{"id":251485,"date":"2025-10-31T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251485\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:43:10","slug":"gervonta-davis-sued-ahead-of-jake-paul-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251485\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis sued ahead of Jake Paul boxing match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s because boxing superstar and World Boxing Association (WBA) Lightweight champion Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis is the defendant in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldboxingnews.com\/gervonta-davis-civil-lawsuit-jake-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new civil lawsuit filed today<\/a> (Thurs., Oct. 30, 2025, in Miami-Dade County, accusing him of battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to the complaint, the alleged incident occurred on Mon., Oct. 27, at approximately 4:15 a.m. at Tootsie\u2019s Cabaret, a strip club in Miami, Florida, where the woman worked as a VIP cocktail waitress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The complaint states Davis located the woman in an upstairs VIP lounge, then forcibly grabbed and dragged her through a stairwell, the club\u2019s kitchen, a back entrance, and into the parking garage. It alleges that Davis \u201ccontinuously grabbed, choked, pushed, pulled, and struck her in the back of the head,\u201d leaving her \u201cterrified and alone and embarrassed for her co-workers and employer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The woman claims she and Davis were romantically involved for five months in 2022 and that the boxer physically assaulted her on four prior occasions during their relationship. She also alleges Davis threatened to \u201ckill her\u201d twice in writing, according to the complaint filed with the 11th Judicial Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Davis\u2019 camp has responded, with his trainer Calvin Ford telling <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1734621&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fboxing%2F2025%2F10%2F30%2Fgervonta-tank-davis-lawsuit-accusations%2F86994640007%2F\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a> that Davis is \u201cdoing great\u201d and that they were \u201ctrying to find out what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Davis is currently scheduled to collide with Jake Paul in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/boxing\/384002\/jake-paul-vs-gervonta-davis-boxing-match-booked-netflix-despite-weight-difference-lamont-roach-reacts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special 10-round exhibition boxing match<\/a> scheduled Fri., Nov. 14, 2025, live from Kaseya Center in Miami, Fla., streaming exclusively on Netflix. The boxing match is expected to be one of the biggest events in boxing history, but these allegations could cast a shadow over his preparation and the upcoming fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At this stage, the lawsuit remains a civil case, not a criminal one. The plaintiff is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and has requested a jury trial, per the complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"That\u2019s because boxing superstar and World Boxing Association (WBA) Lightweight champion Gervonta \u201cTank\u201d Davis is the defendant in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[36109,49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-251485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}