Shia LaBeouf arrested and other Mardi Gras headlines from New Orleans
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🚔 Actor Shia LaBeouf faces two counts of simple battery after NOPD says he punched two men yesterday. (Axios)
- The altercation reportedly happened outside R Bar in the Marigny. TMZ has videos of some of the encounter.
- LaBeouf listed a Laurel Street address in court records, matching an Uptown home purchased in December for $1.1 million, according to Redfin.
- It's unclear if he owns the property.
👀 Someone called in a bomb threat on Bourbon Street on Lundi Gras. NOPD says they didn't find anything and cleared the scene.
- Meanwhile, what was initially reported to be a bomb threat at the Rex den was a regular security sweep.
🪖 A National Guard soldier pushed a person down — while on EarthCam's live stream. The guardsman responded "with proper escalation" in the situation, a statement says. (WWL)
👑 Noah Wyle, the celebrity monarch in Orpheus, danced on stage while Harry Connick Jr. sang. "No place I'd rather be right now," he posted on Instagram.
🗑️ "An environmental catastrophe" — that's how Grounds Krewe founder Brett Davis describes Mardi Gras waste in a New York Time story. (Gift link)