HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The $1,000 bench warrant issued for Shia LaBeouf was recalled today, People.com reports.
The action by a court commissioner in Burbank, Calif. took place when the actor's attorney showed up 24 hours late to plead not guilty on his client's behalf. A pretrial hearing date was set for April 24.
Yesterday, the 21-year-old star and his attorney failed to appear in court to address a misdemeanor charge, stemming from LaBeouf being cited for unlawful smoking outside the Burbank gift shop Skyblupink on Feb. 18.
The failure to appear in court resulted in a $1,000 bench warrant being issued for the actor's arrest.
LaBeouf was also cited for misdemeanor trepassing last November after a late-night shopping spree to a Chicago Walgreens. That charge was later dropped. He recently told Empire magazine that he is still "embarrassed" by the incident.
"I was an a--hole, and it was a mistake I'm still completely embarrassed about," he said.
As for an explanation, LaBeouf said, "I was in the middle of a strange mind state, having just come off a three-month window of focus."
"I can't diminish what happened at all," he continued. "But I can say this: I'm not the first 21-year-old to be arrested for a misdemeanor. There are lessons in life I need to learn, and I'm learning all of them in front of the public."
LaBeouf will next be seen in the eagerly-anticipated "Indiana Jones" sequel.
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