New claims emerge in Kiefer Sutherland’s Hollywood arrest after altercation with rideshare driver

Shock new claims have emerged about Kiefer Sutherland’s alleged altercation with a rideshare driver in Hollywood on Monday.

Sutherland, 59, was arrested after reports of a driver being assaulted, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the Daily Mail confirmed.

According to the LAPD, officers responded to a radio call about an ‘assault involving a rideshare driver’ shortly after midnight.

The suspect, who was later identified as Sutherland, allegedly got into the vehicle near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue and assaulted the driver before threatening them, according to the police statement.

The 24 star was subsequently arrested on suspicion of criminal threats. The felony charge covers situations in which a person threatens to kill someone or cause serious bodily injury in order to inspire fear.

Now, TMZ reports that Sutherland was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill an Uber driver who refused to pull over and let him out of the vehicle.

It was claimed Sutherland told police he was having dinner with a friend Sunday night and later in the evening, called an Uber Black.

According to TMZ Sutherland climbed into the luxury car and was en-route to his home when it was claimed he asked the driver to ‘pull over and let him out.’

The actor told police the driver refused, leading to the actor asking ‘twice more’ for the driver to pull over, ‘to no avail.’

The Uber driver claimed Sutherland reportedly ‘threatened to kill him if he didn’t pull over’ and the driver also claimed Sutherland ‘assaulted him with his hands’ according to TMZ’s report. The driver called 911.

Police told Daily Mail that driver did not sustain any injuries requiring medical treatment. 

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for Sutherland and Uber for comment and has yet to hear back.

When asked, the LAPD shared its prior statement to Daily Mail, which did not confirm what exactly Sutherland or the driver reportedly said. 

Following his arrest, Sutherland was booked at 4:23 a.m. at the LAPD’s Hollywood division. 

Sutherland was released at 11:30 a.m. on Monday on a $50,000 bond, according to LA Sheriff’s Department records viewed by the Daily Mail.

The LAPD noted that detectives from its Hollywood Division are continuing to investigate the incident.

An initial court date for the case has been set for February 2. 

Sutherland’s arrest was previously reported on by NBC4 in Los Angeles.

The star has had multiple previous run-ins with the law.

In 2007, Sutherland pleaded no contest to driving under the influence after he failed a field sobriety test. 

Because he had previously been convicted of a DUI in 2004, Sutherland was sentenced to 48 days in jail for the 2007 offense, according to People. 

In 2009, Sutherland was arrested for assault for head-butting the fashion designer Jack McCollough after a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 

However, the charges were later dropped after Sutherland publicly apologized to McCollough in a joint statement from the two men.

The actor spoke about his history with alcohol in a 2016 interview with People. 

‘I was never the guy, if something was wrong in my life or something wasn’t right, I didn’t go drown my sorrows,’ Sutherland said. ‘One of the things I love to do is go out with my friends and tell stories and have a bunch of drinks… 

‘I can also look back on my life and tell you very squarely that the only bad things that have ever happened to me in my life have been because I like to go to bars and have drinks with my friends,’ he continued. ‘I would be lying if I told you that there weren’t moments where I felt I let it get away from me.’

Sutherland is the oldest son of the late acting icon Donald Sutherland, who died in June 2024 at 88. He also has a twin sister, Rachel, as well as younger brothers Roeg, 51; Rossif, 47; and Angus, 43.

The actor is best known for starring as counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer on Fox’s massively popular thriller 24.

The show featured a novel structure in which each of a season’s 24 episodes played in an approximation of real time over the course of a single day. 

The series’ focus on terrorism when it premiered in November 2001 keyed into national fears following the September 11 terrorist attacks, and 24 ran for 8 seasons through 2010 — including a 2008 TV movie — and a 12-episode follow-up series in 2014.

The show kick-started a career revival for Sutherland, who first rose to fame with a string of acclaimed films in the 1980s.

He made his screen debut in 1983’s Max Dugan Returns — which starred his father — and followed it up with a supporting role in Rob Reiner’s acclaimed coming-of-age film Stand By Me (1986).

Last month, Sutherland spoke about working with Reiner for a CBS News special following the shocking murders of the filmmaker and his wife Michele, allegedly at the hand of their son Nick.

Sutherland’s profile increased substantially with Joel Schumacher’s teen vampire film The Lost Boys (1987). 

Other early films include 1988’s Young Guns and its 1990 sequel, as well as Flatliners from the same year, which paired him with Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon. 

Sutherland later starred on Fox’s Touch (2012–2013) and CBS’s Designated Survivor (2016–2019). 

On the big screen, the actor has recently worked with iconic auteurs, including the late William Friedkin in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) and Clint Eastwood in his acclaimed courtroom thriller Juror #2 (2024).