{"id":311290,"date":"2026-06-18T03:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311290\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:05:11","slug":"elf-star-faizon-love-arrested-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311290\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cElf\u201d star Faizon Love arrested in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key points<\/p>\n

Faizon Love was arrested in Tampa on June 16.<\/p>\n

The Elf actor was charged with two counts of contempt of court.<\/p>\n

Love was previously accused of assault in 2017 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Faizon Love has been arrested in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n

The Elf<\/a> star was booked into Florida’s Orient Road Jail in Tampa on Tuesday, on two charges of contempt of court, according to jail records reviewed by Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n

TMZ broke the news<\/a>, and reported that Love’s arrest was connected to an ongoing paternity case involving the actor.<\/p>\n

EW has reached out to representatives for Love and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for comment.<\/p>\n

\"Faizon<\/p>\n

Faizon Love’s mugshot
Credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Love was previously accused of assault in 2017, in connection with an incident in Columbus, Ohio, involving a 24-year-old valet at the John Glenn Columbus International Airport. The actor pleaded no contest and received<\/a> a suspended sentence of 180 days and a $500 fine, according to local CBS affiliate WBNS.<\/p>\n

The actor was also accused of assaulting a hotel worker<\/a> in San Diego in a 2025 lawsuit over a 2024 incident. The plaintiff alleged that the actor became “agitated and aggressive” after hearing that the city’s Sheraton Hotel had no vacancy, and that he “forcefully ripped the credit card reader off the counter and hurled it at” her, “striking her on the right side of her head.”<\/p>\n

At the time that the lawsuit was filed, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office records indicated that there was an outstanding warrant for Love’s arrest that was issued in October 2024, on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The warrant is no longer active.<\/p>\n

Love’s screen acting career began with Bebe’s Kids in 1992. He went on to collaborate with Robert Townsend on both The Meteor Man and The Parent ‘Hood, and also portrayed Big Worm in the original Friday. Other early credits include Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and Just My Luck.<\/p>\n

\"Faizon<\/p>\n

Faizon Love in ‘Elf’
Credit: New Line Cinema<\/p>\n

In the 2003 holiday classic Elf, Faizon portrayed the manager of Gimbels, the toy store where Buddy the Elf (Will Ferrell) falls into a job. Faizon also worked with Elf filmmaker Jon Favreau<\/a> on Made and Couple’s Retreat.<\/p>\n

Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Love most recently appeared in the 2023 film The Last Stop in Yuma County. His IMDb page lists several projects in various stages of development.<\/p>\n

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