{"id":881907,"date":"2026-09-03T14:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881907\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:02:29","slug":"sugar-ray-leonards-son-daniel-arrested-in-santa-monica-drug-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881907\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Ray Leonard\u2019s son Daniel arrested in Santa Monica drug case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Leonard<\/a>, the troubled 25-year-old son of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, was arrested with a dangerous combination of drugs earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Daniel and another man were spotted by a cop \u201cwalking with an inflated balloon and a large cylindrical container believed to be a nitrous oxide tank\u201d at 1:17 a.m. on July 7, a Santa Monica Police Department spokesperson told The California Post Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sugar Ray Leonard (left) and Daniel Leonard attend the Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles Gala 2024 at JW Marriott LA Live on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the officer approached, one man attempted to conceal the balloon behind him before dropping it to the ground,\u201d the SMPD rep said. \u201cThe second man appeared to conceal the container at his side. Officers detained both men and confirmed the container was a nitrous oxide tank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daniel and his cohort were then arrested for possessing nitrous oxide with intent to inhale. <\/p>\n

From left, Landon Lewis, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard and Daniel Ray Leonard attend the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson event at AT&T Stadium on Friday, November 15, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Getty Images for Netflix \u00a9 2024<\/p>\n

Daniel was additionally booked on several other possession charges after authorities alleged they discovered methamphetamine and sedatives\/benzodiazepines on him during the arrest.<\/p>\n

Court records show prosecutors ended up hitting Daniel with four separate misdemeanor charges over the incident \u2014 one for unlawfully possessing nitrous oxide and a substance containing nitrous oxide, one for possessing MDMA, one for possessing alprazolam, and one for possessing dextroamphetamine.<\/p>\n

Daniel is due in court for a hearing on the matter on Oct. 12.<\/p>\n

Daniel was previously arrested earlier this year in Los Angeles on May 20, after he was accused of violating a protective order that was put in place following an alleged violent incident with his father, Ray.<\/p>\n

Ray stated in an application for a restraining order after Daniel\u2019s arrest that his son\u2019s behavior had recently changed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sugar Ray Leonard, Bernadette Robi and Daniel Ray Leonard arrive at the annual Brent Shapiro Foundation For Alcohol and Drug Prevention Summer Spectacular at a private residence on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California. WireImage<\/p>\n

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

\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

Ray also described Daniel as a \u201cdrug addict for 7 or 8 years at least.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ray was granted a temporary restraining order against Daniel, but it was dissolved<\/a> on June 15 after neither party showed up for a key court hearing in the case.<\/p>\n

Daniel is Ray\u2019s youngest son, and the two have been photographed in public at various events over the last decade.<\/p>\n

Messages seeking comment from Daniel and his reps on Wednesday were not returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Leonard, the troubled 25-year-old son of boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, was arrested with a dangerous combination…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,3335,48,282,1522,30037,82,23853],"class_list":["post-881907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-canada","tag-exclusive","tag-los-angeles","tag-santa-monica","tag-sports","tag-sugar-ray-leonard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881907","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=881907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}