Los Angeles
AP
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Actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of prison threats early Monday morning after Los Angeles police say he assaulted a ride-hail driver.
Just after midnight, officers responded to a name reporting an assault at an intersection simply south of Hollywood Hills. The Los Angeles Police Department stated they decided Sutherland entered a ride-hail automobile, bodily assaulted the motive force and “made criminal threats toward the victim.” The driver didn’t require medical therapy, police stated.
Sutherland was arrested and launched from jail a few hours in a while a $50,000 bond, in response to jail data. His first court docket look is scheduled for February 2.
An e-mail despatched to representatives of Sutherland requesting remark was not answered.
Sutherland went to jail in 2007 after pleading no contest to a drunken driving cost. He was additionally convicted in 2004 for drunken driving and has had a number of different alcohol-related arrests because the Nineteen Nineties.
The British-born Canadian actor is greatest recognized for his longtime portrayal of federal agent Jack Bauer on the Fox TV ticking-time-bomb thriller “24” and a number of other spinoffs. He additionally starred in “The Lost Boys” and “Young Guns” and appeared in two movies directed by Rob Reiner, “Stand by Me” and “A Few Good Men.”
He is the son of Hollywood appearing luminary Donald Sutherland.