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The authorized battle between Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson has taken one other flip.
By now you already know the 30-year-old was granted a short lived 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 “tough” 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 Courtroom Friday morning and obtained by The Los Angeles Occasions, the health teacher claimed Keke “repeatedly engaged in abusive conduct” and “acted as the first aggressor” throughout their two-year relationship. He outlined a number of incidents between August 20, 2021, and March 12, 2023, within the courtroom paperwork, through which the Nope star allegedly “was verbally and bodily abusive” and “steadily turned agitated and aggressive after consuming alcohol.”
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In August 2021, Darius claimed she “punched me within the face” at a birthday celebration. He then alleged Keke “punched the windshield of my automotive whereas I used to be driving” in January 2022 and “bodily 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 12 months, the previous youngster star blamed him when a bathe drain was not working and water overflowed out of the toilet. In the course of the alleged incident, he alleged she was consuming and calling him a number of expletives. When Darius tried “to de-escalate the state of affairs,” the counterclaim acknowledged Keke “turned extra 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 house with out my data or consent, threatened me, then bodily attacked me.” The Scream Queens alum even included receipts, sharing screenshots of surveillance video of the incident. Nonetheless, Darius mentioned within the counterclaim the images and video “are deceptive.”
Giving his aspect of the story, the private coach alleged Keke was on the telephone together with her mother, Sharon, and “refused to reply” the place their child boy was. Darius then claimed her mom “instantly directed threats and profanities at me.” And issues escalated from there. In her submitting, Keke claimed the child 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 cellular phone, which was documented within the surveillance footage she submitted. However he claimed Keke “resisted” and solely “fell again on the sofa.” Hmm…
The Los Angeles Occasions reported Darius included a number of screenshots of textual content messages and electronic 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 courtroom 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 courtroom listening to in regards to the restraining order state of affairs has been scheduled for January 9.
Keke has not responded to the brand new allegations but. Reactions to the newest within the custody battle? Tell us within the feedback beneath.
In case you or somebody you already know is experiencing home violence, assist is offered. Think about calling the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
If in case you have honest trigger to suspect youngster abuse, name the Childhelp Nationwide Baby Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Baby or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
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