Gervonta Davis was seen exiting the correctional facility on Friday, indicating that he had been released from jail.
After breaching the terms of a sentence that initially allowed him to avoid jail time, the American boxing star, who is now 28 years old, was sentenced to spend a total of 44 days behind bars.
By stopping Ryan Garcia with a knockout on April 3, Davis firmly established himself as one of the sport’s most prominent stars.
Gervonta Davis released from jail after spending 44 days
On May 5, Davis was given a sentence for the hit-and-run automobile accident that he caused in November 2020, which left four people injured.
He was able to avoid going to jail as a result of his acceptance of a plea bargain and his subsequent guilty plea to four separate traffic offences.
Instead, Tank was given a sentence of three years of probation, along with 200 hours of community service and home confinement for a period of ninety days.
However, less than a month after that, Davis was taken into custody once more.
As a consequence of the fact that he disobeyed the provisions of the order governing his home detention, he must now spend the remaining time of his 90-day sentence in jail.
It was discovered that he had breached the terms by attempting to serve the home detention order at the Four Seasons Hotel and a $3.4 million penthouse. The judge had initially agreed that he would serve the order at trainer Calvin Ford’s one-bedroom residence. However, it was discovered that he had violated the restrictions by trying to serve the order at those locations.
Davis’ attorney claimed that the move was necessary because Ford’s apartment was too small for him and his security team, but the judge did not accept this justification because there was never a request to change the location in the first place.
Tank lashed out at the judge as he was incarcerated on June 2, after being sentenced to imprisonment on the previous day.
He instructed a friend to broadcast live from his Instagram account while he was chatting with her on the prison’s provided phone and called her “crazy.”
Unsurprisingly, this did not change the outcome, and he continued to serve his sentence in jail.
Now, after 44 days of being held in custody, Davis has been released. On Friday, he was seen emerging from the facility sporting a large afro and facial hair.
He also took to social media shortly after his release in order to post his first tweet. It was a simple emoji of a face saluting, and it appeared to be a message to his supporters informing them that he is now back home.