Kiefer Sutherland Arrested for Alleged Assault on Ride-Share Driver
Kiefer Sutherland, famous for his role in the television series 24, was taken into police custody in Los Angeles on the 12th of January for allegedly assaulting his ride-share driver. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, they received a call of an assault just after midnight, and their officers were dispatched to the scene in Hollywood. On their way, they observed a man who was subsequently identified as Sutherland, and they stated that he had hit the driver when the latter got into the car.
There has been no announcement regarding any of the parties involved requiring medical attention. The police revealed that the 59-year-old actor was detained on the grounds of threatening another person with a felony crime.
Kiefer Sutherland Arrested and Released on Bail
Kiefer Sutherland was released from the police station on January 13 when he posted a $50,000 bond according to the arrest records. It is reported that the actor was taken in custody at 4:23 a.m. after he was arrested for an alleged assault on a ride-share driver, and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for February 2.E! News reached out to both the Los Angeles Police Department and Sutherland’s representative for a comment but have not heard back from either.
The Hollywood star was arrested nearly three months after his appearance in the holiday movie Tinsel Town with Rebel Wilson. While the Emmy winner shared that he was very pleased to be the lead in a “heart-felt English story,” he also openly admitted that a Christmas comedy was not really the direction he had planned for his career.
Kiefer Sutherland Reflects on Career Decisions and Parenthood
During an interview with the Independent, Kiefer Sutherland disclosed that he didn’t map out his career in great detail. This was mainly because fatherhood to Sarah Sutherland at a young age threw his life into a completely different direction. Having children early made the couple’s life more real and after that, a lot of career decisions were dictated by the immediate needs of the family.
“I had kids at a very young age. I had to take on some responsibilities, and, therefore, a lot of choices in my career were made pretty early,” Sutherland stated. He recognized that, at times, the need to make money trumped the desire to do art and as a result, there are certain roles that he passed up and now regrets.
