Mia Goth Files for Divorce From Shia LaBeouf, Seeks Custody
The actress filed in Los Angeles early this week, citing irreconcilable differences, and is asking for primary custody of the couple's four-year-old daughter.
Mia Goth (32) filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf (40) with a Los Angeles court early this week, ending a marriage that began in October 2016. Entertainment Weekly and Hello, citing court documents, report that she listed irreconcilable differences as the reason.
She gave July 28, 2025 as the date of separation. The filing confirms what the public had suspected for months: the marriage was effectively over more than a year before it became official.
What does Mia Goth ask the court for?
The central issue in the filing is the couple’s daughter, who is four and was born in March 2022. The actress is seeking primary legal and physical custody of the child.
She also asks that the court award spousal support to neither side. In other words, neither she nor LaBeouf would receive money from the other after the divorce.
How did they meet, and why is this the second filing?
They met in 2012 on the set of Lars von Trier’s film “Nymphomaniac.” They married in Las Vegas in October 2016.
The marriage first cracked publicly in 2018. A representative for LaBeouf confirmed at the time that the couple had filed for divorce, describing the split as amicable and saying the details would stay private. The couple later reconciled, and their daughter arrived in 2022.
What has Shia LaBeouf already said about the end of the marriage?
LaBeouf talked about the split long before the court papers arrived. In February 2026 he appeared on Andrew Callahan’s “Channel 5” show, where he explained why he had moved to New Orleans, and confirmed then that the marriage was over. According to a translation published by a Serbian outlet, he said:
I failed my marriage and I had to admit that.
On the same occasion he described what their relationship looks like now. According to the same translation, the actor said:
We’re good. We’re on good terms. We’re trying to find our footing in co-parenting and it’s going well. She’s a good woman.
He added that Mia Goth still gives him regular contact with their daughter. Unlike him, the actress has stayed silent throughout: she has not spoken publicly about the split, and the divorce filing is the first time she has made herself heard, even if only through a court document.
What happens next?
The court will decide on custody, and by what the actress stated in her filing, money between the spouses will not be in dispute. The documents the media have obtained do not say whether LaBeouf has responded to the filing or whether he agrees with the proposed custody arrangement.
