Court denies BJ Penn’s request to verify mother’s identity

Court denies BJ Penn’s request to verify mother’s identity

Former UFC champion BJ Penn’s legal troubles took another turn this week when a Hawaii family court judge rejected his unusual request to verify his mother’s identity through supervised testing. Penn appeared before Hilo Family Court Judge Jeffrey Ng on Tuesday, asking the court to vacate the temporary restraining order filed against him by his 79-year-old mother, Lorraine Shin. More startling was his additional request for what he called “a sup…