeouf had no scheduled court appearances at that time, but Judge Simone Levine denied the request due to the lack of a travel itinerary included with it. Chervinsky attended another hearing on March 4<sup>th<\/sup>, where Judge Peter Hamilton granted the motion for leave starting for a week from Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Images show LaBeouf having arrived in Rome in time for his father, Jeffrey\u2019s, baptism. LaBeouf found himself on the wrong side of the law during the Mardi Gras holiday on February 17 during a scuffle with three men in a bar. LaBeouf was taken into police custody at 12am after assaulting two victims. \u201cA man identified as 39-year-old Shia LaBeouf was reportedly causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive at a Royal Street business. A staff member attempted to eject Mr. LeBeouf from the establishment,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1429128\/shia-labeouf-on-mardi-gras-legal-charges\">police told <em>E! News<\/em><\/a>. \u201cOnce removed from the building, the victim reported being struck by LaBeouf who used his closed fists on the victim several times.\u201d LaBeouf reportedly left briefly before returning in an even more aggressive manner, hitting the same individual and another man. There is also a report that he head-butted a third person. He was booked on counts of misdemeanor battery.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, LaBeouf blamed his \u201csmall man complex\u201d to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4K9RDZg4y7o\">Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan.<\/a>\u201d \u201cI was drunk, and then I felt infringed upon in terms of my proximity. But I wasn\u2019t in my right mind, and so it\u2019s on me,\u201d he said. He also claimed that the men, one of whom identified as queer and another that was dressed in drag, made him uncomfortable. \u201cI\u2019ll be honest with you \u2013 big gay people are scary to me. I\u2019m like, standing by myself and three gay dudes are next to me, touching my leg \u2013 I get scared,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sorry \u2013 if that\u2019s homophobic, then I\u2019m that.\u201d LaBeouf\u2019s victims are hoping to pursue hate crime charges.<\/p>\n<p>LaBeouf has taken responsibility for the brawl, stating, \u201cI&#8217;ll do whatever it is. It was no good, bro, my behavior&#8217;s dirty, ugly, disgusting. So I got to eat it.\u201d Despite being ordered to attend substance abuse treatment, LaBeouf has denied the incident is a result of his past substance abuse problems. \u201cI\u2019m gonna address it,\u201d he told Callaghan. \u201cI think it\u2019s something that has to do with anger and ego moreso than my drinking, but that\u2019s where I\u2019m at now on my journey, and I\u2019m trying to navigate it. I\u2019ll figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shia LaBeouf was cleared to travel to Rome for his father\u2019s baptism despite having been banned from travel following a brawl in New Orleans. LaBeouf\u2019s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, had first requested that LaBeouf leave New Orleans from March 1-8 for \u201creligious observances\u201d on February 25. 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