Shia LaBeouf’s passenger Isabel Lucas won’t answer crash questions

Isabel Lucas, the girl by Shia LaBeouf’s side during his car crash at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, seems to have nothing to say to the press. At least according to her boyfriend, Entourage’s Adrian Grenier. Lucas has done her best to stay out of the spotlight the last few days. She escaped with some head injuries, while LaBeouf had extensive hand surgery. When the press finally caught up with her today, Grenier did all the talking for her.

Transformers star Isabel Lucas stayed mum when asked by photographers Tuesday about being a passenger in Shia LaBeouf’s truck when they crashed early Sunday morning, leading to his DUI arrest.

“She’s okay, we’re good,” boyfriend Adrian Grenier said as he and the actress walked together in L.A.

“This is not the time for an interview,” he added.

Lucas, 23, told the photog: “Thanks for supporting us.”

When asked how LaBeouf, 22, is doing following surgery on his hand Sunday, she nodded.

[From Us Weekly]

TMZ has the video of the encounter, in which one of the people asking questions tells Grenier to let Lucas speak for herself. To his credit, he doesn’t respond or react to the guy, even though it would probably piss off a lot of people. Though Lucas isn’t talking to the press, her mother is, and she’s defending her daughter and Shia (by extension). LaBeouf was given a DUI citation (although he did not cause the crash).

Shia LaBeouf’s co-star Isabel Lucas — who was riding in his truck when it flipped over the weekend — doesn’t think the “Transformers” star was drunk when they crashed.

So says her mother, who tells the Cairns Post in Oz that her daughter “would not get into the car with someone she thought was drink-driving,” said Beatrice Lucas, using the Britism for DUI. Meanwhile, the mom says Isabel is doing well and is “back at work,” unlike Shia, who could be on the bench for as much as a month because of his busted hand.

[From TMZ]

That’s a nice and supportive thing to say about your daughter, and I’m guessing it’s true that most sober people wouldn’t get into a car with someone who was obviously intoxicated. But there’s certainly a chance that if LaBeouf was drinking, Lucas might have been as well. Who knows, it’s mere speculation. It certainly is a logical thing for a parent to say that their child wouldn’t knowingly put themselves in danger, or let someone endanger others.

I do find the whole hanging out with a hot guy who’s not your boyfriend at three in the morning to be a little suspicious. And can’t help but wonder what Adrian Grenier thinks about it.

Here’s Isabel Lucas at the LA premiere of ‘Bra Boys’ on July 4th. Images thanks to WENN.