Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on Monday after a ride-share driver reported being assaulted.
Sutherland was arrested just after midnight on suspicion of felony criminal threats and is being accused of assaulting the driver after entering the vehicle and then threatening them, according to NBC4, which spoke to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The upgraded felony charge can occur in “situations in which a person threatens to kill someone or cause serious bodily injury in order to inspire fear.”
“Jail records indicated Sutherland was released from custody a few hours later on a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Feb. 2,” the outlet reported.
This isn’t the actor’s first run-in with police, either.
“In 2007, Sutherland pleaded no contest to driving under the influence after he failed a field sobriety test,” The Daily Mail reported. “Because he had previously been convicted of a DUI in 2004, Sutherland was sentenced to 48 days in jail for the 2007 offense, according to People.”
“In 2009, Sutherland was arrested for assault for head-butting the fashion designer Jack McCollough after a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City,” although those charges were dropped after he apologized to the victim in a joint statement made by both.
“I was never the guy, if something was wrong in my life or something wasn’t right, I didn’t go drown my sorrows,” Sutherland said of alcohol in a 2016 interview with People. “One of the things I love to do is go out with my friends and tell stories and have a bunch of drinks. That’s true. Having said that, I can also look back on my life and tell you very squarely that the only bad things that have ever happened to me in my life have been because I like to go to bars and have drinks with my friends. I would be lying if I told you that there weren’t moments where I felt I let it get away from me. So it’s kind of been a push and pull through my life.”
When asked if he had any plans to quit drinking, he said that he “enjoy[s] the times too much, and the memories.”
“I have, at times, for stretches of time. But at some point, I’ve made a decision, right or wrong, for myself that I would rather work really hard so I could still have some of those times. Than to just simply stop. That’s a choice I’ve made, and I live with that choice.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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