Judge approves restraining order against B.J. Penn, ordered to stay 100 feet away from his mother

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B.J. Penn has been served with a temporary restraining order approved by a judge in Hawaii after his mother filed for protection from her son following two separate arrests involving the UFC legend.

On Tuesday, Penn’s mother Lorraine Shin filed for the restraining order against Penn citing “extreme psychological abuse” after he claimed she was actually an imposter who “killed his family” and took over his mother’s identity.

Judge Jeffrey Ng approved the temporary restraining order, which was served to Penn on Tuesday according to online court records. The restraining order remains in place for at least 180 days and Penn is due in court on June 10 for a full hearing on the matter.

Penn is not allowed within 100 feet of his mother while the order stays in place, and he’s also not allowed within 100 yards of anywhere his mother resides or works.

As part of the temporary restraining order, Penn must also attend the court hearing in June. He is not allowed to “threaten, physically abuse or psychologically abuse” the petitioner—his mother—and he’s also not allowed to “contact, write, telephone or otherwise electronically contact” his mother or anyone living with his mother.

Violating the restraining order is considered a misdemeanor and could result in punishment of up to one year in jail as well as a fine up to $1,000.

Shin filed for the restraining order after Penn was arrested this past Sunday and Monday on charges of abuse of a family or household member.

In the documentation filed for the restraining order, Shin claimed she returned home from a trip and found all of her belongings removed from her bedroom. Penn denied any involvement in missing property. A few days later, Shin claimed her purse was stolen from a safe and that led to her making a theft report with police.

Shin later installed a lock on her bedroom door along with security cameras for the house but claims Penn took down the cameras and “he also put glue into my dead bolts that stopped me from opening my bedroom door.”

This past weekend, Shin told police she returned home from a separate trip and found that Penn had allegedly put duct tape over her security cameras and glue into the deadbolt lock on her bedroom door to prevent her from entering. Shin later accused Penn of stealing her mail and when she claims she found the mail in the back of a vehicle that belonged to one of her son’s friends, the 46-year-old fighter denied it was her mail and allegedly grabbed her arms and shoved her against the car, which led to his mother screaming at the top of her lungs for her son Reagan Penn to help her.

Penn was eventually arrested and told to stay away from his mother for the next 48 hours, but Shin claims he returned to the home and she presented video evidence as proof to police, which led to Penn’s second arrest in as many days.

“I believe my son [B.J. Penn] is suffering from Capgras delusional syndrome (a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member has been replaced by an identical imposter),” Shin told police when filing for the restraining order. “He believes I’m an imposter who has killed his family to gain control of the family assets.

“In the best interest for my safety, I ask the court for a six month [temporary restraining order] and have my son ordered to get medical treatment or other source of therapy.”

Penn has continuously made troubling posts on social media claiming his family is dead and they have all been replaced with imposters. He also posted a video showing his initial arrest by police this past Sunday.

Widely considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, Penn last fought in the UFC in 2019 and he remains part of a small group of athletes to hold belts in two different divisions after he conquered both the welterweight and lightweight titles during his career.

Judge approves restraining order against B.J. Penn, ordered to stay 100 feet away from his mother

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