B.J. Penn was arrested for the third time in six days on Friday earlier than being launched on bail.
This newest arrest stems from Penn failing to look in courtroom, which was a violation of his earlier bail settlement when he was taken into custody on two separate events for abuse of a household or family member. That led to a bench warrant being issued for his arrest.
Penn was hit with two bail violations from these two arrests and in the end launched from custody after paying a $2,000 bond.
In response to a separate report from KHON2 in Hawaii, Penn requested that the bench warrant be recalled as a result of he claimed he missed courtroom as a consequence of him being sick with COVID. Clearly, the decide disagreed and Penn was arrested once more.
A decide additionally denied Penn’s request for a restraining order towards his mom Lorraine Shin based mostly on allegations that “don’t set up a foundation for reduction.” That is the second time a decide has denied Penn searching for a restraining order towards his mom after making a number of disturbing posts on social media that a number of members of his household have been killed and changed with imposters.
Whereas Penn’s request was denied, his mom was granted a short lived restraining order towards her son that requires him to remain a minimum of 100 toes away from her always after she detailed how he inflicted “excessive psychological abuse” on her.
Within the preliminary submitting, Shin claimed that Penn lashed out towards her a number of occasions in latest weeks together with allegations that he put glue in a lock on her door to stop her from gaining entry into her bed room and likewise allegedly stole her mail, which led to an altercation that ended with him being arrested.
In her assertion to the courtroom, Shin claimed that Penn blinded her with a shiny flashlight to stop her from calling police after she noticed her mail within the backseat of a car being pushed by one in every of her son’s pals. When she tried to get the mail, Shin claims that Penn allegedly grabbed her arms and shoved her towards the automotive, which led to his mom screaming for assist from her son Reagan Penn.
“I consider my son [B.J. Penn] is affected by Capgras delusional syndrome (a psychiatric dysfunction during which an individual holds a delusion {that a} buddy, partner, guardian, different shut member of the family has been changed by an an identical imposter),” Shin advised police when submitting for the restraining order. “He believes I’m an imposter who has killed his household to realize management of the household property.
“In the most effective curiosity for my security, I ask the courtroom for a six month [temporary restraining order] and have my son ordered to get medical therapy or different supply of remedy.”
The decide granted the restraining order with the subsequent courtroom date set for June 10.
Penn, 46, has raised issues about his psychological well being after making quite a few posts about his household being murdered and changed by imposters. The UFC legend additionally posted a video displaying his preliminary arrest this previous Sunday as police took him into custody for the primary of 3 times in lower than every week.
