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Daniel Dae Kim, who stars as Jin-Soo Kwon on ABC's hit TV series "Lost," was arrested early this morning for allegedly driving drunk.
Details of his DUI arrest haven't been released yet, but police said he was arrested around 3 a.m. He was booked at the Honolulu Police station downtown, posted bail and was released at 5:05 a.m.
Kim didn't say anything as he left the station while being ushered by two police officers to a mini van that was waiting for him just outside the police station's receiving area.
Wearing a polo shirt, kaki shorts and his hair growing out, Kim kept his head down as he brushed past media, stepping into the front passenger's side of the mini van, which quickly whisked him away.
Kim's arrest isn't the first DUI or run in with police for stars of the hit TV series.
Some of the other notable brushes with the law include former cast members Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros both being arrested for drunk driving on Dec. 1, 2005 when police spotted their vehicles weaving along Pali Highway.
Both pleaded guilty, and both were gone from the show by season's end.
On Sept. 2, 2006, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Mr. Eko") was arrested for disobeying a police officer and driving without a license. The charges were later dropped when Akinnuoye-Agbaje provided proof that he possessed a license. He he was killed off the show by a smoke-monster in the first half of that season.
Source: Honolulu Advertiser
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WOW..I'm kinda speechless, what is it with this show & DUI's, haven't they learned anything from Michelle,Cynthia, & Adewale...This could be Bye,Bye to Jin..?
Gees, the cocktails on that island must just be stellar! Aw, poor DDK! I hope the writers don't make him pay for this.
Take a cab people!
Arested around 3am, the writings on the cards... maybe Jin will be the next Lostie to die
Spooky beat me to it.
Memo to LOST's actors:
If you're a regular, you're making really, really, REALLY good money. If you're going to go out and drink, you can afford to hire a Towncar and a driver for the evening. Really, it's not expensive. Please keep this in mind, because drunk drivers really suck, big time.
wow they are all getting DUI's whats up with that !!!
hope jin wont be gone too soon, hmmmmmmmm
this sucks these ppl. should know by now :((((
sad news? really?!
the good news should be that he didn't hurt anyone.
whether a character on LOST or not, no one should drive drunk. Period.
See ya Jin.
Oh no! If conspiracy theorists are to be believed, this means Jin is now marked for death!
Well, Jin's been on my list of potential deaths since Season 2, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Glad he's not on my LFL team!
And seriously, how can you have the energy to shoot a demanding show like Lost and then stay up until 3 am?
Well, I hope Jin does get killed off. I think it's a good policy, and like to think that's why Rodriguez & Watros were fired. I do like Jin though, and he is on my LFL Team.
Boo! drunk drivers.
Adios Jin
kirch- its sad news because we like the guy and we're disappointed he'd do something so irresponsible.
According to the writers(I can't remember where I heard this), drunk driving doesn't have to do with being killed off the show. They said that Michelle Rodriguez's contract was for only one year, she stipulated that she wanted to only be on for a year. I don't know about Cynthia Watros. I do know that Adewale wanted off the show.
I am sad that Daniel Dae Kim would make such a decision, but I hope that Jin isn't fated to be killed becausee of his bad decision....
I think most people have this whole thing a little bit backwards. My impression is that people get killed off, shoot their last episode, go out partying, and THEN get arrested for DUI. I've never thought it was some kind of high/mighty moral policy that dictated huge restructuring of the show's storylines and character arcs as a result of mild misbehavior.
This should be a spoiler! lol
This probably couldn't have come at a better time with Michael coming back to the island. I bet 5 gold stars that Michael and Sun are making googly-eyes at each other by midseason. It was nice knowing you Jin.
hey G-man how about a DUI related cup huh? Seriously this is getting a little out of head.
Agent Tom Baker was simply following the lead of Agent Jack Bauer!
"And seriously, how can you have the energy to shoot a demanding show like Lost and then stay up until 3 am?"
