NFL player Terrion Arnold gets $1M bail after allegedly using teen lover to lure victims with booty call promise

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Detroit Lions star Terrion Arnold was granted $1 million bail Monday after he was charged with a kidnapping and armed robbery plot.

Authorities testified at the cornerback’s bail hearing that he offered to pay his 18-year-old lover and her roommate to lure his targets to their apartment by promising them sex, according to an investigator in the case.

Tampa Judge Christopher Sabella set bond at $1 million for Arnold and denied the prosecution’s bid for Arnold to wear a GPS ankle monitor on the grounds the judge didn’t want to interfere with Arnold’s ability to continue his job playing in the NFL.

But Arnold was ordered to remain confined to his home except when he’s at work, court or meeting with lawyers. Sabella did warn him that if he tried to flee, he’d surely be outted by the media as a high-profile figure — and would be thrown back behind bars.

Arnold, who’s been in jail since his bombshell arrest last week, appeared in court wearing red jail clothes. He smiled and hugged his lawyers after the decision for his conditional release.

During Monday’s three-hour hearing, Sabella heard testimony from Tampa Police Det. Scott Barnett that the 23-year-old pro football player asked gal pal Ariana Del Valle, 18, to lure the victim under the guise of a booty call with Del Valle’s 19-year-old roommate, Jasmine Randazzo, at their apartment.

“They are trying to set him up and he’s trying to pay us for it,” Del Valle texted Randazzo of Arnold’s alleged scheme, according to messages Barnett read in court.

At one point, Randazzo told Del Valle they should “delete” their texts and said, “I’m going to get money,” adding she would give it to her dad, the detective testified.

The plot was allegedly cooked up after Arnold and his pals had over $250,000 worth of property stolen from them at an Airbnb in Largo on Feb. 1.

Arnold wrongly suspected that his driver and the driver’s hairdresser buddy were the thieves and starting chatting about getting them alone for questioning in a hotel room.

But one of the friends pointed out that a hotel would have too many cameras, Barnett testified of Del Valle’s statements to investigators.

Arnold suspected that his driver and the hairdresser were the thieves and starting chatting about luring them to a hotel room for questioning.

But one of the friends pointed out that a hotel would have too many cameras, Barnett testified that Randazzo and Del Valle told cops.

Del Valle then chimed in to suggest the confrontation take place at her and Randazzo’s apartment because the barber “wants to get with Jasmine and he’s been to our apartment before so he knows where it is,” she allegedly told Arnold and his cronies, Barnett testified.

Three of Arnold’s buddies, armed with guns including an AR-15, allegedly pistol-whipped and beat the hairdresser and two of his friends at the girls’ apartment on the night of Feb. 3 and into the morning of the 4, the detective testified.

Del Valle used FaceTime to show the whole assault to Arnold and others driving in a car, and also took instructions from one of Arnold’s pals in a simultaneous text message, Barnett claimed.

Around the same time, Del Valle side-texted Randazzo, “I’m scared. I hope they don’t kill them,” Barnett said.

The terrifying kidnapping incident left the victims — who didn’t actually steal from Arnold — fearing for their lives, Barnett said.

“They thought they were going to be killed and stuffed in their car and taken somewhere or taken somewhere and killed there,” Barnett explained.

The victims were eventually let go and reported the attack to cops.

Arnold has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and robbery and faces up to life if convicted.

Prosecutors asked that he be held without bail at the hearing Monday, claiming he’s a danger to the community.

But Arnold’s lawyer Harvey Steinberg argued there was no proof the football player actually carried out the beating and that one of his co-defendants was clearly the “quarterback” of the incident.

Prosecutor Kevin Riley said if the other man was the quarterback, then Arnold was the “general manager.”

“The only reason this plan or this act gets off the ground is because of Mr. Arnold,” Riley argued.

Arnold’s lawyers also called to testify a family friend who was like an aunt to Arnold, Kristen Erica White, to tell the judge about Arnold’s good character.

White said that Arnold was a family man who had a 6-week-old daughter. White didn’t say who the girl’s mother is.

“He so cares about family,” White told the judge. “He wants to be the best version of himself … He’s a spiritual person.”

“Terrion is not a danger. Terrion is a very respectful young man,” she said.

Randazzo and Del Valle have both pleaded guilty and are cooperating in the probe against Arnold. 

“Today’s ruling by Judge Sabella confirms that there is very little evidence to even suggest any criminal involvement by Mr. Arnold,” his rep, Denise White, said in a statement.