A SAFIR LAWYER SERIES
Athlete and celebrity arrests, broken down by a criminal defense lawyer.
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When a famous name gets arrested, the coverage tells you what happened. This series tells you what happens next: the charges, the defenses, and what the same case would look like for somebody without a jet. The name is the umpire’s call, because every one of these cases ends with one.
Every entry in the series
Called SafirFourteen Arrests in Two Fraternity Houses: How the Penn State Cocaine Case Would Run in FloridaFourteen arrests in two fraternity houses, charges running from trafficking down to paraphernalia, and one father charged for trying to help. The Florida version of this…RORY SAFIR | August 2026Called SafirMichael Caruso Arrest: What the Palm Beach Clerk of Court’s Five Florida Charges Actually MeanFlorida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution charged the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court with five felonies. Each charge is a specific statute with its own elements…RORY SAFIR | August 2026Called SafirTony Romo’s OWI Arrest, and the Strange Reason the Same Night Would Be Worse in FloridaOn the evening of Thursday, July 23, 2026, a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy stopped a car on the I-43 high-rise bridge. The driver was Tony Romo…RORY SAFIR | July 2026Called SafirEthan Jamieson, a Protective Order, and Your Gun Rights in FloridaEthan Jamieson, who played a District 4 tribute in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, was charged in North Carolina this spring over a shooting in…RORY SAFIR | July 2026Called SafirLil Nas X, Battery on an Officer, and How Florida Handles a Mental Health CrisisIn August 2025, Lil Nas X was found walking in the street in the early morning hours, in obvious distress.RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirClavicular, a Filmed Fight, and How Florida Charges the Person Who Did Not Throw the PunchThe online streamer known as Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, was arrested in Broward County on a warrant out of Osceola County for misdemeanor…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirA Punch and a Trashed Lounge: The Trey Songz Charges in Florida TermsTrey Songz was charged in New York over two December incidents.RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirTerrion Arnold and the Law of Directing a Crime You Did Not Carry OutTerrion Arnold, a cornerback for the Detroit Lions, turned himself in at a Hillsborough County jail this week and was charged with eight felonies: four counts…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirWhat the Chris Brown Dog-Bite Case Shows About Florida's Strict Liability LawA housekeeper named Maria Avila says she was mauled by Chris Brown’s dog, named Hades, while she was removing trash from his home, and that she…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirWhy Terrion Arnold Is Being Held With No Bond in FloridaTerrion Arnold surrendered to authorities and is being held in a Florida jail with no bond at all, and the State has signaled it will ask…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirShe Posted the Haul: What the TikTok Shoplifting Case Shows About Florida Theft LawA Cape Coral TikTok creator with hundreds of thousands of followers was arrested after police said she used false barcodes at a Target self-checkout to pay…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirDillon Brooks Blew a 0.00 in a Marijuana DUI Stop. Here Is the Florida Version.Early one morning this March, a Scottsdale officer said he watched Dillon Brooks weave across the lanes several times, pulled him over, and reported that the…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirWhat Tyreek Hill's Traffic Stop Teaches About Your Rights in FloridaIn September 2024, before a Dolphins home game, Miami-Dade officers stopped Tyreek Hill near Hard Rock Stadium.RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirJustin Timberlake Refused the Breath Test. Here Is How That Plays in Florida.Just after midnight in June 2024, police in Sag Harbor, New York stopped Justin Timberlake after they said he ran a stop sign and drifted out…RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirWhat the Jonathan Majors Verdict Shows About Florida Domestic Violence CasesIn 2023, a Manhattan jury convicted Jonathan Majors of misdemeanor assault and harassment after a dispute with his then-girlfriend in the back of an SUV.RORY SAFIR | June 2026Called SafirCelebrity DUIs Get the Headlines. Here Is What Florida Law Does for the People They HitThe headlines arrive in waves. A singer here, an athlete there, another mugshot, another DUI arrest making the rounds online.RORY SAFIR | March 2026Called SafirTiger Woods Blew a 0.00 and Still Got a DUI: How Drug DUIs Work in FloridaOn a Friday afternoon this past March, Tiger Woods rolled his SUV on Jupiter Island, climbed out the window, and was arrested on suspicion of DUI.RORY SAFIR | February 2026Called SafirBritney Spears Took a Wet Reckless. Does Florida Have One?In March, the California Highway Patrol pulled Britney Spears over on the 101 after a 911 call about a car speeding and swerving.RORY SAFIR | January 2026Called SafirJustin Bieber's Miami DUI: Racing, Drugs, and How It Pleaded Down to Careless DrivingBack in January 2014, Miami Beach police arrested Justin Bieber after they said he was drag racing a Lamborghini on a residential street before dawn.RORY SAFIR | January 2026
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