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Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested for
allegedly assaulting a ride-hail driver, police say
[January 14, 2026]
By JAIMIE DING and ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES
(AP) — Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of criminal
threats early Monday morning after Los Angeles police say he assaulted a
ride-hail driver. |
Kiefer Sutherland arrives at the 29th Critics Choice Awards Jan. 14,
2024, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan
Strauss/Invision/AP, File) |
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Just after midnight, officers responded to a call reporting an
assault at an intersection just south of Hollywood Hills. The
Los Angeles Police Department said they determined Sutherland
entered a ride-hail vehicle, physically assaulted the driver and
“made criminal threats toward the victim.” The driver did not
require medical treatment, police said.
Sutherland was arrested and released from jail a few hours later
on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records. His first court
appearance is scheduled for Feb. 2.
An email sent to representatives of Sutherland requesting
comment was not answered.
Sutherland went to jail in 2007 after pleading no contest to a
drunken driving charge. He was also convicted in 2004 for
drunken driving and has had several other alcohol-related
arrests since the 1990s.
The British-born Canadian actor is best known for his longtime
portrayal of federal agent Jack Bauer on the Fox TV
ticking-time-bomb thriller “24” and several spinoffs. He also
starred in “The Lost Boys” and “Young Guns” and appeared in two
films directed by Rob Reiner, “Stand by Me” and “A Few Good
Men.”
He is the son of Hollywood acting luminary Donald Sutherland.
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