MMA: BJ Penn is descending the depths of mental illness

Penn was a phenom in his day, nicknamed the Prodigy. He's from a pretty prominent family in Hawaii and still lives there. I think he's now in his late 40s. People talk about Jon Jones and others that are made for MMA. Perhaps no one was as natural at it as BJ Penn. He might be THE guy to bring a lot of notoriety to the lower weight divisions in the UFC.

He was the first American and I think the first non-Brazilian to win Worlds in Jiu-Jitsu. It's rumored that he got his black belt in record time (from a legit school).

He has multiple titles in multiple sports, promotions, and weight classes. I don't remember the details but when the UFC was pretty young still, there was another promotion with a guy similar in size that was thought to be the pound for pound best. BJ Penn left the UFC to fight this guy and destroyed him.

After his retirement he seemed to struggle like many former pro athletes. Got into some trouble, seemed aimless. About 3 years ago he ran for governor in HI and to my knowledge, he seemed very sharp and balanced. He lost in the primary.

Now, things seem much worse. I don't know if it's CTE, or schizophrenia, drug use, or what. In the video below, the narrator talks about some stuff that's been happening with Penn, notably a recent situation where Penn is at his home and claiming his mom is not his mom, that she's some sort of imposter trying to steal the family's wealth, things like that. From the video it would appear Penn has been aggressive enough with his mom (who he thinks is an imposter) that she's threatened to get a restraining order on him. He has engaged in some pretty wild conspiratorial discussions, suggesting the CIA had a role in Max Holloway (also from HI) getting knocked out by Topuria.

I don't know what's going on with him but it's not good and these situations typically end in tragedy.