{"id":409214,"date":"2026-01-14T18:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409214\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:47:11","slug":"kiefer-sutherland-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-ride-share-driver-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/409214\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland arrested after allegedly assaulting ride-share driver &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Canadian actor <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/kiefer-sutherland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kiefer Sutherland<\/a> was arrested in Los Angeles after an alleged physical altercation with a ride-share driver, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sutherland, 59, was arrested just after midnight on Monday after officers responded to a call reporting an assault at an intersection just south of Hollywood Hills near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland is accused of assaulting the driver after entering the vehicle and making criminal threats toward them, the LAPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-news\/actor-kiefer-sutherland-arrest-hollywood\/3831180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told NBC4 Investigates<\/a>, which was first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p>The driver did not require medical treatment, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of felony criminal threats, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a024\u00a0actor was released from police custody a few hours after he was booked on a US$50,000 bond, according <a href=\"https:\/\/app5.lasd.org\/iic\/Details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">to jail records<\/a>. He is scheduled to make a court appearance on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA screenshot of Kiefer Sutherland\u2019s booking record.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tInmate Information Center \/ LAPD\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland has not released a statement following his arrest. The Hollywood Division of the LAPD is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11611174\/trump-greenland-republican-bill-opposition\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768416430_375_Greenland-flag.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRepublican bill seeks to greenlight Trump\u2019s takeover of Greenland\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11611628\/julio-iglesias-accused-sexual-assault-former-employees\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CP13737513.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSinger Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by former employees\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Kiefer Sutherland on his special bond with Quebec, his whiskey brand, and bringing back Jack Bauer'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/keifer_sept4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t6:04<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKiefer Sutherland on his special bond with Quebec, his whiskey brand, and bringing back Jack Bauer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The British-born Canadian actor went to jail for 48 days in 2007 after pleading no contest to a drunk driving charge. He was also convicted in 2004 for drunk driving.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland is best known for his longtime portrayal of federal agent Jack Bauer on the 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 the late <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/rob-reiner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rob Reiner<\/a>, Stand by Me and A Few Good Men.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Entertainment<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested in Los Angeles after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,2169,75,66750],"class_list":["post-409214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-kiefer-sutherland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}