{"id":8553,"date":"2020-12-14T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T07:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=182647"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:03:11","slug":"fka-twigs-domestic-violence","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/fka-twigs-domestic-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"How FKA Twigs Speaking Out About Intimate Partner Abuse Gave One Of Our Own Editors The Courage To Share Her Own Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FKA Twigs<\/a> \u2013 real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett \u2013 has filed a lawsuit against ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf, alleging that the actor subjected her to physical, emotional, and psychological harm throughout their relationship. The musician, who filed the lawsuit in the Los Angeles Supreme Court last Friday, hopes that her experience will encourage other survivors to seek help. Speaking to The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>about the case, Barnett said, “I\u2019d like to be able to raise awareness on the tactics that abusers use to control you and take away your agency.”<\/p>\n

Among the many harrowing allegations of “relentless abuse” in the related court documents is the assertion that 34-year-old LaBeouf enforced stringent rules around Barnett’s life \u2013 including how often she was permitted to touch him each day, how he barred her from speaking to or looking at male service workers, and the ways in which he effectively isolated the 32-year-old from her support network. When she disobeyed his wishes, Barnett says he would subject her to a barrage of criticism. She also claims he knowingly concealed a sexually-transmitted disease from her, which Barnett then contracted as a result.<\/p>\n

Upon publication of the Times<\/em> article, Barnett addressed the lawsuit on her Instagram and Twitter. “It may be surprising to you to learn that I was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship,” she wrote. “It was hard for me to process too, during and after I never thought something like this would happen to me. Which is why I have decided it\u2019s important for me to talk about it and try to help people understand that when you are under the coercive control of an abuser or in an intimate partner violence relationship leaving doesn\u2019t feel like a safe or achievable option.”<\/p>\n

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