Shia LaBeouf: ‘I was raped’
Troubled actor Shia Labeouf has recently disclosed that he had been raped. This comes after the star conducted a silent interview with Dazed writer Aimee Cliff is in which LaBeouf engaged in a n hour-long silence while the two sat opposite each other with Gropros on their head.
The interview came after a few months of emailing, in which the actor was asked about his #IAMSORRY exhibition in LA and "the connection between performances of physical fitness and metamodernism."
On the subject of meeting with Aimee in person wearing GoPros, LaBeouf said: "So I’m present in the magazine only in words obtained digitally, and online I’m present only through a mute physical presence and the reality of my self lies somewhere between and beyond the two. It’s thoroughly metamodern I think."
Shia told a story about being raped during his silent art installation and here’s what he said:
"One woman who came with her boyfriend, who was outside the door when this happened, whipped my legs for ten minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me. There were hundreds of people in line when she walked out with dishevelled hair and smudged lipstick. It was no good, not just for me but her man as well. On top of that my girl was in line to see me, because it was Valentine’s Day and I was living in the gallery for the duration of the event – we were separated for five days, no communication. So it really hurt her as well, as I guess the news of it travelled through the line. When she came in she asked for an explanation, and I couldn’t speak, so we both sat with this unexplained trauma silently. It was painful."
The star has recently come out of rehab after a tumultuous year with plagiarism accusations, his arrest in New York amongst many other bizarre events.
Watch the video below:
INTERVIEW from Rönkkö / Turner on Vimeo.
