Keke Palmer is seeking sole custody of her 8-month-old son with her former partner Darius Jackson after claiming Jackson repeatedly abused her during their relationship.
Palmer, 30, claims that Jackson, 29, was “unhinged, erratic and dangerous to both me and our son,” according to court documents filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court and by USA TODAY was obtained.
The “Nope” actress asked the court for custody of her son Leodis Andrellton Jackson and also requested a restraining order and a domestic violence restraining order.
USA TODAY has reached out to attorneys for Palmer and Jackson’s manager for comment.
In her filing, Palmer alleged that Jackson had abused her “several times over the past two years,” most recently this past weekend. She described several instances of physical and emotional abuse in writing and also provided still images from surveillance cameras as evidence.
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Of Jackson’s most recent alleged abuse, Palmer wrote that he “invaded my home without my knowledge or consent, threatened me, and then physically attacked me – lunging at my neck, hitting me, throwing me over the couch, and my.” Phone stolen when I…” told him I would call the police. Palmer’s sister was upstairs and her mother was on the phone with her during this time. She also claimed that Jackson wanted to take Leodis with him.
Police arrived before Jackson left her home, questioned everyone and encouraged Palmer to file for a domestic violence restraining order, court documents said.
Jackson – who she dated for two years, from June 2021 to October, is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds, she said in her request for a restraining order. Palmer also claimed that some of Jackson’s abuse took place in front of her son.
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Keke Palmer ‘worried’ for her son’s safety because of Darius Jackson’s ‘violent, volatile and jealous nature’
Palmer wrote that she was “very concerned” about her son’s safety around his father, “given Jackson’s violent, volatile and jealous nature,” citing the “lack of restraint Darius already exhibited regarding his temperament.” demonstrated in front of our son.” .”
She asked Jackson not to make contact and to stay at least 100 meters away. According to court documents, Palmer does not want Jackson to be granted visitation rights nor is she asking for child support.
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Palmer also asked the court to stop Jackson from “harassing me by publicly commenting online about me, my family and/or our son” and to order him to complete a 52-week violent offender intervention program.
“Thanks to our son Leo, I was finally able to end my relationship with Darius once and for all and escape the abuse,” Palmer wrote in a statement. “Leo is the most important thing in the world to me; he needs and deserves safety and growing up in an environment without violence.”
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If you are a victim of domestic violence, The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) allows you to speak confidentially online or by phone with trained attorneys, which they recommend for those who believe their online activity is being monitored by their abuser (800-799-7233). They can help survivors develop a plan to achieve safety for themselves and their children.
Safe horizon The hotline (safehorizon.org) offers crisis counseling, safety planning, and shelter assistance (800-621-HOPE (4673). It also has a chat feature so you can confidentially request help from a computer or phone can.
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