Sugar Ray Leonard files restraining order against son

Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard has taken legal action to protect his family from his youngest son, citing years of drug addiction and escalating violence. The 70-year-old Hall of Famer filed for a restraining order in May 2026 after a physical altercation at the family's home in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.

According to court documents, Leonard stated that his 25-year-old son, Daniel Leonard, pushed him during a confrontation on May 19, requiring police intervention. The following day, Daniel was arrested for violating a temporary restraining order after he was reportedly found trying to enter the property by turning exterior door handles. A judge subsequently granted the order, requiring Daniel to stay at least 100 yards away from his father, stepmother, their home, vehicles, and workplaces.

In handwritten declarations, Leonard detailed a nearly decade-long crisis driven by his son's severe substance abuse. He wrote that Daniel has struggled with addiction for seven or eight years, a period during which the family has had no peace. Leonard claimed his son has overdosed four times in the past year, with two incidents requiring life-saving hospital treatment. The...