'Elf' star Faizon Love insisted he could not afford child support payment ahead of arrest
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Key Points:
- Faizon Love, star of "Elf," was arrested in Florida for failing to pay $250,000 in child support, claiming he had no income in the past year and a maximum five-year income of $13,000.
- Love missed an April child support hearing due to a claimed medical emergency and was ordered to serve 90 days in jail, leading to his Tuesday arrest on two counts of contempt of court.
- He is currently held without bond at Orient Road Jail in Tampa, with no immediate comment from his lawyer.
- This is not Love’s first legal issue; he faces a felony assault charge from an August 2024 incident involving a hotel clerk, with a trial scheduled after a July 2025 hearing.
- Previously, Love received a $500 fine and a 180-day suspended sentence for a 2017 misdemeanor assault caught on camera at an Ohio airport.
