Nov 10, 2023
Keke Palmer Accuses Ex-Boyfriend Of Domestic Violence, Files Restraining Order
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Keke Palmer accuses ex boyfriend of abuse.
According to court documents filed
on Thursday, November 9th and
reviewed by Page Six and Us Weekly,
actress Keke Palmer is seeking
a restraining order against ex
boyfriend Darius Jackson and
requesting sole custody of
their eight month son Leodis.
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30-year-old Palmer accused
29-year-old Jackson of abusing
her multiple times over the course
of their two year relationship.
Keke's own mother would speak out as well
on the matter, outing Darius brother,
who allegedly Darius learned
his abusive behavior from.
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Take the video.
>> Speaker 2: Look,
I've never done anything like this.
I've been in this business for 22 years.
I've seen a lot of stuff,
but I can't help myself.
For Sarunas Jackson to post on
his Twitter the ridiculous stuff
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that he's posted when he knew
his brother was abusive.
I went to Sarunas over a year ago and
told him that his brother
was abusive to my daughter.
And he said, well,
I used to be like that too.
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What, so now he's posting on
Twitter like he's this special guy?
We know he's the biggest in Hollywood.
He's disrespectful to women
just like his little brother.
He taught his brother how to be abusive,
so
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he don't get to act like
he's this special guy.
No, you're a boy and
you're a part of the problem.
>> Speaker 1: Listen, let me say this.
There are several women with less
resources that are suffering
through some trauma.
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And I think shining a light on this
one incident may cloud the incident or
may make people feel a certain way.
What I will say is domestic
violence is nothing to joke about,
nothing to play with.
And I think some of the statements from
Keke mama may have turned some people off
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or made people feel a certain way
simply because she's trying to say
that his brother taught
him how to be abusive.
When we know abuse,
I don't wanna go there.
I don't know how that happens.
And this is per Us Weekly, Palmer claimed
that she has security footage from
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a November 5 incident in which Jackson
trespassed into her home without her
knowledge or consent and
threatened her before launching for
her neck, striking her, throwing her
on the couch and stealing her phone.
That again, is of course,
according to Us Weekly.
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She went on to allege that there have been
many instances of physical violence with
Jackson that included destroying her
personal property, including diaries and
prescription eyeglasses,
throwing my belongings into the street,
throwing my car keys to
prevent me from driving away,
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hitting me in front of our son, spirit
profanities at me about me to our son,
threatening to kill himself
with a gun if I left him.
Harassment and
other physical and emotional,
I think this is a messy subject.
In her declaration, Palmer went on to say
that her relationship with Jackson finally
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ended for good in early October,
primarily due to the physical and
emotional abuse inflicted on her by him.
Palmer's filing comes after months of
speculation about their relationship.
Following his comments about Palmer's
attire at an Usher concert in Las Vegas,
where Palmer was wearing a black bodysuit
with a sheer black polka dot cover up,
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Jackson wrote on X, formerly Twitter,
in July, it's the outfit though,
you're a mom.
Again, like I said,
there's a lot to unpack in this story.
I know this is a sensitive subject for
you.
Did you want or
have anything that you wanna add to this?
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>> Speaker 3: It's just a sad situation.
I mean, you hate to see people's
business play out in public like this,
when you are in public life like you are,
I am and Keke is.
And people are actors, actresses.
Those professions where people think they
have a right to know what is happening in
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your personal life is really sad.
It's also sad that Keke's mom felt
like she had to come out there.
She was in defense of her daughter,
obviously, and
that's what a mother would do.
And there are a lot of dynamics
to the story that we do not know.
We're reporting based on what we do know.
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And for Keke to take these steps,
and she was very clear about,
for her at this moment it is
about her son, about their child.
And that's important for any parent.
But just a sad situation countless women
go through this on a regular basis,
that emotional abuse coupled with
physical abuse is something else.
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But even when it's emotional just by
itself, and I know from experience,
it can definitely take a toll on your life
and your livelihood and your mentals.
And so hopefully through this experience,
more women find courage.
And I'll put the caveat.
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Sometimes women can be abusive, too,
emotionally and physically abusive.
And we don't talk about that a lot
in society because it is mainly men.
But I do wanna put that out, that I know
that some men go through it as well.
But in this situation and
far too many others,
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this is something that is quite heavy.
And, yes, Mayor,
this is a sticking point for
me because I can definitely feel her
pain on the emotional abuse side.
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, and in response to all
of this, on the legal development, Darius,
who is the father of Keke Palmer's son,
would take to X,
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which was formerly known as Twitter, with
the photo of himself and Leodis saying,
I love you son, see you soon.
And it is this level of back and forth for
me where you feel you got to have your
relationship play out and
respond in public.
If you love your son,
I hear you put it on Twitter.
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But your son is not on Twitter,
he's eight months old.
He doesn't have a Twitter account.
So I think this is just a continuation of
the sadness that you're talking about,
where we spend our lives on social media
and forget that the implications have real
effects, not just when someone
scrolls down their timeline.
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A reminder of CTA for
those experienced domestic violence.
If you are so one you know
are experiencing domestic violence,
please call the National Domestic
Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-733 for
confidential support.
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