Boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ $20M countersuit against ex-girlfriend is thrown out

A Florida judge on Monday threw out a $20 million countersuit that boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis filed against his ex-girlfriend over what he claimed was a scheme to frame and extort him.

In the lawsuit filed in March, Davis alleged that Courtney Rossel provoked a fight at Tootsie’s Cabaret, a strip club in Miami where she worked as a VIP cocktail waitress. But Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled against him at the end of Monday’s brief hearing.

Davis, 31, who grew up in West Baltimore, asserted that Rossel knew he had an upcoming bout with YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul on Netflix and was set to make more than $20 million. Organizers later canceled the fight.

Rossel, 32, demanded $1.1 million or she would pursue criminal charges and file a lawsuit, Davis claimed, though she had already made a police report.

Three days after the encounter on Oct. 27, 2025, Rossel filed a lawsuit against Davis. According to her court filing, during other times in their relationship, he assaulted, choked and threatened to kill her.

Law enforcement officers later obtained an arrest warrant for Davis, and the Miami Gardens Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service took him into custody after a two-week search. He’s next set to appear in court on June 4 on charges of attempted kidnapping and battery.

In an email, Rossel’s attorney, Richard Wolfe, called the counterclaim “ridiculous,” adding that it showed how desperate Davis is to “avoid his clear liability.” Richard Bales Jr., Davis’ attorney, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Davis holds a record of 30-0-1 as a professional boxer. He was once the World Boxing Association lightweight champion.

Meanwhile, Davis remains on probation for a 2020 hit-and-run in Baltimore. For a second time this year, Baltimore Circuit Judge Althea M. Handy recently issued an arrest warrant for Davis on allegations that he violated his probation.

Handy had asked Davis’ probation agent in Maryland, Portia Smith, to request the warrant.

On March 12, Davis met with his new probation officer in Florida and stated, “I am a grown man, and you will not tell me what to do.” He also was not at his house or refused to answer the door when during an attempted home visit, Smith reported.

Hunter Pruette, Davis’ attorney, has asked Handy to schedule a hearing so his client can turn himself in and address the accusations.

No court date has been set.