Former UFC champion BJ Penn has been arrested twice in the past three days in Hawaii on charges of abuse of a family or household member.
According to online records, Penn, 46, was arrested on Sunday and released on $2,000 bail.
He was arrested again and placed on $1,000 bail on Monday, per online records.
Penn, who retired from professional MMA in 2019, has recently claimed online that multiple members of his family are missing.
If they harm me, nothing will happen to them and I lose everything,” Penn posted on Instagram on April 8.
In Hawaii, former UFC champion BJ Penn has been arrested twice in the last three days on suspicion of abusing a family member or household member.
Online records show that Penn, 46, was taken into custody on Sunday and freed on $2,000 bail. According to internet records, he was arrested once more on Monday and released on $1,000 bail. During the Sunday arrest, a video that was uploaded to his social media account seems to show police handcuffing him and escorting him out of his home.
Recently, Penn, who left professional mixed martial arts in 2019, said on the internet that several of his family members are missing. He has accused anonymous imposters of trying to steal his inheritance by taking the place of those family members. He openly requested that the Hilo Police Department look into their killings last month.
“I lose everything and go to jail if I hurt any of these people who are standing in for my mother or my brothers. “I lose everything if they hurt me, and nothing will happen to them,” Penn wrote on Instagram on April 8. As a police officer, I have earned my black belt over the years. Will you guys assist me? Will we search for [my brothers] and my mother and look into these phony scammers who are attempting to steal everything from my family?”.
Penn was a lightweight and welterweight champion in the UFC. Most people agree that he was one of the best lightweights ever. From 2011 to 2019, he lost seven fights in a row, losing three by knockout.
