WATCH IT, JACK - 24 Hours’ Jack Bauer actor Kiefer Sutherland arrest for klapping rideshare driver

HOLLYWOOD dik ding Kiefer Sutherland was arrested this week after allegedly assaulting a rideshare driver, according to the gattas.

The 59-year-old actor was toegekap at Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood on Monday following the alleged incident.

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 the tjoekie around 4am on Monday morning, but he was later released from custody after forking out around R818 620 for bail.

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 2 February.

Sutherland’s representatives did not immediately respond to media requests for comment.

And it’s not the first time the actor has been in trouble with the law.

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

Maar daar’s nog… Sutherland was arrested in 2020 after making an illegal U-turn in California.