Shia LaBeouf enters rehab for alcohol addiction treatment

The American actor, who made recent headlines due to his bizarre behaviour, has voluntarily signed up for outpatient care for his addiction.

17:25 02 July 2014

Shia LaBeouf, the actor famed for his dramatic real life altercations, was detained last week for disturbing a live theatre performance in New York and it seems that the incident was the tipping point for him seeking help. The Lawless and Nymphomaniac star has voluntarily asked for outpatient care for his addiction as confirmed by his spokeswoman Melissa Kates. 

 

"He understands that these recent actions are a symptom of a larger health problem and he has taken the first of many necessary steps towards recovery," said Kates.

 

The 28-year-old, who went to a premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival wearing a paper bag on his head emblazoned with the words “I am not famous anymore”, previously starred alongside Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also top-billed Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise trilogy which has just rebooted with Mark Wahlberg filling in the lead instead. 

 

Earlier this year, he took to Twitter to say that he is quitting “public life.” 

 

"In light of the recent attacks against my artistic integrity, I am retiring from all public life," he wrote.