Boxer Gervonta Davis turned himself in to police on Tuesday to face battery charges for his incident with Andretta Smothers on Saturday.
Coral Gables Police in South Florida issued a press release announcing that Davis had been arrested for simple battery domestic violence.
NEWS RELEASE- ARREST pic.twitter.com/CGeovmA8os
— Coral Gables Police (@CoralGablesPD) February 4, 2020
“As a result of an ongoing investigation after being notified through social media and the victim, on February 1, 2020, the above pictured subject was observed battering his former girlfriend whom have a child together,” the press release states. “The below listed individual surrendered himself to the Coral Gables police detectives assigned to the case.
“Today, the subject voluntarily turned himself in to the Coral Gables Police Department.”
Davis was taken to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County to be processed.
Davis, who is 23-0 with 22 knockouts in his boxing career, was recorded on video grabbing Andretta Smothers near her neck and pulling her out of her seat at a celebrity basketball event at the Watsco Center on the University of Miami campus Saturday.
Here is the video:
Davis and Smothers share a child.
Davis, 25, is the WBA lightweight champion. He has been arrested every year since 2017.
