Lorraine Shin, the mother of
UFC great B.J. Penn, has
filed a restraining order against her son.
According to documents initially obtained by
MMAFighting.com, Shin is alleging that Penn has used “extreme
psychological abuse towards me for over the past several months
that I am not Lorraine Shin, I killed his family and have taken
over his mother’s identity, and he wants me to be removed from his
home.” For now, the restraining order is pending until it is
approved or denied by a judge.
Shin’s allegations seem to align with an April Instagram post from
Penn, where he issues an alert to Hilo police claiming that his
family members have all been murdered.
“I need you to investigate these guys, get these people out of my
house and [off my] properties,” he wrote.
Penn was
arrested on both Sunday and Monday for the same charge of abuse
of a family or household member before being released on both
occasions.
In the restraining order request, Shin claims that she returned
from a trip on May 11 to find that all of her personal belongings
were removed from her bedroom. On May 16, Shin claimed that “my
personal purse with my driver’s license, credit card and locks for
my safe were stolen.” Shin filed theft reports both times after
Penn denied knowing the whereabouts of the belongings. According to
Shin, Penn told her that “all the items in the safe were his.”
After intalling a dead bolt on her bedroom door and security
cameras inside and outside, Shin said that Penn was caught taking
down the cameras and putting glue into her dead bolts. Shin also
alleges that Penn stole her mail and tried to shine a flashlight in
her face to prevent her from calling police when confronted.
“I tried turning in several directions and he continued to blind me
with his flashlight,” Shin wrote. “I then tried to grab the
flashlight and remove it from my face and then he grabbed my arms
and shoved me against the 4-door gray sedan, which I felt a sharp
pain in my back. I then started to scream at the top of my voice
for my son Reagan Penn
to help me. Reagan lives two houses away from me. Reagan ran over
to help me. I then dialed 911 for help.”
Penn was then arrested and “given 48 hours” to stay away from his
mother’s home, per Shin. Shortly thereafter, Shin says she caught
Penn leaving her house following the warning. After she heard Penn
arguing with Reagan, the UFC veteran was arrested again for
violation of the warning.
“I believe my son [B.J. Penn] is suffering from Capgras delusional
syndrome. He believes I’m an imposter who has killed his family to
gain control of the family assets,” Shin wrote. “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.”
Capgras delusional syndrome is 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.
Penn shared a video of his initial arrest on Tuesday, where he was
surrounded by police officers while on his bed. During that
encounter, Penn claimed to have no knowledge of the reason for his
arrest.
Penn last fought on May 11, 2019, when he dropped a unanimous
decision to Clay Guida in
his final Octagon appearance at UFC 237. “The Prodigy” exited the
promotion on a seven-bout losing streak.
