Shia LaBeouf's father Jeffrey is a registered sex offender and was 'jailed for attempted rape' back in 1981



Crime: Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf's mug shot is on the Megan's Law website



Jeffrey LaBeouf, father of Hollywood star Shia, is a registered sex offender and was once jailed for attempted rape, it has emerged.



According to Star magazine, Mr LaBeouf, now 63, served a jail sentence between 1981 and 1983 after being convicted.



The conviction means that he is listed on the Megan's Law website, which gives people access to sex offenders across the U.S.



A spokesman for the Attorney General's office told the magazine that 'the Megan's Law website is 100% accurate. If a person is on that website, they are a sex offender.'



Mr LaBeouf's listing gives his physical statistics along with his conviction status.



However, according to Star, 'all official police documentation associated with the assault has inexplicably vanished.'



Yet the online Department of Justice confirms the crime, describing it as 'assault with intent to commit rape.'



Crime: The listing on Megan's Law states that Mr LaBeouf's offence was 'assault with intent to commit rape'

It is unknown if Shia is aware of his father's crime, although he has previously discussed growing up with his parents, now divorced, and his father's one time drug addiction.



Mr LaBeouf has also been in trouble in the past, according to Star.



He was allegedly accused of sexual harassment of an actress on Shia's 2000 TV show Even Stevens and also allegedly assaulted a gay Disney executive after he gave Shia a congratulatory hug.



Shia later recounted the incident to Details magazine: 'He goes, "Are you trying to talk to my boy, you chicken hawk?" You can't do that to the executives.'

Strife: Shia and Jeffrey, pictured together last year, have both been in trouble with the law

Hollywood star: Shia, pictured in Vancouver yesterday, has achieved fame in the Transformers movies after his unusual childhood

But 25-year-old Shia is also not without his run-ins with the law



He had a well-documented altercation with a security guard in a Chicago Walgreens and was involved in a car accident back in 2008 which crushed his left hand.

Back in February this year, he had an altercation in a north Hollywood bar and last week he was involved in a street fight with a man in a Vancouver bar.

A representative for the actor did not return calls for comment.

