Faizon Love was booked into jail in Florida on June 16 and remained there without bond after authorities said he was arrested on outstanding warrants tied to two contempt of court charges. The 58-year-old actor was held at Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa after a booking that came less than an hour after his arrest late Tuesday.
The case puts Faizon Love jailed in Florida actor back in the headlines for something far removed from the roles that made him familiar to moviegoers. He is best known for playing Wanda in Elf and for appearances in Friday alongside Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, as well as The Replacements, Made, Blue Crush and Couples Retreat.
Jail records showed one of the charges was identified as criminal contempt of court, and the arrest stemmed from an alleged offense date of May 15, 2026. Court records associated with the case identified it as a domestic relations matter, which is why the booking drew attention beyond a routine warrant arrest. The records did not spell out the full underlying dispute.
That missing detail matters. TMZ reported that Love allegedly missed a child support hearing, which helps explain why the case was framed as a domestic relations matter, but the public record made available with the arrest did not go further. What is clear is that the warrants were active when he was taken into custody in Florida this week and that jail officials kept him without bond.
Love is expected to appear before a judge in Hillsborough County on Friday, and that hearing should determine whether the contempt charges remain the center of the case or whether the court moves to address the broader dispute behind them. For now, the booking records show a familiar name in the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office jail system and no release date attached to it.
