B.J. Penn accused of harassing his mother over bizarre beliefs

The 46-year-old erstwhile UFC fighter, B.J. Penn, who was erstwhile 1 of the astir celebrated and palmy successful the sport, is presently successful superior occupation with his mother.

Penn's lawsuit is rather antithetic and sad. Earlier this year, helium was arrested for aggregate assaults connected his mother, and the crushed for each this lies successful his content that the authorities did not enactment properly. Penn believes that his parent and member were killed and replaced with doppelgangers - radical who physically lucifer his family, but are not them. 

Because of this, helium perpetually causes problems for his mother, disrupts her regular beingness and threatens her. On respective occasions, helium confiscated her belongings and forbade her from accessing definite parts of the house. The concern escalated to the constituent that the constabulary had to intervene, and the tribunal made a decision.

Lorraine Shin, Penn's mother, lives successful fear. She believes that her lad suffers from Capgras syndrome - a uncommon psychiatric upset successful which a idiosyncratic believes that household members person been replaced by doppelgangers. “He believes I’m a fake who killed his existent parent to instrumentality implicit his fortune,” Lorraine Shin told police.

Penn had publically sought assistance from Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitte, erstwhile owners of the UFC, little than a period ago. His connection was confusing: 

“Strength isn’t however overmuch you tin wounded someone, it’s however overmuch you tin assistance someone. I didn’t commencement this fight. This is an service of thieves and they’re present to bargain everything I’ve worked for… If I spell adjacent my house, effort to instrumentality my dogs and immoderate I can, I’ll beryllium arrested. Just deliberation astir it. There’s nary 1 present to assistance me,” the 46-year-old wrote connected Instagram.

Court ruling and restraining order

Judge Jeffrey Ng granted an bid that would necessitate Penn to person nary interaction with his parent for astir a year. That means helium indispensable enactment astatine slightest 100 yards distant from her home, spot of employment, and immoderate neutral location. 

Penn indispensable permission instantly if helium happens to spot her. The lone interaction allowed is during tribunal proceedings successful the beingness of an lawyer oregon erstwhile serving ineligible documents. This prohibition is successful effect until May 26, 2026, 1 twelvemonth aft Shin primitively filed for protection.

The retired combatant volition apt proceed to assertion that his parent has been replaced by a doppelganger. The nationalist hopes that Penn volition person capable assistance and therapy successful clip to resoluteness the concern safely.