arrests<\/a> and other legal troubles, told Callaghan that leading up to the incident he was drunk and \u201cfelt infringed upon.\u201d Elsewhere in the conversation, he said, \u201cbig gay people are scary to me,\u201d and said he was wary that \u201cthree gay dudes are next to me, touching my leg.\u201d He subsequently apologized and owned up to his homophobic comment.<\/p>\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t in my right mind so it\u2019s on me,\u201d he said elsewhere in the interview. \u201cI said words not OK. I\u2019m wrong for what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI am wrong for touching anyone, ever and that\u2019s the end of my statement on this whole s\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her statement, LaBeouf attorney Chervinsky said investigation by local authorities \u201cproved exactly what Shia LaBeouf said from the beginning \u2014 that this was nothing more than a minor Mardi Gras bar tussle.\u201d She underlined that there was \u201cno evidence\u201d the altercation was \u201cabout bias or prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n
LaBeouf, she said, is \u201clooking forward to focusing on family, work, and new creative projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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