If you were a Nickelodeon fan in the ’90s, then you’d have seen Darris Love playing Ray Alvarado in “The Secret World of Alex Mack,” which ran for four seasons. As Love’s co-star, Larisa Oleynik, later recalled to HuffPost, the pair were luckily allowed to be kids on set and used to get regular roller-blading breaks. Having this experience as his introduction to acting put Love in good stead to build a successful career, which included appearances in “Angel,” “Shameless,” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Love has kept a low profile over the years, even briefly withdrawing from acting in 2017. But his name made headlines again in 2018. While out with his longtime girlfriend, Ayesha Dumas, at the Glendale Galleria, Love was arrested at gunpoint as he was believed by police to be a suspect in a knock-knock burglary that had happened earlier that day. “We were just shopping, just doing what normal people do in the mall,” Love told the press (via NBC News). But their normal trip out ended with a terrifying experience for Love. After being arrested with force and detained for hours, Love was cleared as a suspect, and claimed the wrongful arrest happened because he was racially profiled.
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Unfortunately, Love had another run in with the law in 2022. Police responded to a call to his property on Christmas Eve morning, where Dumas alleged Love had struck the back of her head. Though sources cited by TMZ claimed, “There were no visible marks,” Love was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and released from custody after paying $20,000 bail.
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