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 Los Angeles Police Department.
The Daily Mail has contacted Sutherland’s representatives for comment but has not yet received a response.
According to the LAPD, officers responded to a radio call about an ‘assault involving a rideshare driver’ shortly after midnight on Monday.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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, the late acting icon Donald Sutherland — 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 (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