When your character is Jin? He gets maybe one scene every 5 episodes nowadays.
Watching that video made me feel dirty btw.
Wow... geez, you think you know a guy... (yeah ok) but seriously, what's wrong with these people? Like my parents told me, "It's all fun and games until somebody gets killed." CALL a CAB to drive your drunk arse home!
The Lost curse strikes back. He's going to die.
Good grief!!! What was he thinking!?!
Well, I guess it is safe to assume that Jin won't live to see season 5 now. Or maybe DDK already knew that his character was going to be killed off so he didn't bother being careful (afterall getting a DUI could be a (sick and) highly effective passive-aggressive way of leaking a spoiler about Jin's impending death without actually openning his mouth and breaking any legally binding contracts).
Either way, it was a very irresponsible and a very disrespectful choice to make!!! And while I would miss the character of Jin, I hope TPTB continue to react to this sort of behavior the same way that they have in the past! Like it or not, part of the job of celebrities is to recgonize that they are also role models--especially to the very impressionable and highly valued younger fans. If they can't behave like responsible citizens, then they don't deserve to their success. There are plenty of other talented actors and actresses out there who would be willing to do almost anything to trade places with them--the least of which includes obeying the law.
I am sure Naveen Andrews & possibly Josh Holloway has done this since Lost started. I don't think Jin will be axed from the show cos of this. Ana-Lucia & Eko wanted only a year contract & Libby wanted to do that other show, whatever it was called? Jin may very well live in Season 4 for a bit longer but they must do something big with his storyline.
Is this DDK's first offense? I wonder if my employer would fire me for a first offense? I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. Role models? The Lost characters? Um, yeah, I want my child to grow up just like one of the Losties. Parents are role models not actors. Their only responsibility is to their own children.
Most of them probably do this, they just haven't been caught yet and yes I agree it is a stupid, selfish thing to do.
^^Characters as role model? Where in the world did you get that from? I said that the actors are role models and that they have a responsiblity to behave accordingly. And you are fooling yourself if you don't think that teenagers take a lot of social clues from the public behavior of celebrities.
Finally Jin will die. Holla!
Kids do take clues from celebrities but that doesn't mean it's wise to do so. I think Katie was being sacrcastic about wanting the kids to be like the Losties and saying that kids roll model should be the parents and not said celebrities.
Are there no taxis in Hawaii?
Can we add "DUI" as a category on our Fantasy League?
Kids do take clues from celebrities but that doesn't mean it's wise to do so. I think Katie was being sacrcastic about wanting the kids to be like the Losties and saying that kids roll model should be the parents and not said celebrities.
Yes, thank you. These actors, in my opinion, are not responsible for being role models for anyone's children other than their own. Unless they're lonely kids with no friends or social life, teenagers typically take their cue from their peers.
Bye, Jin.
I think it is totally fine for actors to get fired because of DUIs. It is soooo lame, irresponsible, and selfish.
Yeah, I can't believe some people are actually showing sympathy for him. There is no excuse for drunk driving, EVER. And honestly, I don't want people who drive drunk working on the show. I liked the Sun/Jin relationship but if they're going to kill anyone off this season, it should be Jin. Daniel Dae Kim would deserve it.
I didn't put my speakers on, but instead, I did my own voice over. It went something like this:
"Listen Brah, ice isn't a joke, its serious brah. Beth and I both know you don't want to be trapped on the island being an icehead. Charlie got lucky brah. There might be polar bears and heroin there, but there's no ice brah. Learn a lesson and keep your head straight. Want a smoke brah?"
Seriously, we see that frickin adult release door on A&E all the time.
emad, that really made me laugh. :D
It really makes you wonder. I've never been drunk and I don't drive so I have no idea how people get into these situations, especially those you can hire a driver. So silly. My only other guess is that he wants off the show but can't get out of his contract.
I've always like Daniel Dae Kim, he seems like a really solid guy, so I'm really surprised by this.
I suppose Jin will be written off now. Big shame, I really liked him too.
