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The authorized battle between Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson has taken one other flip.
By now the 30-year-old was granted a brief restraining order towards the health teacher, in addition to short-term sole custody of their son, Leodis. She accused her ex-boyfriend of being bodily and emotionally abusive and “rough” with their toddler. Now Darius responded to the home violence allegations — by accusing Keke of abuse!
In a counterclaim filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Friday morning and obtained by The Los Angeles Times, the health teacher claimed Keke “repeatedly engaged in abusive conduct” and “acted as the primary aggressor” throughout their two-year relationship. He outlined a number of incidents between August 20, 2021, and March 12, 2023, within the court docket paperwork, wherein the Nope star allegedly “was verbally and physically abusive” and “frequently became agitated and aggressive after consuming alcohol.”
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In August 2021, Darius claimed she “punched me in the face” at a party. He then alleged Keke “punched the windshield of my car while I was driving” in January 2022 and “physically attacked me by choking and hitting me” in her house in Los Angeles a month later, on Feb. 28, 2022.
Darius went on to allege that on March 12 of this yr, the previous baby star blamed him when a bathe drain was not working and water overflowed out of the toilet. During the alleged incident, he alleged she was ingesting and calling him a number of expletives. When Darius tried “to de-escalate the situation,” the counterclaim acknowledged Keke “became more enraged.”
As we beforehand reported, Keke filed her request for short-term custody and a restraining order towards Darius following an incident on November 9. She accused him of trespassing “into my home without my knowledge or consent, threatened me, then physically attacked me.” The Scream Queens alum even included receipts, sharing screenshots of surveillance video of the incident. However, Darius stated within the counterclaim the pictures and video “are misleading.”
Giving his aspect of the story, the non-public coach alleged Keke was on the cellphone together with her mother, Sharon, and “refused to answer” the place their child boy was. Darius then claimed her mom “immediately directed threats and profanities at me.” And issues escalated from there. In her submitting, Keke claimed the newborn was together with her sister on the time, and Jackson allegedly “lunged at me, grabbing at my neck and face” after she requested him to depart her home a number of instances. They then started wrestling over her cellphone, which was documented within the surveillance footage she submitted. But he claimed Keke “resisted” and solely “fell back on the couch.” Hmm…
The Los Angeles Times reported Darius included a number of screenshots of textual content messages and e mail exchanges with Keke, a web based switch of $600 for a brand new windshield from the actress, and a transcript of her name together with her mother on the November 5 incident within the declaration.
He’s asking for joint authorized and bodily custody of their son and requested the court docket to disclaim Keke’s request for a home violence restraining order. Darius additional demanded stay-away and no-contact orders and that she pay his authorized charges. A court docket listening to in regards to the restraining order scenario has been scheduled for January 9.
Keke has not responded to the brand new allegations but. Reactions to the newest within the custody battle? Let us know within the feedback under.
If you or somebody is experiencing home violence, assist is offered. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
If you’ve honest trigger to suspect baby abuse, name the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
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