WASHINGTON: US film star Shia LaBeouf was arrested in Georgia early Saturday after becoming “aggressive” toward a police officer and behaving in a “disorderly” fashion, authorities said.
According to the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, LaBeouf was arrested in the early hours after he approached a bystander and a police officer, asking for a cigarette.
He was released hours later after posting a $7,000 bond, Pete Nichols, spokesman for the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department told AFP.
It is the latest in a series of arrests for “Transformers” star LaBeouf, with at least one past incident also involving “disorderly” behavior.
“When LaBeouf wasn’t given a cigarette, he became disorderly, using profanities and vulgar language in front of the women and children present,” the police department said in a statement.
The officer told to LaBeouf to leave the area but he refused and grew aggressive, the statement read.
When the officer attempted to place LaBeouf under arrest, he ran to a nearby hotel before eventually getting arrested in the lobby.
LaBeouf was charged with obstruction, disorderly conduct, and public drunkenness.
LaBeouf is in Georgia to film the “Peanut Butter Falcon,” a movie co-starring Dakota Johnson.
Also known for films such as “Disturbia” (2007) and Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” (2013), LaBeouf was arrested in January when he allegedly grabbed and pushed a man outside the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, where the film star had set up an anti-Donald Trump installation.
LaBeouf has said the charges against him were subsequently dropped.
He was also arrested in June 2014 at a Broadway musical after causing a disturbance in the theater.
‘Disorderly’ US actor Shia LaBeouf arrested in Georgia
‘Disorderly’ US actor Shia LaBeouf arrested in Georgia
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind ‘Call of Duty,’ dies at 55
Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind such best-selling video games as “Call of Duty,” has died. He was 55.
Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose a cause of death.
In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and he also was the former chief executive of video game developer Infinity Ward, the studio behind the successful “Call of Duty” franchise.
A spokesperson for Electronic Arts said in a statement on Monday that Zampella’s influence on the video game industry was “profound and far-reaching.”
“A friend, colleague, leader and visionary creator, his work helped shape modern interactive entertainment and inspired millions of players and developers around the world. His legacy will continue to shape how games are made and how players connect for generations to come,” a company spokesperson wrote.
One of Zampella’s crowning achievements was the creation of the Call of Duty franchise, which has sold more than half a billion games worldwide,
The first person shooter game debuted in 2003 as a World War II simulation and has sold over 500 million copies globally. Subsequent versions have delved into modern warfare and there is a live-action movie based on the game in production with Paramount Pictures.
In recent years, Zampella has been at the helm of the creation of the action adventure video games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
