PREVIEW

The Transformers actor was denied his request to travel to Rome in March for his father's baptism, however. LaBeouf, 39, was told he did not seem to be taking "his alcohol addiction seriously", with Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Simone Levine expressing doubt he was able to "handle his alcohol", according to a report by the Associated Press. The actor was arrested on two counts of battery in New Orleans during the city's Mardi Gras festivities, with police alleging he had caused a "disturbance" and was increasingly "aggressive" before becoming involved in a fight that saw him hit at least two people and shout out homophobic slurs.