Undefeated former three-weight division champion Gervonta Davis was arrested in Miami on Wednesday after a two-week manhunt related to charges of false imprisonment, attempted kidnapping and battery.
Davis was arrested without incident, though he did not turn himself in. He remains in police custody at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Thursday afternoon, according to court documents viewed by The Post with bond set at $16,000.
An arrest warrant was issued on Jan. 7, after an alleged incident in which Davis entered a strip club on Oct. 27 and confronted his ex-girlfriend, Courtney Rossel, a VIP cocktail server.
Officials say that they observed surveillance video from inside Tootsie’s Cabaret around 4:15 a.m. ET.
Davis purportedly grabbed the woman by her hair and throat, telling her, “You think I would not find you?” He forced her down some stairs and brought her to the parking lot and eventually released her, according to the police report.
Two possible witnesses were interviewed by officers, and one claimed that this was not the first incident involving Davis.
Rossel told officers that she had known Davis since 2022, when they had an intimate relationship for several months before she ended it a month earlier.
Rossel sought medical attention after the attack.
Davis was supposed to fight Jake Paul in Miami for an October bout, but the fight was called off due to the arrest and the surrounding details of the attack.
Paul called Davis a “walking human piece of garbage” after canceling their fight, while adding that working with him was “an absolute nightmare” due to unprofessionalism and bizarre requests, among other things.
Paul went onto fight – and lose – to former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in November.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
