Boxer Davis sued over new domestic allegations

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  • Andreas HaleOct 30, 2025, 05:27 PM ET

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Gervonta "Tank" Davis has erstwhile again recovered himself successful immoderate sizeable ineligible trouble, conscionable 2 weeks earlier his exhibition combat with Jake Paul connected Nov. 14.

A caller civilian suit filed successful Miami-Dade County has enactment the WBA lightweight champion successful blistery h2o implicit different alleged home incident. According to the suit acquired by ESPN, Davis is accused by ex-girlfriend Courtney Rossel of alleged battery, aggravated battery, mendacious imprisonment, kidnapping and intentional infliction of affectional distress.

This suit comes 2 months aft Davis' previous home unit lawsuit was dropped by a antithetic ex-girlfriend and the parent of 2 of the boxer's 3 children.

ESPN besides confirmed with 1 of the woman's attorneys, Jeffery Chukwuma, that a constabulary study was filed connected Oct. 28 with Miami Gardens PD. Messages near with the Miami Gardens PD were not instantly returned to ESPN.

According to the complaint, Davis allegedly stormed into Tootsies, the Miami gentleman's wherever Rossel worked arsenic a VIP cocktail waitress, successful the aboriginal hours of Oct. 27 and attacked her wrong of the club's VIP lounge. She says Davis dragged her done a stairwell, room and the backmost exit earlier physically assaulting her successful the parking garage.

Rossel said that she was successful a five-month narration with Davis anterior to the incidental and cited aggregate instances of home violence, abuse, and threats made by the combatant concerning her information and well-being. Rossel said successful the suit that determination were "at least" 4 erstwhile incidents wherever Davis "physically assaulted and choked" her. On 2 occasions, she says that Davis threatened to termination her.

The archetypal of the incidents took spot connected Sept. 2, 2025, erstwhile Davis allegedly threatened to termination Rossel for not responding to his calls and substance messages. A 2nd incidental took spot connected Sept. 23 erstwhile Davis accused her of infidelity and texted "I'll termination you." Later that day, Davis allegedly physically assaulted Rossel, choking her successful nationalist astatine Playa Miami, a edifice successful the Lincoln Road Shopping District.

The suit says that Davis sent Rossel a substance connection aft the Oct. 27 incidental stating, "I'm connected my way! To ya house," which Rossel interpreted arsenic the boxer heading to her location to proceed assaulting her.

The suit states that Rossel is presently suffering from PTSD, anxiety, and utmost fearfulness portion saying that she is surviving with others due to the fact that she nary longer feels harmless unsocial and is actively seeking therapeutic attraction to code the terrible affectional and carnal harm caused by Davis.

The attorneys are demanding compensatory and punitive damages on with a petition for proceedings by jury.

Davis has had galore run-ins with the instrumentality implicit the years, ranging from home unit and fleeing the country of a car accident. Several of his cases person been dropped but helium was sentenced to 90-day location apprehension and 3 years of probation for the 2023 hit-and-run lawsuit successful Baltimore.

ESPN reached retired to representatives for Davis, who person yet to respond. ESPN besides reached retired to representatives for Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions to spot if this suit would impact the presumption of the Paul-Davis combat astatine Kaseya Center successful Miami connected Nov. 14. Most Valuable Promotions did not respond to the petition for comment.

ESPN's Michael Rothstein contributed to this report.

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