Jean-Claude Van Damme’s troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
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Jean-Claude Van Damme's troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
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Jean-Claude Van Damme's troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
Police say that
Nicholas Van Varenberg freaked out in his apartment building in Tempe, Ariz. — starting with a battle where Nicholas tried to punch out an elevator. Cops followed a trail of blood from his injured hand to Nicholas' apartment, but left after talking to the 21-year-old aspiring actor.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme's troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
Police say that
Nicholas Van Varenberg freaked out in his apartment building in Tempe, Ariz. — starting with a battle where Nicholas tried to punch out an elevator. Cops followed a trail of blood from his injured hand to Nicholas' apartment, but left after talking to the 21-year-old aspiring actor.
But just 20 minutes later, according to a police report, Nicholas' roommate rushed to cops and reported that Jean-Claude's kid had been holding him at knife point. Police rushed upstairs to find a knife that matched the roommate's description, along with a marijuana stash.
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Photo credit: BACKGRID/Files
Jean-Claude Van Damme's troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
Police say that
Nicholas Van Varenberg freaked out in his apartment building in Tempe, Ariz. — starting with a battle where Nicholas tried to punch out an elevator. Cops followed a trail of blood from his injured hand to Nicholas' apartment, but left after talking to the 21-year-old aspiring actor.
But just 20 minutes later, according to a police report, Nicholas' roommate rushed to cops and reported that Jean-Claude's kid had been holding him at knife point. Police rushed upstairs to find a knife that matched the roommate's description, along with a marijuana stash.
Nicholas was busted for unlawful imprisonment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, plus marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. It was a humiliating arrest for Nicholas, who made his screen debut alongside his dad in 2017's "Kickboxer: Retaliation" — after a wild Hollywood upbringing!
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The National ENQUIRER had the scoop when cops were called over a battle between Jean-Claude and his wife
Darcy LaPier at their Idaho home just months after Nicholas was born in Oct., 1995 — and Blaine County Sheriff Walt Femling told The ENQUIRER about the strange twist after Darcy had called 911.
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"Darcy said: 'I slapped him in the face, and he grabbed me by the arms and subdued me,'" said Femling — adding that Darcy insisted: "It's all my fault." But their marriage
ended in a bitter 1997 divorce, with Nicholas' mom going on to marry Herbalife founder Mark R. Hughes just a year before his death in 2000.
Jean-Claude Van Damme's troubled son has been busted for pulling a knife on his roommate during a bloody breakdown!
Photo credit: BACKGRID/Files
Police say that
Nicholas Van Varenberg freaked out in his apartment building in Tempe, Ariz. — starting with a battle where Nicholas tried to punch out an elevator. Cops followed a trail of blood from his injured hand to Nicholas' apartment, but left after talking to the 21-year-old aspiring actor.
But just 20 minutes later, according to a police report, Nicholas' roommate rushed to cops and reported that Jean-Claude's kid had been holding him at knife point. Police rushed upstairs to find a knife that matched the roommate's description, along with a marijuana stash.
Nicholas was busted for unlawful imprisonment and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, plus marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. It was a humiliating arrest for Nicholas, who made his screen debut alongside his dad in 2017's "Kickboxer: Retaliation" — after a wild Hollywood upbringing!
The National ENQUIRER had the scoop when cops were called over a battle between Jean-Claude and his wife
Darcy LaPier at their Idaho home just months after Nicholas was born in Oct., 1995 — and Blaine County Sheriff Walt Femling told The ENQUIRER about the strange twist after Darcy had called 911.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"Darcy said: 'I slapped him in the face, and he grabbed me by the arms and subdued me,'" said Femling — adding that Darcy insisted: "It's all my fault." But their marriage
ended in a bitter 1997 divorce, with Nicholas' mom going on to marry Herbalife founder Mark R. Hughes just a year before his death in 2000.