Former UFC star B.J. Penn is going through authorized hassle once more in Hawaii after being arrested and charged for allegedly beating up a person on Tuesday morning, in accordance with a information launch issued by Hawai’i Police.
Police have been referred to as to an assault at a house in Hilo, Hawaii, at 1 a.m. Tuesday, the place a 45-year-old man advised officers that Penn had “punched and kicked him a number of instances earlier than the alleged sufferer was capable of go away the realm and call police.”
“The sufferer later sought medical remedy for his accidents at Hilo Benioff Medical Heart,” in accordance with the discharge.
Cops caught up with Penn at 11:50 a.m. and took him into custody with out incident and charged him with third-degree assault.
Bail was set at $1,000, which the ex-fighter posted.
Penn will return to courtroom on Dec. 2.
Tuesday’s incident was Penn’s newest run-in with the regulation this 12 months after he was arrested 5 instances over a four-month span associated to an ongoing household dispute.
His final arrest got here again in September when he violated a court-ordered restraining order that his mom, Lorraine Shin, had been granted in opposition to Penn.
The 46-year-old former fighter had claimed that his household had been changed by impostors after being killed.
Penn had been first arrested this 12 months in Might on household abuse expenses after he allegedly pushed his mom right into a automobile.
Penn had been a Brazilian jiu-jitsu prodigy and have become the primary non-Brazilian to win the black belt division of the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship earlier than making the leap to MMA.
He debuted at UFC 31 and finally took maintain of the UFC Welterweight championship in 2004 and the light-weight championship in 2008.
Penn’s final UFC bout got here throughout UFC 237 on Might 11, 2019.
Penn was inducted into the UFC Corridor of Fame in 2015.
