The actor was booked on two counts of contempt of court in Tampa.

Elf star Faizon Love arrested in Florida

The actor was booked on two counts of contempt of court in Tampa.

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June 17, 2026 9:50 p.m. ET

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Faizon Love in Los Angeles in 2023. Credit:

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- Faizon Love was arrested in Tampa on June 16.

- The *Elf *actor was charged with two counts of contempt of court.

- Love was previously accused of assault in 2017 and 2025.

Faizon Love has been arrested in the Sunshine State.

The *Elf** *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 **.

TMZ broke the news, and reported that Love's arrest was connected to an ongoing paternity case involving the actor.

EW has reached out to representatives for Love and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for comment.

Faizon Love's mugshot.

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

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 suspended sentence of 180 days and a $500 fine, according to local CBS affiliate WBNS.

The actor was also accused of assaulting a hotel worker 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."

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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 The warrant is no longer active.

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*.

Faizon Love in 'Elf'.

New Line Cinema

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 on *Made* and *Couple's Retreat*.

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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.

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