Amber Nova Flora was arrested in Orlando on Friday at 5:40 a.m. on DUI and refusing to submit to a DUI test, then released less than five hours later after posting $2,000 in bail. By Saturday, she was already back in court, and a follow-up hearing was set for next Monday.
The arrest puts Amber Nova — the ring name of the 34-year-old wrestler from New Jersey — into a fast-moving legal process that began before sunrise and continued through the weekend. She made her name in the SHINE Wrestling circuit, claimed the Nova Championship in 2023 and had brief losing runs in WWE’s NXT and All Elite Wrestling.
That schedule matters because the case did not end with the arrest or even with the release. A person can be out on bail and still be under immediate court orders, which is why Saturday’s appearance and next Monday’s hearing matter more than the short time she spent in custody. What police saw or what led to the DUI arrest was not disclosed, leaving the charges themselves as the clearest public fact so far.
Before wrestling, Flora worked as an emergency medical technician and studied at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in South Carolina. Her last documented match was on Sept. 19, and the arrest now adds a legal detour to a career that has moved from the ring to the courthouse in a matter of days.
