Jean-Claude Van Damme’s son sentenced in Tempe knife incident

PHOENIX — The son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme was sentenced in connection to an incident last year when he held his roommate at knifepoint in a Phoenix suburb.

Nicholas Van Varenberg, 22, was sentenced to 18 months of probation by Maricopa County Judge Warren Granville on Wednesday.

Per the plea, Judge Warren Granville sentenced Nicholas Van Varenberg to 18 months of probation for disorderly conduct.

— MC Superior Court (@courtpio) October 3, 2018

He previously pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in August, after initially pleading not guilty after he was arrested in September 2017 on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful imprisonment, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Officers went to the Tempe apartment after receiving reports about loud noise and yelling.

Police said Van Varenberg became upset at his roommate for answering the door, grabbed a knife and kept his roommate from leaving the apartment.

Van Damme’s youngest son appeared in the 2018 movie “Kickboxer: Retaliation,” according to IMDB.

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