United Kingdom, June 12 -- Kiefer Sutherland is being sued for assault and battery by his Uber driver.

The 59-year-old actor was arrested in Hollywood in January, with police saying at the time that their investigation had determined that "the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim".

Now, court documents obtained by TMZ have revealed more details of the alleged incident, with the driver in question - Rafael Manvelyan - alleging that Sutherland was "visibly intoxicated" when he picked him up in January.

As he primarily speaks Russian and Armenian, Rafael claims the actor was getting "agitated" because he couldn...