FKA Twigs has filed a lawsuit against her ex-partner Shia LaBeouf over an "unlawful" non-disclosure agreement included in the settlement that resulted from the singer's 2020 sexual battery lawsuit against the actor.
The singer, whose real name is Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit against the actor in 2020, accusing him of "relentless abuse" during their relationship, including sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress.
After years of delays, a jury trial was set to start in September 2025, but the parties settled before it began.
According to the new lawsuit, this was done to allow "LaBeouf to avoid a public and embarrassing jury trial and potentially enormous damages for his conduct."
Twigs' lawyer Matthew Rosengart says that the settlement included an "unlawful" NDA that was designed to prevent his client from "not just disclosing information about her own survival of sexual assault and sexual abuse" but also "discussing sexual assault and sexual abuse more generally and as an important topic of public concern."
Rosengart alleged that the NDA is a violation of the STAND Act, which bans agreements designed to silence sexual assault victims from speaking out about their experiences.
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