New York Daily News

SHIA LA GOOF!

Sprung from jail after bizarre tirades Homophobic rant, pushups at precinct

- B BYROCCO PARANSCAND­OLA, ERIK BADIA and LARRY McSHANE With Christian Zhang

ACTOR SHIA LABEOUF, in a fall-down drunken night of bottomless rudeness, really earned his Friday morning walk of shame.

The boozy LaBeouf was sprung from a holding cell after his arrest for interrupti­ng a performanc­e of the show “Cabaret” by smoking, shouting at the cast — and slapping star Alan Cumming on his backside.

While locked up overnight, the 27-year-old star alternatel­y smashed his head against the cell door and pounded his hands against the walls, according to a police source. The millionair­e actor also wept in a patrol car on the Thursday night ride to the precinct.

LaBeouf’s bizarre Broadway meltdown featured the infuriated “Trans- formers” star hurling homophobic remarks at a city cop while berating a security guard at Studio54.

“F--- you,” he reportedly screamed at guard Carlos Ortiz. “This is f------ bulls---! Do you know my life? Do you know who the f---I am?”

A criminal complaint said about 10 slackjawed pedestrian­s watched as a raging La Beouf then spit at Ortiz shortly before 9p.m.

The staggering and sloshed LaBeouf actually fell to the ground while attempting to exit Studio 54 on his own, a source said.

Once in cuffs, the overwrough­t actor called one officer “af-----” and told another to “suck his d---,” according to charges read aloudincou­rt.It reportedly took ahalf-dozen cops to take him into custody.

Cumming summed up the night in a deadpan tweet: “Manager last night at intermissi­on: This is your places call and Shia La Beouf has left the building in handcuffs.”

LaBeouf — who wore a paper bag over his head declaring “I am not famous anymore” just four months ago — wore a torn and grungy blue T-shirt to the show and had the aroma of a person who hadn’t bathed recently. He sported the same top at his courtroom appearance for arraignmen­t on charges of harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.He’s due back in court July24.

La Beouf bolted from the W. 54th St. courtroom after the short hearing, walking briskly and staring straight ahead. He ignored questions from reporters walking alongside him for thetwo blocks to his hotel.

While inside the theater, LaBeouf stood in the middle of the performanc­e to “yell loudly at the actors on stage,” the complaint said.

“During the first act he’s getting up and cheering, smoking a cigarette,” said one source. “He’s disturbing the performanc­e of the actors and he’s disturbing the patrons.”

“The guy needs help,” said a source who witnessed LeBeouf’s theatrics.

When they brought LaBeouf to the Midtown North Precinct, he bizarrely did pushups and jabbered non-stop — at one point, officials said, telling an officer, “I’ll end your life.”

Reports on the Internet indicated LaBeouf’s strange behavior started long before his arrest, with video of the actor chasing a homeless man through Times Square.

 ??  ?? Shia LaBeouf confronts homeless man (l.), appears at arraignmen­t (far r.) and leaves court. “Cabaret” star Alan Cumming (r.) tweeted about LaBeouf, who wore bag on head earlier this year.
Shia LaBeouf confronts homeless man (l.), appears at arraignmen­t (far r.) and leaves court. “Cabaret” star Alan Cumming (r.) tweeted about LaBeouf, who wore bag on head earlier this year.

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