Alyssa Lee Couture Arrested on Stalking Charge After Viral Shia LaBeouf Video

Q: Will LaBeouf's stalker face a hospital or a prison for her actions?

She is more likely to face jail, not a hospital, if prosecutors pursue and prove a stalking case — though a psychiatric evaluation is also likely under Louisiana law. The added reporting says Alyssa Couture was arrested in Louisiana on July 13, 2026, for stalking. Under Louisiana’s stalking statute, a first conviction generally brings mandatory jail time, a fine, and a required psychiatric evaluation. The material provided indicates a first offense can carry 30 days to one year in jail, plus a $500 to $1,000 fine and the mental-health assessment. That means the legal system does not treat hospitalization as the standard substitute for punishment. A hospital stay would usually depend on a separate mental-health determination by doctors or a court, such as a finding that she is a danger to herself or others or is incompetent to proceed. Nothing in the available reporting shows that has happened. Her public posts and self-described schizophrenia could become relevant to competency, treatment, or sentencing, but mental illness alone does not automatically divert a defendant from jail to a hospital. The immediate legal exposure described here is criminal: arrest, possible prosecution, and, if convicted, jail with psychiatric evaluation. So, based on the information available now, the answer is jail exposure with mandatory mental-health review — not a clear hospital commitment.

3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Jul 14

Alyssa Lee Couture, 40, was arrested Monday night in New Orleans and booked on a misdemeanor stalking charge, hours after posting a video of Shia LaBeouf telling her to leave him alone.
The grocery-store parking lot clip showed LaBeouf speaking through a car window, saying, “You’re scaring my dad” and “my people,” matching the timeline of the booking even though police did not name the victim.
More than 5,000 Instagram videos on Couture’s account address LaBeouf, whom she appears to believe is her husband; a May GoFundMe sought $70,000 for housing and said she had been living in her car.
The arrest adds to a turbulent stretch for LaBeouf in Louisiana, where he moved after leaving Los Angeles and in June pleaded guilty to 3 simple-battery counts tied to a Mardi Gras altercation.