Either way, it was a very irresponsible and a very disrespectful choice to make!!! And while I would miss the character of Jin, I hope TPTB continue to react to this sort of behavior the same way that they have in the past! Like it or not, part of the job of celebrities is to recgonize that they are also role models--especially to the very impressionable and highly valued younger fans. If they can't behave like responsible citizens, then they don't deserve to their success. There are plenty of other talented actors and actresses out there who would be willing to do almost anything to trade places with them--the least of which includes obeying the law. - southernbeauty
Yeah, I can't believe some people are actually showing sympathy for him. There is no excuse for drunk driving, EVER. And honestly, I don't want people who drive drunk working on the show. I liked the Sun/Jin relationship but if they're going to kill anyone off this season, it should be Jin. Daniel Dae Kim would deserve it. "rodimus" ben lundy
Maybe you'd like to see him stoned in the public square while you're at it?
If you want to be all righteous on this issue, why don't you sit down and write some letters to your public officials? AFAIC, the DUI issue is about public safety... noting else. In that regard, the penalties are laughable. You get people with multiple offences, STILL driving even after their licenses have been suspended, and they end up serving a few hours in a jail cell somewhere.
If the law was really serious about ending DUIs, they'd do something like suspend a driver's license for a year on a first offence. For a second offence, or for drivining during the period while their license was suspended, take away their license for FIVE years and confiscate the car... no matter WHOSE car they were driving. No exceptions for any reason. Get SERIOUS about keeping these people OUT from behind the wheel of a car, and you'd see them start hiring drivers and taking cabs in a heartbeat.
It's not up to an employer to try to reform people. If this is a first offence, very few employees would be fired, nor should they. I don't see why DDK should be either. JMO, of course.
Maybe he had a bit too much to drink after he filmed his last scene. They do say a major character will die early this season. I'm thinking it was probably the same with the others that were arrested. They didn't get fired for the dui but got the dui because they were fired. Any thoughts?
Seems DDK blew more than TWICE the legal limit, so it's not a question of having three beers instead of two and thinking he was OK to drive. Idiot!
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/entertainment/14423674/detail.html
My bet is that Jin will go to that great island in the sky this season. There must be a strick no drinking policy at Lost - Anna Lucia, drunk idiot - DEAD, Libby, drunk driving - DEAD, Eko, drunk driving - DEAD. You would have to be blind to miss that trend.
frank803 said...
Can we add "DUI" as a category on our Fantasy League?
That says it all doesn't it?! I mean come on- aside from the wrongness/irresponsibility of it- have they learned nothing from those who have gone before...and I do mean gone. Hopefully this doesn't seal Jin's fate.
I think we can say bye to Jim...
Darn... :(
I wish the police would be as serious with DUI arrests in Brazil as they seem to be in Hawaii. In this country you get drunk, kill other people and get NO jail time!!!
Dude, Eko and Ana-Lucia were both written and had contracts that expected them to die when they did.
Libby was an afterthought coincidence.
Jin is safe.
However, I'm very sad at Daniel. Shame on you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yes, extra ! needed)
After reading all the comments, I wish people would stop talking out of their asses and spreading false rumors. None of the characters who have been killed off have had that happen because of problems with the law. Just because some of the people who had problems with the law got killed off, doesn't mean its an automatic ticket off the show. The producers have said exactly that. They did not kill off AL, Libby, or Eko because of problems with the law. What about Boone, Shannon, and Charlie. They didn't have trouble with the law and from all accounts were a pleasure to work with. They still got killed off. Its all about the story. If the police are not locking DDK away for the rest of his life, then it is not the producers business to reprimand him.
bottom line: nobody has ever been killed off Lost because of problems with the law, so there is no reason to speculate unfoundedly that they will start now.
Jin is so dead.
"It really makes you wonder. I've never been drunk and I don't drive so I have no idea how people get into these situations, especially those you can hire a driver."
