Mia Goth Just Filed for Divorce From Shia LaBeouf After 10 Years, and the Custody Ask Says It All
One of Hollywood’s most private couples just made their split official. Mia Goth has filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf, closing the legal chapter on a relationship that has swung between fairy tale and firestorm for more than a decade.
The actress, 32, filed the petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, according to court documents obtained by USA Today. She cited “irreconcilable differences” and listed July 28, 2025 as the couple’s date of separation, which means the pair had already been living apart for well over a year before anything hit the public record.
But it is the custody section that tells you exactly where Goth’s head is. She is asking for primary legal and physical custody of the couple’s four-year-old daughter, Isabel, with visitation for LaBeouf. She also asked the court to terminate its ability to award spousal support to either of them, and for each side to cover its own attorney costs and fees. Translation: she wants a clean, fast break.
What the divorce papers actually say
Divorce petitions in California are dry documents by design, and this one is no exception. Still, the details matter. Goth listed the marriage’s end date as July 2025, asked for sole decision-making power over Isabel’s upbringing, and essentially told the court to keep money out of it by shutting the door on support payments in both directions.
USA Today reported that representatives for both actors were contacted for comment. As of filing, neither side had issued a public statement.
A 14-year love story with two wedding ceremonies
To understand why this filing lands so hard, you have to rewind. Goth and LaBeouf met in 2012 on the set of Lars von Trier’s provocative drama Nymphomaniac: Vol. II, where she played a young woman navigating a chaotic affair with his character. They were married in Las Vegas in October 2016, reportedly at a chapel ceremony that was somehow both intimate and gloriously strange.
Two years later, the wheels came off the first time. Goth filed for divorce in 2018 after LaBeouf was spotted with FKA Twigs, who would later settle her NDA lawsuit against him. But Goth and LaBeouf found their way back to each other, reconciled around 2020, and welcomed Isabel in March 2022. For a stretch, it looked like the comeback story would stick.
It did not. In February 2026, reports of a fresh separation surfaced after LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans during Mardi Gras following a bar altercation. He later pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of simple battery and received a six-month suspended sentence plus two years of probation. Around the same time, he bought a home in New Orleans and relocated there, closer to family.
He said it himself back in March
LaBeouf did not wait for court papers to acknowledge the cracks. In a March 2026 appearance on Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, he spoke about the breakdown with unusual candor.
“We were deeply unhappy. I made a lot of mistakes early on before we tried to have a baby. I had violated trust in a big, big way.”
He described the split as mutual, saying it was not healthy to be unhappy around a baby, and called Goth “one of the best girls that ever lived.” It was a far cry from his tone four years earlier, when he credited her with supporting him through rehab and fatherhood on the Real Ones podcast with Jon Bernthal. Hollywood has seen its share of messy separations lately, but few come with this much history.
Meanwhile, her star keeps rising
There is a quiet irony in the timing. Goth has spent the last few years becoming one of the most interesting actors of her generation. She headlined Ti West’s horror trilogy, X, Pearl and MaXXXine, carried a dual role in last year’s Frankenstein, and appeared this summer as the servant Melantho in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
LaBeouf, meanwhile, has kept a lower profile, working steadily in independent films like Honey Boy and staying largely out of the studio system. Their careers moved in different directions at the same time their marriage did. And while other stars grab headlines for very different reasons, Goth’s story is a reminder that real life often runs harder than any script.
What happens next
A divorce filing is a beginning, not an end. The court will now set a timeline for LaBeouf to respond, and the custody question will move through negotiations or a hearing. Given that Goth has asked for primary custody and zero spousal support, the early shape of her position is clear: she wants to raise Isabel on her terms and walk away without a financial fight.
For fans who followed the couple’s wild decade, from the Vegas chapel to the reconciliation years to the New Orleans chapter, the paperwork feels less like a surprise and more like confirmation. Some love stories get a second act. This one apparently does not.
Sources: USA Today, BANG Premier
