Gervonta Davis Accused of Kidnapping Ex-Girlfriend Ahead of Jake Paul Fight
WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis is facing a new lawsuit just two weeks before his fight with Jake Paul.
Davis, 30, is facing allegations of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The accusations have been raised by ex-girlfriend Courtney Rossel, who is 'seeking actual damage' according to a public document on the Miami-Dade County clerk website.
It comes just two months after another of Davis' former partners - the mother of two of his three children - dropped a domestic violence case against him.
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The American boxer is set to return to the ring for the first time since March in a bout with YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 14 , but the latest lawsuit could not put the fight in doubt.
“This is a complaint seeking actual damage emanating from claims of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and intentional infliction of emotional distress related to an incident that occurred on October 27, 2025,” reads the document.
It is alleged that the incident took place after Davis stormed into Rossel's workplace where he "choked, grabbed, pulled, pushed, and hit Rossel in the back of the head".
As per ESPN, she claims that Davis dragged her through the stairwell, kitchen and the back exit of the building before physically assaulting her in the parking garage.
Prior to the incident, Davis and Rossel had been in a five-month relationship in which she claims there were "at least" four other incidents in which Davis "physically assaulted and choked" her, with the boxer threatening to kill her twice.
The legal document, put forward by Wolfe Law Miami, adds that Rossel “suffered and continues to suffer severe emotional distress, anxiety, humiliation, psychological trauma, and a well-founded and ongoing fear for her personal safety and life”.
Her attorneys are demanding compensatory and punitive damages and have requested a jury trial.
Although Davis himself is yet to speak out, his coach, Calvin Ford, told USA Today that the lawsuit was “nonsense” and that the boxer’s team were “trying to see where it's coming from”.
When asked about Davis, he Ford added: “He’s doing great. Everything’s good. That’s why we’re trying to find out what’s going on.”
It's unclear if the lawsuit will have any impact on the fight with Paul which is set to take place in just two weeks.
Should the fight go ahead, it will see the pair compete in 10 three-minute rounds at a maximum weight of 13st 13lb (88kg).
However, it is not expected that Davis will meet the weight limit having spent the majority of his career fighting at 9st 9lb (61kg), while Paul competed at cruiserweight, which is 14st 4lb (90.7kg).
SPORTbible have approached Most Valuable Promotions, Netflix and Davis' representatives for comment.
Topics: Gervonta Davis, Boxing, Jake Paul
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