FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The woman who alleged that professional boxer Gervonta Davis assaulted her in South Florida earlier this week said Friday that she and her daughter were never harmed, according to published reports.
Davis, 28, a Baltimore native who currently lives in Parkland, was arrested Tuesday at 2:50 p.m. EST and jailed on a domestic violence charge of battery causing bodily harm, a misdemeanor, according to Broward County online court records.
The woman, identified as “D.P.” in court records, released a statement through her attorney, Lindsay Lawrence Chase, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The statement said the couple’s relationship “has been in a fragile space and Gervonta and I were both at fault for the argument.”
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“These past few days have been hurtful and extremely exhausting for all parties involved,” the woman wrote in her statement. “I pride myself on being extremely private; this situation was the last thing I wanted to be made public. The state of our relationship has been in a fragile space and Gervonta and I were both at fault for the argument.
“While the emotions were running high I made an unnecessary call to law enforcement in an intense moment while I was frantic,” the woman added. “Gervonta did not harm me or our daughter. Today, we have sought the help necessary to move forward with our lives. I am confident that we will succeed within our co-parenting dynamic with the counseling provided to us.”
An arrest report by Broward County Deputy Eric Blake stated that police arrived at Davis’ home at around 1:25 p.m. EST on Tuesday, the Miami Herald reported. Davis, the report said, hit an unidentified woman “on the right side of her head with a closed hand slap. This strike caused a small abrasion to the inside of (the woman’s) upper lip on the right side of her mouth.”
Davis was jailed and released on a $1,000 bond Wednesday, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
Davis who is 27-0 with 25 knockouts, has been training for a Jan. 7 pay-per-view fight in Washington, D.C., against Hector Luis Garcia, according to the newspaper.
Davis has held world championships in three weight classes, including the WBA lightweight title, the IBF super featherweight crown and the WBA super featherweight title, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Davis, who denied any wrongdoing in a social media post, could not be reached for comment Friday evening, according to the newspaper.
The domestic violence charge against Davis has not been dropped, Broward County online court records show.
According to Miami-Dade County online court records, two counts of misdemeanor domestic violence-battery charges against Davis from February 2020 were dropped on Dec. 13, according to the Herald. Davis was accused of grabbing his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child by the throat at a charity basketball game at the University of Miami, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
Davis has another court date scheduled in Baltimore on Feb. 16 for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run incident, the newspaper reported, citing court records.
In that case, Davis is accused of fleeing the scene of an accident involving four people, according to online records. He is also facing a lawsuit, according to ESPN.
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