{"id":314729,"date":"2026-06-21T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314729\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:19:53","slug":"elf-and-couples-retreat-actor-arrested-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314729\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Elf\u2019 and \u2018Couples Retreat\u2019 actor arrested in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)\u2014 An actor best known for his roles in \u201cElf\u201d and \u201cCouples Retreat\u201d was arrested in Tampa. <\/p>\n<p>Faizon Love, 58, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with contempt of court and criminal contempt of court, according to arrest records.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"720\" width=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/faizon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3319052\"  \/>Credit: Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/p>\n<p>According to court records, a declaration-of-paternity case was reopened on June 11 that involved Love, but it is unclear if it is connected to his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Love is being held at the Hillsborough County Jail on no bond. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Stay up to date on the latest from News Channel 8 on-air and on the go with the free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfla.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WFLA News Channel 8 mobile app<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)\u2014 An actor best known for his roles in \u201cElf\u201d and \u201cCouples Retreat\u201d was arrested in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-314729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}