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About two weeks before an exhibition fight against Jake Paul, Gervonta “Tank” Davis once again found herself in legal trouble.
Davis’ ex-girlfriend, Courtney Rossel, filed a civil suit in Miami alleging that Davis beat her at her workplace earlier this week, according to multiple media reports.
Rossel claims Davis burst into a gentlemen’s club where she worked as a VIP cocktail server early Monday and attacked her in a back room without cameras. Davis allegedly dragged Rossel through a stairwell, through a kitchen and out a back exit before assaulting him in a parking lot.
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Gervonta “Tank” Davis speaks during a press conference about his exhibition match with Jake Paul at the Kaseya Center on September 23, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Leonard Fernández/Getty Images)
Rossel, who was in a five-month relationship with Davis before the incident, claims there were several other assaults, saying Davis “physically assaulted and strangled” her “at least” four times.
She also claimed that Davis, in writing, threatened to kill her twice in September.
Rossel said she suffered from PTSD and anxiety when living with others because she didn’t feel safe.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Jake Paul face off during a ‘Jake vs. Tank” at the Palladium Times Square in New York on September 22, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Davis was arrested in Miami earlier this year for allegedly assaulting the mother of two of his children.
He was placed under house arrest in June 2023 after pleading guilty in a hit-and-run crash that injured four people in November 2020. Davis then violated the terms of his sentence and was jailed for the remainder of it.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Jake Paul face off during a press conference at the Kaseya Center on September 23, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images for Netflix)
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He was arrested for assaulting women at least two other times. One of those arrests came less than two weeks before his fight against Hector Luis Garcia. The status of the fight remained unchanged and he won via referee’s technical decision in the ninth round.
Davis, the current WBA lightweight champion, is 30-0-1, with his most recent fight being a draw against Lamont Roach Jr.
