{"id":406625,"date":"2026-01-14T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406625\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:42:09","slug":"kiefer-sutherland-arrested-after-alleged-altercation-with-ride-share-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/406625\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland arrested after alleged altercation with ride-share driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Kiefer Sutherland was arrested just after midnight early Monday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to police, the radio call was for an alleged assault involving a ride-share driver near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sutherland is accused of allegedly assaulting the ride-share driver and entering the vehicle, according to police. The actor is considered to be the suspect and the driver the alleged victim, police said. No injuries required medical treatment in the incident.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/KIEFER1-GTY-AB-260113_1768349888023_hpMain.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kiefer Sutherland attends the World Premiere of &#8220;Tinsel Town&#8221; at Vue Leicester Square on November 27, 2025 in London, England.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Benett\/Alan Chapman\/Dave Benett\/WireImae via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/kiefer-sutherland-band-designated-survivor-63872278\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;24&#8221; actor<\/a> was arrested on suspicion of felony criminal threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to jail records, Sutherland posted $50,000 bond and is due in court on Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Hollywood Division of the LAPD is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sutherland, known for his role as Jack Bauer in every season of the action-packed &#8220;24&#8221; series, is the son of the late actors <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/donald-sutherland-veteran-actor-father-kiefer-sutherland-dead-111284071\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Sutherland<\/a> and Shirley Douglas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for his work on &#8220;24.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">ABC News has reached out to a representative for Sutherland for any additional information or comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kiefer Sutherland was arrested just after midnight early Monday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-406625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}