Report: Shia LaBeouf fight spurred by slur

Shia LaBeouf was involved in a bar fight early Saturday morning in suburban Los Angeles after a bothersome patron used a homophobic slur against the actor, according to Us magazine.

College student Mark Mastro, whose account differs from that of police, told RadarOnline.com Sunday that he and his girlfriend were at Mad Bull's Tavern in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and saw the "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" star there.

"I wanted to get a picture with him so I went over to his table, sat down next to him, and told him I was a fan of his. . . . He said he just wanted to chill and refused to do a photo. I walked away."

Mastro said he and a friend later saw LaBeouf, 24, outside on the bar's front patio, where Mastro said he called the actor a homophobic slur and that when LaBeouf began cursing at him, "I started laughing." Mastro stated LaBeouf "charged at me" and that he tried to flee but the actor persisted. Then, "A bouncer put Shia in a head lock. A cop just happened to be driving by and saw the commotion. He pulled up and the bouncer literally handed LeBeouf over to him."

However, a Los Angeles Police Department officer, Sgt. Taylor of the Van Nuys division, told Us magazine that the patrons picking on LaBeouf "fled" before police arrived, and an eyewitness told the magazine the actor was being taunted inside the bar before being "sucker punched in the mouth" outside.

LaBeouf was handcuffed, questioned and released shortly after 1 a.m., according to Us. Sources close to the actor told TMZ.com he is a regular at the bar, that several people were cuffed and that the security guard there backed up LaBeouf's version of events.

"It was just boys being boys," bar owner Richard DiSisto told Us. "Things got really out of hand and it didn't have to go down the way it did. No one needed or should have gotten hurt; things could have been dealt with in an entirely different way."