Son of Jean-Claude Van Damme pleads guilty in Tempe knife incident
Aug 15, 2018, 12:21 PM | Updated: 2:14 pm
Nicholas Van Varenberg (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
(Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
PHOENIX – The son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme changed course Wednesday and pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after allegedly holding his roommate at knifepoint in a Phoenix suburb last year.
Sentencing for 22-year-old Nicholas Van Varenberg was scheduled for Oct. 3, according to a Maricopa County Superior Court statement.
The action star’s son initially pleaded 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.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
