--- description: The actor and performance artist opened up in an email interview about a traumatic experience during his exhibit #IAmSorry title: Shia LaBeouf Says Woman Raped Him During Performance Art Project image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1d49138277ed23/698762c8524fc05846dea10b/ap717024775738.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shia LaBeouf Says He Was Raped During a Performance Art Project by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2014 2:23 PM CUT  Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers at a film premiere in London, Oct. 19, 2014. Shia LaBeouf poses for photographers at a film premiere in London, Oct. 19, 2014.Joel Ryan—Invision/AP by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2014 2:23 PM CUT Back in February, Shia LaBeouf staged his #IAmSorry performance art exhibit in a Los Angeles gallery where people were able to enter a room alone with the actor and do and say whatever they wished as he sat silently wearing a paper bag over his head that read: “I AM NOT FAMOUS ANYMORE.” The project resulted in a traumatic experience for the actor which he has revealed in an email interview with [_Dazed Digital_](http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22732/1/shia-labeouf-the-interview "undefined"). When asked if anything “unsettling” had taken place during the performance, LaBeouf answered: --- > “” --- It’s unclear if LaBeouf has reported the assault to authorities. \[[_Dazed_](http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/22732/1/shia-labeouf-the-interview "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/"},"headline":"Shia LaBeouf Says He Was Raped During a Performance Art Project","datePublished":"2014-11-28T14:23:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:26:23.512Z","description":"The actor and performance artist opened up in an email interview about a traumatic experience during his exhibit #IAmSorry","url":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/","keywords":["celebrities","Rape","Sexual Assault","Crime","Art","Shia LaBeouf","Fine Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1d49138277ed23/698762c8524fc05846dea10b/ap717024775738.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d1d49138277ed23/698762c8524fc05846dea10b/ap717024775738.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shia LaBeouf","caption":"Shia LaBeouf","creditText":"Joel Ryan—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/","name":"Shia LaBeouf Says He Was Raped During a Performance Art Project"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Guide To Shia LaBeouf's Bizarre Antics","description":"There’s all the allegations of plagiarism and some high-profile Twitter feuds, but that’s just the beginning of some of the more bizarre antics of actor Shia LaBeouf.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5R4BHUSr/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-08T19:57:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5R4BHUSr.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/","duration":"PT2M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3609444/shia-labeouf-says-he-was-raped-during-a-performance-art-project/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```