Video shows Tempe Police Department officers yelling through the University house apartment door to lure out Nicholas Van Varenberg, 21, near the Arizona State University’s Tempe campus
The son of Jean-Claude Van Damme has been shown on the body camera of local Arizona police getting arrested at his apartment on suspicion of threatening his roommate with a kitchen night after a two-hour standoff.
Video shows Tempe Police Department officers yelling through the University house apartment door to lure out Nicholas Van Varenberg, 21, near the Arizona State University’s Tempe campus.
‘Do you guys want some fame or something or what?’ Van Varenberg asked Tempe Officer Ryan Conway when cops were finally able to get him out the home, according to AZ Central.
Upon Van Varenberg’s refusal to come out, officers heard his roommate ask the actor’s son if he was going to kill him.
The victim was eventually able to get out the room safely, in an hour.
According to police report and video, backup officers arrived on the scene and tried to have the roommate challenge Van Varenberg to a fight in an attempt to lure him out.
‘Do you guys want some fame or something or what?’ Van Varenberg asked Tempe Officer Ryan Conway when cops were finally able to get him out the home
Ac coring to police report and video, backup officers arrived on the scene and tried to have the roommate challenge Van Varenberg – pictured with his dad in 2012 – to a fight in an attempt to lure him out.
The 21-year-old later denied threatening his roommate and went as far as to describe him as his bestfriend.
Mom and dad: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Darcy LaPier (pictured, left, in 1995) are the boys parents and he is their youngest son
The roommate appeared to be scared of Van Varenberg, however, when talking to police at the scene, the video shows.
An officer working at the building noted Van Varenberg’s hand bleeding after punching an elevator wall.
But since Van Varenberg declined medical attention and the officer determined no crime was committed, the cop left.
Someone soon complained about loud noises coming from the room.
When the officer went to talk to the interdisciplinary studies major the second time around, he allegedly threatened his roommate with a kitchen knife if he opened the door for police.
‘You were bullied in high school, buddy,’ Van Varenberg told Conway, police said.
The roommate told police he had to do what Van Varenberg demanded or his ‘parents will be at my funeral in two days,’ according to the police report.
Van Varenberg was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment, and drug possession
Van Varenberg was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment, and drug possession.
He told The Arizona Republic in a brief phone conversation on Monday the case ‘is being handled’ and declined further comment.
The suspect told police on top of making T-shirts for a living he has done movies with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
The man, who is out of jail on a $10,000 bond, is scheduled for a hearing on September 20, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records. His father has been married five times to four different women
When asked if he wanted to have the case prosecuted if evidence of a crime was found, the roommate told police yes.
‘I’d love to be protected and safe,’ the roommate said.
Officers obtained a sword, shotgun, drug paraphernalia related to marijuana use, a knife and Van Varenberg’s ASU ID and his Oregon driver’s license.
The man, who is out of jail on a $10,000 bond, is scheduled for a hearing on September 20, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.
The 21-year-old, who was born in Los Angeles, made an appearance in the 2017 film Kickboxer: Retaliation which his father starred in.
His mother is American model and actress Darcy LaPier. Van Damme has been married five times to four different women.