FKA Twigs Drops Shia LaBeouf Lawsuit After He Voids the NDA: What It Means

FKA Twigs dismissed her lawsuit against Shia LaBeouf on Tuesday in a Los Angeles court after he agreed to terminate and void the non-disclosure agreement from their July 2025 settlement. Twigs filed the suit in March, arguing that the NDA illegally silenced her about sexual abuse she says occurred during their late-2010s relationship. LaBeouf’s representatives had previously defended the agreement as valid and claimed she signed it knowingly. That argument is now moot, because the NDA is gone.

The legal backbone here is California’s 2019 STAND Act, which limits the use of silence agreements in cases involving sexual harassment and abuse. Twigs’attorney, Mathew Rosengart, called the outcome a victory for the principle that women who speak out about sexual abuse should not be silenced by NDAs that contravene state law. Twigs framed it more personally, saying she stood up for something larger than herself: female survivors of sexual abuse. The original abuse case settled in July 2025 after years of litigation, and this week’s move closes out the follow-up fight over what she could legally say.

Voiding the NDA means Twigs can now speak publicly about her experience and advocate without fear of legal reprisal. The case also adds real weight to a national question courts are still wrestling with: how far can an NDA go before it crosses a legal line? For survivors with lawyers and platforms, that question can be litigated. For everyone else, it usually can’t. Do you think NDAs should ever be allowed to cover abuse allegations?