Amber Flora

Charged, not tried. Amber Flora, the 34-year-old professional wrestler who performs as Amber Nova, faces two misdemeanor charges — driving under the influence and refusing to submit to testing — after her October 23, 2026 arrest by the Orlando Police Department. She posted $2,000 bail, is out of custody, attended a first court appearance, and has a compliance date of November 2, 2026. No breath sample was ever recorded in the testing records, an arrest is not a conviction, and no public statement from Flora or an attorney is recorded in the coverage.

Introduction

Amber Flora, an American professional wrestler better known by her ring name Amber Nova, was taken into custody in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 5:40 a.m. on charges of driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a DUI test, and was released less than five hours later after posting $2,000 in bail, according to the Orlando Police Department and jail records . The New York Post carried the story two days after TMZ first reported it, framing the 34-year-old as a WWE wrestler “busted for DUI in her Florida hometown” . Flora has appeared for WWE’s NXT, All Elite Wrestling and Impact Wrestling, and performs for the independent promotion SHINE Wrestling, where she is a former SHINE Nova Champion .

Background Information

Flora was born November 2, 1991, in Hackettstown, New Jersey, grew up on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and auditioned for WWE’s Tough Enough in 2015 without being selected as a contestant . Trained by Lince Dorado, Chasyn Rance, Ivelisse Velez and Aaron Epic, she made her in-ring debut in April 2016 and worked early dates for Impact Wrestling beginning in 2017 . She won the SHINE Nova Championship on December 10, 2023, defeating Ivelisse at a World Wrestling Network event, and has continued appearing across the independent scene since . Before wrestling she worked as an emergency medical technician, and in recent years has been a regular guest on Orlando’s Real Radio 104.1 and a fixture at muscle-car rallies and influencer appearances .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Law-enforcement documents filed in Orange County on October 24 and obtained by Ringside News place the field arrest at 1:48 a.m. on October 23 near South Orange Blossom Trail and McLeod Road, identify Orlando Police Officer Alvin Silverio as the arresting officer, and state that no crash was involved . Flora, identified in the paperwork as Amber Judith Flora, was taken to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office DUI Testing Center, where the Alcohol Influence Form documented bloodshot, glassy eyes, a flushed face, an odor of alcohol on her breath, and slow, thick-tongued speech, with officers recording that she appeared dazed and confused — while noting she was cooperative during the initial observation period .

The records describe her walking slowly and swaying from side to side, and state that she initially refused a breath test; after officers explained the consequences she was unable to decide whether to keep refusing, so the testing equipment was started again to give her another opportunity . Between 3:06 a.m. and 3:17 a.m. officers attempted to collect two breath samples; both attempts were marked “NSP” — no sample provided — leaving investigators without a recorded blood-alcohol concentration, and the records state Flora asked to speak with her attorney before officers classified the case as a refusal . She was booked at 5:40 a.m., charged with two misdemeanors — driving under the influence and refusing to submit to testing — and released at 10:07 a.m. after posting $1,000 bail on each count .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The arrest moved through two news cycles in two days: TMZ reported it first on October 24 on jail-records attribution, the wrestling trade press followed the same day with the court-document detail, and the New York Post carried it to a national audience on October 25 . Her booking photograph circulated with the coverage, credited to the Orange County Corrections Department. No promotion she has worked for — WWE’s NXT, AEW, Impact or SHINE — was reported to have commented or taken action, and Ringside News’ account of her court documents closed by noting the two allegations are unresolved and that “an arrest doesn’t establish guilt” . Flora has made no public statement; the syndicated coverage noted she did not respond to a request for comment .

Current Status

Flora is out of custody on $2,000 total bail and her misdemeanor case is pending: she attended a mandatory first court appearance in Orlando on Saturday, October 24, and a compliance date is set for Monday, November 2, 2026 . The testing center never produced a valid breath sample, so no blood-alcohol reading exists in the record the documents describe, and the charges remain unadjudicated . Under Florida law a misdemeanor DUI conviction carries up to a year in jail and fines from $500 to $2,000 — the outer bound of what she faces if the case runs its course .

Impact on Their Career/Life

For a wrestler whose working life now leans on radio appearances, car-show bookings and influencer posts as much as in-ring dates, a DUI-refusal arrest is the kind of item that follows those inquiries, and it is now attached to her legal name in nine pages of Orange County filings quoted in the wrestling press. What the record does not document is any professional consequence: no promotion has announced a release, suspension or roster change, and her SHINE standing is unchanged on the public record. The November 2 compliance date is the case’s next fixed point; until it passes, this record stands as an arrest, two misdemeanor charges, and a released wrestler awaiting her next court entry.

Sources

New York Post, “WWE wrestler Amber Nova Flora busted for DUI in her Florida hometown: cops,” October 25, 2026 — source
@nypost, trigger post on X, October 25, 2026 — source
Ringside News, “Former WWE NXT and AEW Wrestler Amber Flora Arrested for DUI in Florida,” October 24, 2026 — source
Ringside News, “Amber Flora’s DUI Arrest Records Reveal Slurred Speech, Unsteady Walking and Breath Test Refusal,” October 24, 2026 — source
Wrestleview, “Amber Flora who has appeared for NXT, AEW, posts bail after arrested for DUI and refusing to take DUI test,” October 24, 2026 — source
5th News, “Wrestler Amber Flora faces two DUI charges in Florida after 5am arrest by Orlando police,” October 24, 2026 — source
Wikipedia, “Amber Nova,” accessed October 25, 2026 — source