Thats the thing. Drinking completely lowers your inhibitions and makes you feel like you're capable of doing anything. The responsibility comes in setting up your designated driver BEFORE you go out drinking. This is where DDK messed up, and he'll probably pay for it in the end. If he doesn't get killed off, maybe his screen time will be lowered to one scene every ten episodes rather than five. ouch
I don't think they'll kill him off.
He's too big of a character.
I hope they don't kill him off...
I would be very disappointed if Jin is killed off because he has some problems with law. I think producers are smart enough to distinguish privacy and job.
"hollywood stars" have usually been involved in scandals and law issues..
Screw whoever that George E Cabral is. DDK looked so humiliated walking out of the police station, dui or not, let him at least leave the station with some dignity. Just like anyone else who gets arrested there.
I friggin hate the paparazzi.
what the...?..
4 lost-actors have had police-issues so far.
who will be the next one..?!
Bye bye Jin!!
Get a ride..hire a driver, call a cab
I have no sympathy for rich people putting lives in danger wehn the solution is so simple
..you only have sympathy for poor/middle class people putting lives in danger?
Fer chrissakes, chill out about the DUI. He's not getting killed off because of that.
Hipster Doofus said...
Just because some of the people who had problems with the law got killed off, doesn't mean its an automatic ticket off the show. The producers have said exactly that. They did not kill off AL, Libby, or Eko because of problems with the law.
Come on, does anyone really think that TPTB would come out and say "Yup, we canned her sorry ass for that DUI charge?" Setting aside the issue of plain courtesy, there may even be legal reasons not to make such a statement. I mean, I'm not a labor lawyer, but I am a thinker.
So of COURSE they're going to say that it was planned, or it was a change of direction, artistic differences, short-term contract, etc. I'm sure that any star's off-screen hijinks certainly weighs into any decision to keep them on-board. Wasn't Michael Emerson intended to be a short-term character? But he was received well, kept on, and look at him now. Would he be in the position he is if he was getting big ink as a notorious juicer? They could have easily figured he was not worth the trouble and allowed to expire quietly.
I'm not saying DDK is in or out, just that his actions will have been noted. The bottom line is that the producers seem to have little tolerance for bad publicity, and I agree with them.
Uh oh, looks like Jin won't be around too much longer--didn't someone point out that he was missing from a picture? Maybe DDK knew Jin was getting killed off and was at a party or something and just drove when he shouldn't have.
The fact of the matter is nobody outside the Lost production department knows for sure if Rodriguez, Watros and Akinnuoye-Agbaje not being on the show anymore has anything to do with their legal troubles. Not even you, 'hipster doofus'. It just boils down to whether or not you believe Lindelof and Cuse.
When Rodriguez and Watros were arrested in the same incident, and then their characters killed off a short while later in the same scene, you can't really blame people for putting two and two together.
I don't think DDK will be killed off yet. But, he's an outright idiot for what he did. Production companies really do have a lot to loose when an actor starts engaging in "risky" behavior. I believe that they generally have insurance that covers each actor incase something happens to them, so that they can carry the cost of stopping production, re-writing, hiring a possible new person etc. It's like auto ins. Usually when you have an accident or DUI, you can count on your rates going WAY up. So I'm sure that at some point certain actors rates would be crazy because they are such a liability. Then it's just not worth it to hire or hang on to them if they already work for you. Like what company in their right mind would want to hire someone like Tom Sizemore now? I think DDK is safe for now. I think he'll be sent packing when it fits into the story. But I also think that maybe the Powers that be at LOST should seriously think of hiring a full-time on-call driver (or 2) for these scallywags. Ahh, the stresses of being a famous actor, on a hit TV show, Making more in an episode than most make all year (or lifetime) and to have to live on Hawaii too!
Jin wont be killed of.
Ana lucia was killed off because she only wanted to do a year on lost, and not many people liked Ana-Lucia so they killed Libby off too so people would feel upset.
And Mr.Eko wanted to leave