The Brief

Social media influencer Jack Doherty has been arrested in Florida.

Doherty was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on Friday, Sept. 4, after getting into a physical fight with a female, police said.

He was arrested under suspicion of domestic battery and booked into the Broward County Jail.

Social media influencer Jack Doherty has been arrested in Florida.

What we know

Doherty was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on Friday morning, Sept. 4, on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery and booked into the Broward County jail, according to Fort Lauderdale Police and online jail records. 

His bond was listed as $0.00 Friday evening.

Fort Lauderdale police said officers responded to a home shortly before noon regarding a domestic dispute. Police said Doherty and a female got into a physical fight inside the home.

The woman was not injured, police said. Doherty was then arrested.

TMZ, citing a source close to the social media influencer, reported that Doherty’s actions were in self-defense.

The backstory

Doherty, then 22, was arrested by Miami Beach police in November 2025 on drug-related charges, including possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.

According to online court records, Doherty was formally charged in January 2026 with felony possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest without violence, a misdemeanor. In March, he was accepted into a drug pre-trial diversion program.

The marijuana possession charge was dropped, court records show.

By the numbers

Doherty has amassed more than 15 million subscribers on YouTube, and has uploaded more than 2,200 videos. On Instagram, he has more than 2.7 million followers.

The Source

This story uses information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and the Broward County Jail website regarding Jack Doherty’s September 2026 arrest, and public court records via the Miami-Dade Clerk of Court and Comptroller website regarding his November 2025 arrest. Supplemental reporting from TMZ. Reported from Orlando.