Judge links NFL star to alleged armed robbery and kidnapping carried out by his ‘friend’ in retaliation to thefts at their Airbnb
Detroit Lions star Terrion Arnold has been sensationally linked to a retaliatory plot involving the armed robbery and kidnapping of three men at a Tampa apartment.
The 22-year-old NFL star allegedly sought ‘vigilante justice’ alongside his associates after he was targeted in two separate burglaries while staying at a Florida Airbnb.
On February 3, the 2024 first-round draft pick was reportedly robbed of $100,000 in cash, an $80,000 necklace and a cellphone issued to him by the Detroit Lions.
Hillsborough County Circuit Judge J. Logan Murphy detailed the explosive allegations in a seven-page order released this week.
Arnold has not been charged or arrested in connection with the incident.
According to the documents, the retaliatory strike involved an armed ambush where one victim had a gun barrel shoved into his mouth.
Detroit Lions star Terrion Arnold has been sensationally linked to a retaliatory plot
The 22-year-old NFL star allegedly sought ‘vigilante justice’ alongside his associates after he was targeted in two separate burglaries while staying at a Florida Airbnb
‘The armed robbery and kidnapping were a direct result of Arnold and his friends deciding to take matters into their own hands,’ the judge’s order stated.
‘Rather than allowing law enforcement to investigate and retrieve the stolen property, the co-defendants sought vigilante justice by kidnapping the victims for over an hour, interrogating them, beating them, and threatening them with a gun barrel in the mouth.’
On Tuesday afternoon, the court heard how Boakai Eugene Hilton – a supposed ‘friend’ of Arnold – allegedly orchestrated the ‘ambush’ while with the Lions star.
Following the burglary, Arnold allegedly grew suspicious of his private driver, Yan Lopez, following the thefts at his rental home in Largo.
Prosecutors allege that Arnold’s girlfriend, Arianna Del Valle, and another woman named Jasmine Randazzo were used to ‘act as bait’ to lure Lopez and two other individuals, Daniel Tenesaca and Soljah Anderson, to the apartment.
Upon arriving at the apartment, according to the court documents, both Tenesaca and Anderson entered the property while Lopez remained in the car outside.
Once inside, two men – Lyndell Hudson and Christion Williams – allegedly sprang from a closet armed with an AR-style rifle and a handgun, before confronting both Tenesaca and Anderson.
The victims were reportedly held for over an hour, beaten and pistol-whipped as the group demanded the return of Arnold’s property.
Lions star Arnold has not been charged or arrested in connection with the incident
Arnold, a first-round pick in 2024, completed his second year with Detroit in 2025
The court order states: ‘They took Tenesaca and Anderson hostage in the bedroom, interrogating, beating, and pistol-whipping them for the better part of an hour.’
According to the court documents, Arnold’s girlfriend was allegedly on FaceTime during the harrowing encounter.
Randazzo and Hilton allegedly ‘joined’ the call to ‘watch and direct actions against the victims’, with the latter allegedly telling Del Valle that he was 20 minutes away from the apartment.
Meanwhile, after growing suspicious, Lopez is alleged to have entered the apartment, where he was promptly pistol-whipped to the back of the head and taken into the bedroom.
‘One of the co-defendants stuck the barrel of his firearm into Lopez’s mouth, demanding he return the stolen property and Arnold’s phone,’ Murphy wrote.
‘Before the victims left, the co-defendants took their phones and wallets. This was all done ostensibly to get Lopez, Tenesaca, and Anderson to admit that they stole the property from the Airbnb, which they never do. Indeed, there is no evidence that any of the victims are involved in the theft.’
Del Valle, 18, Randazzo, 19, Hudson, 25, and Williams, 24, have also been arrested and charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. They all remain in jail, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office records.
Hilton faces three counts of kidnapping to harm or terrorize and three counts of robbery with a firearm, all first-degree felonies punishable by life in prison. He pleaded not guilty.
While Arnold was allegedly present when the plot was discussed, prosecutors have not accused him of participating in the violence.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Detroit Lions and Arnold’s representatives, Klutch Sports Group, for comment.
