Gervonta Davis arrested in Florida on charges of false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping
Gervonta Davis has been arrested in Florida less than two weeks after Miami Gardens police issued an arrest warrant for him on counts of battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.
Davis, 31, was tracked down to the Miami Design District following a surveillance operation that spanned three counties and was taken into custody without incident as he left a retail store. Davis will be transported to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Facility in Miami, Miami Gardens police say.
Davis, a Baltimore native who now lives in Florida, is a former three-division champion who last defended the WBA lightweight belt versus Lamont Roach Jnr at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in March. He was stripped of the belt this month as the police hunt ensued.
Davis will likely soon enter a plea to a Miami-Dade County judge, and learn more about his legal calendar.
Richard Wolfe, the attorney for a woman suing Davis over the treatment alleged in documents supporting the arrest warrant, told BS Wednesday night that “we look forward to service and starting the process toward civil action, and prosecuting our civil case for damages.”
Documents reviewed by BS earlier this month revealed Davis is facing counts for his alleged October 27 abuse of the woman, physically injuring and threatening her after entering her workplace around 4:15 a.m.
“The victim stated that the subject [Davis] grabbed her by her hair with one hand and grabbed her by the throat with the other,” Miami Gardens police detective Gary Florencio told Miami-Dade County judge Andrea R. Wolfson last week.
“She further stated that [Davis] escorted her down the stairway and toward the VIP parking garage, while maintaining his grip on her head and neck. During the incident, [Davis] allegedly stated, ‘You think that I would not find you?’”
The woman, whose name was redacted in documents reviewed by BS, told police she has known Davis since 2022 and was in a relationship with him for five months.
“She stated the relationship ended one month prior to the incident,” Judge Wolfson wrote in the statement of facts in support of the arrest warrant. “She subsequently blocked all forms of communication with him. [She] advised there is a history of unreported domestic violence between them.
“[She] stated she sustained minor injuries, including bruising to her left arm, from when [Davis] grabbed her, which was visible at the time of the report. She confirmed she sought medical attention for her injuries.”
During the incident, police said the woman “tried to calm [Davis] down, but he kept asking her who she thought she was ignoring him. [Davis] told [the woman] she was leaving him and he did not care what she had to say,” after she previously ended the relationship.
As they neared the parking garage, Davis told the woman he was taking her with him, she told police, and she warned him there were cameras in the garage, police said. When Davis let her go to retrieve his vehicle, the woman “took this opportunity to run back inside and tell her manager what had happened,” according to the arrest warrant statement.
“She also showed me text messages she had received in the past from [Davis] threatening her with death,” Detective Florencio informed the judge.
Davis was in trouble earlier this year in another domestic violence episode that led to the scrapping of his planned summer rematch against Roach Jnr and then a lucrative exhibition versus Jake Paul planned for December was scrapped as a result of this case.
