{"id":475209,"date":"2026-06-13T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/475209\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T09:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T09:51:09","slug":"kiefer-sutherland-sued-for-assault-after-january-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/475209\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland sued for assault after January arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manvelyan, who is also suing the actor for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence, accuses Sutherland of putting him into a chokehold and threatening to kill him.<\/p>\n

While he says he got out of the car and started running away, he claims Sutherland followed him down the street as he shouted \u201cI\u2019m going to kill you\u201d.<\/p>\n

He says parts of the alleged assault were caught on his dashcam, and also says witnesses will be able to attest to what went on during the altercation.<\/p>\n

Manvelyan alleges he suffered injuries on his head, face, neck, spine and shoulder, and says the police officers could see his forehead was swollen and bruised when they arrived.<\/p>\n

His lawyer Mitra Sabouri told TMZ: \u201cMr. Manvelyan is a private citizen who did not seek public attention. He filed this action to pursue legal remedies for the injuries and damages he alleges he suffered.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of respect for his privacy, we are not releasing the dashcam footage, and we will allow the facts and evidence to be addressed through the court process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manvelyan is seeking unspecified damages, including punitive.<\/p>\n

Sutherland has previously endured three spells in jail, most recently in 2007, when he was sentenced to 48 days in prison for driving under the influence (DUI) and violating probation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sutherland was detained in 2009 for allegedly assaulting a fashion designer in a New York City nightclub, but the misdemeanour assault charges were later dropped.<\/p>\n

He was also arrested in 2020 after making an illegal U-turn in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manvelyan, who is also suing the actor for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence, accuses Sutherland of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,14466,17704,6081,682,19552,156,2082,68199,138096,111,139,69,22193,138097,7489],"class_list":["post-475209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-arrest","tag-assault","tag-battery","tag-being","tag-driver","tag-entertainment","tag-for","tag-january","tag-kiefer","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sued","tag-sutherland","tag-uber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}