This former UFC athlete has been arrested:
https://t.co/duqRIL3u9B— KHON2 News (@KHONnews)
June 13, 2025
Things are not looking great for
Ultimate Fighting Championship legend B.J. Penn.
On Thursday,
news broke that a local judge in Hawaii had granted and
extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) to nearly six months
for Penn’s mother, Lorraine Shin. She and the ex-UFC champ
currently reside in the same house, but according to the TRO, Penn
is not permitted to set foot inside it for the duration of the
order. He may not contact her in any fashion either.
Later that day, Penn ignored the order he did not sign and entered
a residence that violated the TRO. It is unclear from the report
from
Hawaii News Now whether Penn went to that house he shares with
his mother, or to another place where she was currently located. As
a result, the former lightweight kingpin was arrested for the
fourth time in two weeks, and he was released after posting a
$3,000 bail.
In addition to the other hearings scheduled for “The Prodigy,” he
is due in Family Court on Friday to hear the charges levied against
him for this particular arrest. The three other arrests were for
failing to appear in court after allegedly abusing a member of his
family or household in late May. According to Penn, his family
members have been replaced by impostors, which has allegedly caused
him to threaten and physically or psychologically abuse those
family members. As a result of this current TRO violation, he may
be fined up to $1,000 or imprisoned for upwards of one year.