Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a rideshare driver, according to police

According to NBC News, Los Angeles Police Officer Kevin Terzes said by email: "The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim."

The officer added that the victim had not sustained injuries requiring medical treatment.

Designated Survivor star Sutherland was booked into jail around 4am on Monday morning, but he was later released from custody after forking out a $50,000 bond.

The 24 star - who is the son of late, great actor Donald Sutherland, who passed away in 2024 aged 88 - is due to appear in court on February 2nd.

Sutherland's representatives did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.

It's not the first time the actor has been arrested.

He has previously endured three spells in jail, most recently in 2007, when he was sentenced to 48 days in prison for driving under the influence (DUI) and violating probation.

In 2016, he told Rolling Stone Country: "Johnny Cash wrote about men in prison and he managed to do that with a kind of dignity that I always thought was incredible.

"I've never been to prison ... I have gone to jail a few times in my life for doing some incredibly stupid stuff and I can tell you, the first thing you lose when you walk through those doors is your dignity.

"I always really appreciated [Cash] for that."

Sutherland was detained in 2009 for allegedly assaulting a fashion designer in a New York City nightclub, but the misdemeanour assault charges were later dropped.

What's more, Sutherland was arrested in 2020 after making an illegal U-turn in California.