A Los Angeles court filing on Tuesday (Oct. 6) shows FKA Twigs has dismissed her lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf in the United States after the actor agreed to void a non-disclosure agreement she had challenged as illegal.
The Grammy-winning singer, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, sued LaBeouf in March, alleging he was trying to silence her by enforcing an illegal gag agreement. She signed the NDA (non-disclosure agreement) last year as part of a settlement of her long-running sexual abuse case against LaBeouf, whom she dated in the late 2010s.
In the new filing, Twigs agreed to dismiss the case, saying LaBeouf had agreed that the NDA was “terminated and void” and that her litigation had “achieved its purpose.”
Her lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, wrote that the settlement will allow Twigs to “discuss her own experience” and publicly advocate “without fear of reprisal.”
“This represents an important victory for the principle that women who speak out about sexual abuse should not be silenced by NDAs that contravene California law,” Rosengart wrote. “FKA twigs is proud to be able to continue speaking about her experience and advocating for other women, including those who may lack the resources to speak out and defend themselves.”
LaBeouf’s attorney did not immediately return a request for comment on the filing.
Case background#
Twigs and LaBeouf spent years litigating over accusations that he subjected her to “relentless abuse” during their relationship, including sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress. That case ended with a settlement in July 2025.
In March, she sued him again over the terms of the earlier settlement. The deal included an NDA, and LaBeouf had filed an arbitration case claiming the singer had violated the gag agreement by giving press statements that she did not “feel safe” and wanted to “help survivors.”
In her new lawsuit, Twigs claimed the NDA itself was illegal and that LaBeouf was using it to wage a “campaign of intimidation.” Her team argued it violated the STAND Act, a 2019 California statute passed in the wake of the #MeToo movement that banned the use of NDAs to cover up sexual assault, discrimination and sexual harassment cases.
LaBeouf’s attorneys contested those accusations, arguing she had signed the deal with advice of experienced attorneys and it had been approved by a federal mediator. “As a woman with agency, she decided to settle the case and accepted money to dismiss her lawsuit,” LaBeouf’s attorney said publicly at the time.
In Tuesday’s filing, Twigs’ attorneys said LaBeouf has now agreed to dissolve that NDA. In a statement, Rosengart said the deal “frees her to discuss her experience, advocate for other women who might be less privileged, and support the charitable causes of her choice.”
“Twigs stood up for something larger than herself, female survivors of sexual abuse,” Rosengart said.
