{"id":699631,"date":"2026-05-28T15:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699631\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:54:14","slug":"boxing-legend-sugar-ray-leonard-asks-judge-for-restraining-order-against-son-daniel-hes-a-drug-addict-and-a-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/699631\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard asks judge for restraining order against son Daniel: \u201cHe’s a drug addict and a thief\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sugar Ray Leonard<\/a> built his legendary boxing<\/a> career on composure in the most brutal settings, but the former world champion is now facing a deeply personal fight inside his own family.<\/p>\n

Leonard filed a request for a restraining order against his youngest son, Daniel Leonard, after an alleged confrontation at the boxing icon\u2019s Pacific Palisades home and a later arrest for allegedly violating a court order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In the filing, obtained by The California Post, Leonard made a series of disturbing claims about Daniel\u2019s alleged addiction, behavior and impact on the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son Daniel Leonard has been a drug addict for seven or eight years at least,\u201d Leonard wrote in a handwritten declaration. \u201cHis behavior has gotten worse over the years!<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has overdosed four times. They had to bring him back to life two times at the hospital! He has stolen extreme amounts of money valuable items! He […] steals every day for years!\u201d<\/p>\n

The 68-year-old boxing great asked the court to order Daniel to stay 100 yards away from him, his wife Bernadette, his home, job and vehicle. He also requested that Daniel move out of the family\u2019s Pacific Palisades residence.<\/p>\n

Leonard describes altercation at family home<\/p>\n

The restraining order request followed two incidents Leonard said happened in May. According to the filing, the first took place on May 19 at Leonard\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a physical altercation where he pushed me and got ugly!\u201d Leonard wrote. \u201cThe police officers were needed at that moment! The police officers came and [Daniel] was escorted off our property because of where things were headed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leonard said he was given a temporary restraining order after that encounter. The following morning, Daniel allegedly returned to the property and was arrested for violating the order.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County jail records show Daniel was taken into custody around 6:45 a.m. on May 20 and released on May 22. A hearing related to the alleged restraining order violation is scheduled for June 25.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Police Department told TMZ that officers responded to the 1500 block of Amalfi Drive in West Los Angeles after receiving a report of a restraining order violation at a private residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Security personnel reportedly contacted authorities after Daniel allegedly tried exterior door handles before officers found him near a pool house.<\/p>\n

Court grants temporary protection<\/p>\n

A judge granted part of Leonard\u2019s request, ordering Daniel to stay at least 100 yards away from Leonard and Bernadette and to move out of the home. The judge said \u201cadditional facts\u201d were needed for the order to include Leonard\u2019s adult daughter Camille as a protected party.<\/p>\n

The temporary order is set to remain in place until June 15, when a hearing is scheduled to consider whether it should be extended.\u00a0Leonard\u2019s filing made clear the emotional weight behind the legal move.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my son but he has become a danger not only himself but to his family!\u201d Leonard wrote. \u201cMy wife is extremely afraid along with me daughter Camille!\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHis behavior has gotten worse every day. We haven\u2019t had a day of peace in 9 years which is the reality of his addiction! Scared for my family!\u201d<\/p>\n

Leonard, one of boxing\u2019s most celebrated champions, finished his professional career with a 36-3-1 record and world titles across multiple weight divisions. He later became one of the sport\u2019s most recognizable figures outside the ring.<\/p>\n

Daniel is the youngest of Leonard\u2019s four children. The former champion shares Daniel and Camille with Bernadette, whom he married in 1993, and has two older sons, Ray Charles Jr. and Jarrel, with ex-wife Juanita Wilkinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sugar Ray Leonard built his legendary boxing career on composure in the most brutal settings, but the former…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-699631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699631","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=699631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}