Overview

• Judge Peter Kubota on Oct. 8 suspended three pending cases and ordered an evaluation of Penn’s fitness and penal responsibility at Hawaii’s Adult Mental Health Division.
• Penn is due back in court Jan. 9, with the examiner’s written opinion required within seven days of that hearing.
• If found unfit to proceed, he could be committed to a state facility for treatment; if deemed fit yet not penal responsible, that finding could factor into defenses up to a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict.
• Hawaii police have arrested the 46-year-old five times since late May on charges that include abuse of a family member, failing to comply with an officer and restraining-order violations.
• His mother, Lorraine Shin, secured a one-year protection order through May 26, 2026 after alleging extreme psychological abuse and Capgras-like delusions, with filings citing tampered security cameras and glue in a bedroom deadbolt.