Boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis has settled the civil lawsuit a Miami woman brought against him over an alleged attack at a Miami Gardens club, USA Today reported on November 6, 2026. The woman’s attorney confirmed the case was settled on confidential terms, and the lawsuit has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice. This is other parties’ case, not a Tacher Law case. A settlement is not a jury verdict and not a court finding that anyone was liable.

According to USA Today and The Baltimore Banner, Courtney Rossel, 32, of Miami, filed the complaint in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court in 2025 (Case No. 2025-021434-CA-01). The complaint alleged battery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Rossel alleged that Davis attacked her on October 27, 2025, at Tootsie’s Cabaret in Miami Gardens, where she was working as a VIP cocktail waitress, and she alleged other assaults during their relationship. Those are allegations from the complaint, reported by the press — they were never tested at a civil trial, and no civil court found Davis liable.

On Thursday, November 5, 2026, Rossel’s attorney, Richard Wolfe, filed a notice of voluntary dismissal with prejudice, which means the same civil claims cannot be filed again. Wolfe told USA Today the case had been settled and said the terms are confidential, so no settlement amount has been reported. Davis’s attorney, Richard Bales Jr., could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday, The Banner reported, and no admission by Davis was reported. The alleged incident had already affected Davis’s career: his planned November 14, 2025 exhibition against Jake Paul was canceled because of the legal issues stemming from it, USA Today reported. Davis, 31, of Parkland, Florida, is a former WBA lightweight champion.

The civil settlement does not end the separate criminal matter. USA Today reported that Davis still faces criminal charges stemming from the same alleged incident, that a domestic-violence hearing is scheduled for December 17, and that it is unclear whether the civil dismissal will affect the criminal case. The Banner reported the pending criminal charges as attempted kidnapping and battery, with a status hearing on November 17. Criminal charges are decided by prosecutors and a criminal court, under a different standard of proof, and they are not resolved by a private civil settlement.

Sources: USA Today, November 6, 2026; The Baltimore Banner, November 6, 2026.

What a settlement like this does — and does not — decide

The legal lesson is the split between civil and criminal cases. A civil battery case belongs to the injured person: she decides whether to file, settle, or dismiss, and she must prove her claims by a preponderance of the evidence. A criminal case belongs to the state: prosecutors decide whether to charge, the proof standard is beyond a reasonable doubt, and a victim’s civil settlement does not bind the prosecutors. A dismissal with prejudice after a settlement is final for the civil claims — there is no trial, no verdict, and no public finding about what happened — and confidential terms are common, which is why no dollar figure is available here. Neither side’s allegations should be treated as proven on this record.

If someone hurts you on purpose in Florida, the practical steps still matter from day one: get to safety and get medical care, report what happened, and preserve the evidence — workplace records, messages, photographs, names of witnesses, and any video — before it disappears. Battery is an intentional tort, which is different from a negligence claim. As general background, Florida negligence claims follow modified comparative negligence — recovery is reduced by the injured person’s percentage of fault and barred entirely if that person is more than 50% at fault — while medical malpractice claims are the exception and still follow pure comparative negligence under Chapter 766; those negligence fault rules do not decide an intentional-battery claim the same way. Deadlines are strict and claim-specific, and a signed release or a dismissal with prejudice can end a claim for good, so get legal advice before signing anything.

Disclaimer: This report concerns other parties’ cases. It is news reporting and general information, not legal advice. The settlement described resolved civil claims without any court finding of liability, the criminal charges described remain allegations in a separate pending case, and past results in other cases do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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