Yahoo News Shia LaBeouf avoids jail time after Georgia arrest
Shia LaBeouf has struck a plea deal that will allow him to avoid any jail time in his Georgia misdemeanor case.
The Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull actor has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor obstruction and no contest to disorderly conduct. A separate public drunkenness charge was dropped by prosecutors.
LaBeouf was arrested in Savannah, Georgia in the early morning of July 8 for attempting to flee a police officer who was trying to break up a confrontation between the actor and a bystander.
Video footage of the arrest later emerged showing LaBeouf using racially-insensitive language to a police officer, for which he later publicly apologised.
"My outright disrespect for authority is problematic to say the least, and completely destructive to say the worst. It is a new low. A low I hope is a bottom," he said in a statement at the time.
"I have been struggling with addiction publicly for far too long, and I am actively taking steps securing my sobriety and hope I can be forgiven for my mistakes."
In taking a plea deal for this case, LaBeouf has been ordered to serve one year of probation, pay a $2,680 fine and perform 100 hours of community service (via Fox News).
LaBeouf will also be required to both enroll in an anger management course and complete a drug and alcohol evaluation as part of his plea agreement.
Since his arrest in July, it has been announced that Shia was not invited back to star opposite Harrison Ford in the fifth Indiana Jones movie.
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