Shia LaBeouf sat in a room and allowed total strangers to visit with him one at a time for a performance art piece earlier this year. The "Fury" actor now claims that one female attendee took gross advantage of the situation and raped him.
LeBeouf made the startling admission during a series of emails with a journalist from Dazed. The alleged assault took place during his 5-day art event in Los Angeles in February.
"One woman who came with her boyfriend, who was outside the door when this happened, whipped my legs for ten minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me," the 28-year-old actor said.
Before sitting with LaBeouf, guests could grab one item off a table in the conjoining room. The props included a "Transformers" toy, Hershey's kisses and a whip (to signify his performance in "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull").
"There were hundreds of people in line when she walked out with disheveled hair and smudged lipstick. It was no good, not just for me but her man as well," he said.
News of the woman's appearance and alleged actions spread through the waiting line, which included LaBeouf's girlfriend Mia Goth. She had come to visit him for Valentine's Day.
"I was living in the gallery for the duration of the event - we were separated for five days, no communication. So it really hurt her as well," the former Disney star said. "When she came in she asked for an explanation, and I couldn't speak, so we both sat with this unexplained trauma silently. It was painful."
LaBeouf hosted the event after he was caught plagiarizing a short comic by Daniel Clowes. He wore a paper bag over his head that read "I Am Not Famous Anymore," the same one he had worn earlier at the Berlin Film Festival.
The "Transformers" star was arrested for disorderly conduct in June stemming from his outburst during a performance of "Cabaret" at Studio 54 in New York City. He was sentenced to six months of outpatient alcohol treatment.
A judge gave LaBeouf a thumbs-up for successfully completing the first three months of treatment during a scheduled court appointment on Nov. 25. He will return to court in March after he finishes his rehab.
