According to Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office records, Labeouf was taken into custody Saturday and charged with one additional misdemeanor count of simple battery.
The Transformers star’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, said that after learning New Orleans police had issued a new arrest warrant Friday, Labeouf voluntarily turned himself in to the Orleans Parish jail, according to the Associated Press.
“No regular person would be required to post over $100,000 in bonds and be jailed two separate times for one misdemeanor incident,” Chervinsky said. “Just as he does not deserve preferential treatment, Mr. Labeouf also does not deserve to be treated more harshly by the police and courts just because he is a public figure.”
The legal trouble began during Mardi Gras earlier this month. Labeouf was arrested Feb. 17 following an altercation at R Bar in the Faubourg Marigny. Authorities said he…
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