Keke Palmer has filed for sole custody of her eight-month outdated son, Leodis, whereas all accusing his father of bodily abuse.
On November 9, the actress/singer submitted courtroom paperwork that sought a restraining order towards Darius Jackson … and which detailed a number of events on which he allegedly assaulted Palmer.
The accusations are extraordinarily troubling.
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Within the California Superior Court docket submitting, Palmer alleges that on Sunday, “Darius trespassed into my residence with out my data or consent, threatened me, then bodily attacked me — lunging for my neck, hanging me, throwing me over the sofa, and stealing my telephone after I informed him I used to be going to name the police.”
She included screenshots of what seems to be safety digital camera footage of a person hanging a lady over a settee.
Palmer says this form of factor passed off a number of occasions over a two-year interval.
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Palmer went on to assert that there have been “many situations of bodily violence” with Jackson that embody:
“Destroying my private property, together with diaries and prescription eyeglasses, throwing my belongings into the road, throwing my automobile keys to forestall me from driving away, hitting [me] in entrance of our son, spewing profanities about me to our son, threatening to kill himself with a gun if I left him, harassment, and different bodily and emotional abuse.”
Yikes.
On this official declaration, Palmer mentioned that her relationship with Jackson “lastly ended for good” in early October “primarily as a result of bodily and emotional abuse inflicted” on her by him.
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Elsewhere, Palmer alleged that her ex would additionally “love bomb” her, explaining:
The abuse throughout our relationship was not simply bodily, however emotional and manipulative.
Darius would ‘love bomb’ me and make me really feel like I used to be a very powerful girl on this planet, solely to get extraordinarily distant and chilly over a perceived insult to him.
If we had been at a celebration or occasion, and I spoke with one particular person too lengthy or checked out somebody a “sure method”, he would storm off in a rage – telling me I used to be ‘slut’ and a ‘whore,’ accuse me of dishonest on him, and that I didn’t love him.
Darius had a method of gaslighting me to make me really feel like I used to be doing one thing flawed regardless that I wasn’t.
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Palmer’s submitting got here after months of hypothesis about her and Jackson’s relationship standing following his remarks about Palmer’s apparel at an Usher live performance in July.
Within the pictures from the Sin Metropolis outing, Palmer was donning a black bodysuit with a sheer black polka dot cover-up.
And Jackson took challenge with it.
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Wrote Jackson in a since-deleted, very crucial and sexist Tweet again then:
“We dwell in a era the place a person of the household doesn’t need the spouse & mom to his children to showcase booty cheeks to please others & he will get informed how a lot of a hater he’s.
“That is my household & my illustration. I’ve requirements & morals to what I imagine. I relaxation my case.”
Following this viral social media rant, Palmer launched a music with the Usher titled “Boyfriend.”
“Anyone mentioned that your boyfriend’s searching for me/Oh that’s cool,” Palmer sang within the monitor.
The next month, Palmer dismissed a query about whether or not she was nonetheless relationship Jackson.
“I’m going to take a web page out of Beyoncé’s e-book — thoughts y’all’s enterprise,” Palmer mentioned throughout an interview on As we speak With Hoda & Jenna. “Sure, life is nice. I’ve nothing however gratitude, truthfully. Severely.”
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