Kiefer Sutherland found himself in legal trouble on Monday following an alleged dispute with a rideshare driver, as confirmed by the Daily Mail.
The 59-year-old actor was taken into custody after the Los Angeles Police Department received reports of an assault involving a driver.
Efforts to get a statement from Sutherland’s team by the Daily Mail have yet to yield any response.
According to the LAPD, officers were dispatched shortly after midnight on Monday, responding to a call about an ‘assault involving a rideshare driver.’
Sutherland, identified as the suspect, allegedly entered the car near Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, where he reportedly assaulted and threatened the driver.
The star of “24” was arrested under suspicion of making criminal threats, a serious charge that involves threatening to kill or cause significant harm to instill fear in the victim.
Kiefer Sutherland was arrested Monday after allegedly getting into an altercation with a rideshare driver, the Daily Mail has confirmed. Sutherland, 59, was arrested after reports of a driver being assaulted, according to the LAPD; pictured in November 2025 in London
According to the LAPD, officers responded to a call for an ‘assault involving a rideshare driver’ after midnight on Monday. The suspect, later identified as Sutherland, allegedly got into the vehicle and assaulted the driver before threatening them; Sutherland is pictured on 24
Following his arrest, Sutherland was booked at 4:23 a.m. at the LAPD’s Hollywood division.
According to police, the rideshare driver didn’t have any injuries that required medical attention at the scene.
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 actor is the oldest son of the late acting icon Donald Sutherland, who died in June 2024 at 88.
The actor is best known for starring as counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer on Fox’s massively popular thriller 24.
Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of felony criminal threats and booked at 4:23 a.m. in Hollywood. He was released later Monday morning on a $50k bond; pictured in January 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
No parties involved in the altercation had injuries requiring medical attention at the scene; Sutherland is pictured with his father, the late acting icon Donald Sutherland, in 2008
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).
His 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).
In film, 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).
Sutherland (R) scored one of his earliest roles in the late Rob Reiner’s acclaimed coming-of-age drama Stand By Me (1986)
His profile increased substantially with Joel Schumacher’s teen vampire film The Lost Boys (1987), and other early films included 1988’s Young Guns, as well as Flatliners (1990), which paired him with Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon; pictured in The Lost Boys with Jami Gertz
Sutherland has worked with acclaimed auteurs in recent years, including the late William Friedkin in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023) and Clint Eastwood in his acclaimed courtroom thriller Juror #2 (2024); pictured in November in London
