Gervonta Davis turns himself in, charged with domestic violence for grabbing woman's neck
Gervonta Davis, the current lightweight boxing champion, turned himself into police after a video showing him assaulting his ex-girlfriend went viral, triggering simple battery and domestic violence charges, police said.
Davis attended a charity basketball game on Saturday in Miami over Super Bowl weekend and was seen on camera grabbing his ex-girlfriend by the neck. He pulled her out of her seat and off to the side of the crowd. She is also the mother of his children.
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The tweet quickly circulated and the victim also alerted Coral Gables Police Department, they said in a news release. Davis turned himself in voluntarily and is being processed. The investigation is ongoing.
Davis, 25, acknowledged the incident in a post on Instagram. Via WBAL in Baltimore, where Davis is from:
"I never once hit her. Yeah, I was aggressive and told her 'Come on'…That's the mother of my child. I would never hurt her other than that."
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