Former UFC two-division champion B.J. Penn was arrested Tuesday by Hawaii police and charged for violating a restraining order filed in opposition to him by his mom. It marked Penn’s fifth arrest since late Might, along with his prior arrests all regarding Penn’s ongoing dispute along with his mom amid Penn’s claims that his household has been murdered and changed with imposters.
Penn was arrested with out incident and has since posted $2,000 bailed.
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Hawaii police launched the next assertion Tuesday evening:
Hawai‘i Island police arrested and charged 46-year-old Jay Dee “BJ” Penn of Hilo, for violating a court docket order for cover.
At 4:03 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of a violation within the space of Puueo Road in Hilo. Upon arrival, officers decided that Penn had entered a property in violation of the phrases of a court docket order for cover during which he’s the respondent.
Penn was later situated within the space and arrested with out incident. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, he was charged with violating the order for cover. His bail was set at $2,000, which he later posted.
Police ask anybody with info concerning this incident to contact Hilo Patrol Officer Elieser Quinones at elieser.quinones@hawaiicounty.gov.
Decide Jeffrey Ng granted Penn’s mom, Lorraine Shin, a one-year safety order in opposition to the UFC Corridor of Famer in late August, which prevents her son from contacting her in any kind previous to Might 26, 2026. Shin, 79, proved her declare of “home abuse and/or excessive psychological abuse” throughout the court docket proceedings and alleged that Penn suffers from a uncommon psychological dysfunction generally known as Capgras syndrome, which causes him to imagine that his members of the family have been changed by imposters.
Penn, 46, was arrested on back-to-back days on Might 25 and Might 26, then once more on Might 30 and June 12 on prices that embody abuse of a household or family member.
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Penn has made a number of posts to his social media accounts over the previous a number of months during which he alleges his members of the family have been changed by imposters, with a selected deal with his mom.
In Shin’s preliminary request for a restraining order, she alleged a disturbing sample of habits from her son. After coming back from a visit in early Might, Shin mentioned she observed a lot of her belongings “resembling garments, footwear, jewellery, private gadgets” and even her mattress had all been faraway from her bed room. Shin filed a police report after Penn denied taking the gadgets, she mentioned, and some days later her purse “with my driver’s license, bank card and locks for my secure” have been additionally stolen.
Shin mentioned she then put up safety cameras inside and outdoors the house, whereas additionally putting in a deadbolt lock on her bed room door. In response to Shin, Penn took down or tampered with the cameras and “additionally put glue into my lifeless bolts that stopped me from opening my bed room door.”
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Shin claimed Penn then stole her mail and aggressively shined a flashlight in her face on the evening of Might 25 when confronted. To be able to forestall her from calling the police, Shin claimed Penn “grabbed my arms and shoved me in opposition to the 4-door grey sedan, which I felt a pointy ache in my again,” leading to her screaming for Penn’s youthful brother, Reagan, to return assist. Penn was in the end arrested and ordered to steer clear of his mom’s residence for 48 hours, nevertheless Shin claimed she caught Penn breaking into her residence once more the next day. In consequence, Penn was once more arrested for violating the police order.
Penn has trials scheduled in late October and early November.
Penn final fought within the UFC in 2019, struggling his seventh consecutive loss. He was later launched by the UFC after a video was launched exhibiting Penn in a road struggle exterior a Hawaii bar.
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