B.J. Penn was arrested for the third time in six days on Friday before being released on bail.
This latest arrest stems from Penn failing to appear in court, which was a violation of his previous bail agreement when he was taken into custody on two separate occasions for abuse of a family or household member. That led to a bench warrant being issued for his arrest.
Penn was hit with two bail violations from those two arrests and ultimately released from custody after paying a $2,000 bond.
According to a separate report from KHON2 in Hawaii, Penn requested that the bench warrant be recalled because he claimed he missed court due to him being sick with COVID. Obviously, the judge disagreed and Penn was arrested again.
A judge also denied Penn’s request for a restraining order against his mother Lorraine Shin based on allegations that “do not establish a basis for relief.” This is the second time a judge has denied Penn seeking a restraining order against his mother after making several disturbing posts on social media that several members of his family have been killed and replaced with imposters.
While Penn’s request was denied, his mother was granted a temporary restraining order against her son that requires him to stay at least 100 feet away from her at all times after she detailed how he inflicted “extreme psychological abuse” on her.
In the initial filing, Shin claimed that Penn lashed out against her several times in recent weeks including allegations that he put glue in a lock on her door to prevent her from gaining entry into her bedroom and also allegedly stole her mail, which led to an altercation that ended with him being arrested.
In her statement to the court, Shin claimed that Penn blinded her with a bright flashlight to prevent her from calling police after she saw her mail in the backseat of a vehicle being driven by one of her son’s friends. When she attempted to get the mail, Shin claims that Penn allegedly grabbed her arms and shoved her against the car, which led to his mother screaming for help from her son Reagan Penn.
“I believe my son [B.J. Penn] is suffering from Capgras delusional syndrome (a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member has been replaced by an identical imposter),” Shin told police when filing for the restraining order. “He believes I’m an imposter who has killed his family to gain control of the family assets.
“In the best interest for my safety, I ask the court for a six month [temporary restraining order] and have my son ordered to get medical treatment or other source of therapy.”
The judge granted the restraining order with the next court date set for June 10.
Penn, 46, has raised concerns about his mental health after making numerous posts about his family being murdered and replaced by imposters. The UFC legend also posted a video showing his initial arrest this past Sunday as police took him into custody for the first of three times in less than a week.
