FKA Twigs' lawyers have slammed Shia LaBeouf's request for her 'highly private' files. The news comes ahead of the October trial of Twigs' “relentless abuse” lawsuit against LaBeouf.
The singer, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, accused LaBeouf of sexually assaulting, assaulting and causing emotional distress during their relationship. The lawsuit also includes similar allegations from Karolyn Pho, a stylist, and another former partner of LaBeouf who accused the actor of drunkenly pinning her to a bed and headbutting her.
According to court documents filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by PeopleBarnett's attorneys said LaBeouf's attorneys are “improperly seeking Plaintiff's private financial and medical information unrelated to the issues in this case.”
His team “sought Plaintiff's entire medical history, well beyond the injuries actually at issue” in the case, but failed to explain why Barnett's “medical history, unrelated to her emotional distress or condition transmitted to her by » an actor is required.
“Furthermore, the requests are excessively long and burdensome,” the filing said. “Therefore, the defendant is not entitled to this highly private information.” Barnett's attorneys said the singer has already provided more than 1,300 pages of documents and has undergone psychotherapy for the upcoming trial scheduled for Oct. 4.
Barnett sued LaBeouf in December 2020 and claimed he tried to choke her multiple times, including once during a gas station attack in February 2019 in which LaBeouf “threw Tahliah in the car and tried to strangle her violently while screaming in her face. ”
The suit also alleges that earlier that day, the actor threw Barnett to the ground outside a hotel they had visited for Valentine's Day, and on the way home, he was driving “maniacally” when he took off his seat belt and he threatened to “crash the car unless Tahlia explained her undying love for him.”
“It may come as a surprise to you to learn that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship. It was hard for me to process, during and after,” Barnett wrote in an Instagram statement released with her deposition. “I never thought something like this would happen to me. So I decided it's important for me to talk about it and try to help people understand that when you're under the coercive control of an abuser or in a violent intimate partner relationship, leaving is not a safe or feasible option.”
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