Keke Palmer, another headline. Her ex boyfriend alleges she was the abuser, okay? So this comes weeks, I don't know, months at this point, after Keke stepped forward, he says it's her, not him. [00:00:16] According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Kiki Palmer's ex, Darius Jackson, filed to get a restraining order against the Nope star, with whom he shares nine month old son Leodis. Over allegations she was verbally and physically abusive toward him during their two-year relationship. [00:00:36] And I can't wait to hear what you say about the timing on this one, Ray, because when I think of a restraining order, well, let's pause and get into it now. When I think of a restraining order, Rivanna, I think of imminent danger. [00:00:52] But perhaps you will educate me on the law and when it becomes necessary, and who can get granted what after the fact? >> Speaker 3: Yeah, you're exactly right. It does require proof of imminent danger and [00:01:09] temporary restraining orders are issued quickly without the same levels that are required for other rulings in court. Because you have to show that I am in immediate danger. [00:01:25] And then in cases of domestic violence, you have to show that there's been a documented pattern of abuse that for your own safety you need this ruling to happen quickly. And then there'll be hearings on it later where more evidence can be presented and [00:01:40] you can get more into the arguments on the merits. But it's an issue where a judge will look over and determine then and there if there is validity in their eyes to granting this temporary restraining order. And in the case of Keke Palmer, that is what happened. [00:01:56] The judge examined the petition and granted it on the basis of what she presented. >> Speaker 1: We saw stills remember, she had security cameras in her home when purportedly, Darius Jackson came in and got aggressive, [00:02:14] was physically aggressive with this superstar. And so, based on what you're saying, I take it that maybe two and a half years ago is not imminent danger. But we'll go through what he's alleging. During one incident which allegedly took place in August 2021, [00:02:30] that's a month after they started dating. Jackson, age 29, claimed that an agitated and aggressive Palmer, aged 30, punched him in the face at a birthday party. He claimed in the docs that her friend Lenoria Addison tried to stop the former [00:02:46] Nickelodeon star from allegedly hitting Jackson. Jackson then attached screenshots of alleged text messages from Palmer where she apologizes for hitting him. I am sorry for hitting you, the message read, Page Six with the reporting. [00:03:01] In another incident from October 2021, Jackson claimed that Palmer violently gripped his arm, demanded he stay with her after he tried to go to a nearby restaurant to watch a football game. We exchanged a text about this incident and I sent her a photo of the marks she left on my arm that night, [00:03:19] he stated in the docs, along with an image of the marks on his arm. And alleged texts from Palmer in which she said, We're DONE, and called him childish. March 2023, this year, former fitness instructor claimed [00:03:35] that the mother of his child had been drinking alcohol and blamed him when the drain was not working properly in the bathroom. Jackson claimed the Hustler's actress called him a, quote, bitch, a punk a, a loser. [00:03:54] I tried to deescalate the situation and she became more enraged. I left the house to avoid further conflict. That night, she sent me several emails, he claimed in the docs, attaching copies of the alleged emails from Palmer as evidence, Page Six, again. [00:04:10] Jackson stated he and Palmer, who began dating in July, 2021, [COUGH] excuse me, officially ended things in early October, 2023. After the split, he claimed that he went over to Palmer's home to pick up their [00:04:25] son, however, Leodis was not there when he arrived. I went upstairs to ask Palmer where he was, Jackson claimed in the docs. She was on the phone with her mother on speaker and refused to answer where Leodis was. Her mother immediately directed threats and profanities at me. [00:04:41] I recorded the conversation because I could sense that Palmer was becoming verbally and physically abusive. Jackson also included a transcript from the recording as evidence in which Keke's mom, Sharon Palmer, referred to Jackson as a, quote, punk and alleged that he and his family had mental problems. [00:04:59] Jackson's filing comes more than a month after Palmer was granted a temporary restraining order against Jackson after she claimed that he physically abused her. Under the order, Jackson is required to remain at least 100 yards away from both Palmer and Leodis, whom they welcomed in February 2023. [00:05:17] In her November 9th filing, Palmer included screenshots of home security footage showing many instances of Jackson's physical abuse. Like this screenshot showing Jackson allegedly choking and body slamming Palmer in her home, February 13th, 2022. [00:05:36] And this screenshot of Jackson allegedly grabbing at Palmer's neck and face at her home on November 5th, 2023. Throwing her over at couch, Jackson has denied the allegations of domestic violence. Last week on her Instagram, Palmer posted a short video with a caption overlay [00:05:53] quote, when reality TV makes everyone believe all celebrities lives are just one big marketing strategy and scheme. But my life is truly unraveling at the seams and I just wear trauma like a Dolce Gabbana coat because Sharon didn't raise no b. [00:06:10] She's going through it. CTA, for anyone experiencing domestic violence, if you or someone you know, there's so many people out there, are experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline. [00:06:25] The number, 1800 799 7233. You can get confidential support. You can google that, and that number will come up. You can call it 24/7. Rivanna, this is messy. And as a woman, I want to disclose [00:06:45] I have bias here, okay? Because I know what this kind of relationship looks like, like so many women do. I hate to make it about me, but I'm just telling you the lens at which I'm looking through this. [00:07:01] She outed him. She said, I'm protecting our child, by the way, if we're broken up, and it's not amicable, which I think that's something both sides can agree on. It's not amicable. I don't know why you're walking upstairs in my house. I can understand wanting to know where your son is. If his version in that instance is true, [00:07:18] why are you walking into my house acting like you own the joint? We're not together, and we need some boundaries. But this tit for tat, it felt tike to me, he was attempting to embarrass her for [00:07:36] perhaps being abusive at worst, or likely being human, involved in a traumatic relationship from the start. >> Speaker 1: Absolutely, and I'll preface what I'm about to say with, [00:07:54] there are men who are the victims of domestic violence. It is horrible when it happens to anybody. That being said, women are disproportionately likely to be the victims of domestic violence at the hands of men. And Keke Palmer has provided photographic evidence of [00:08:12] the domestic violence she suffered at the hands of Darius. In those photographs we showed you, in evidence she provided to the court, she provided to the public as well, because he's been attempting to smear [00:08:28] her name in media while she attempted to keep this quiet from the very beginning. This is a very common tactic, because in a lot of situations of domestic violence, there will be points where the abused, the victim, will lash out at their abuser. [00:08:46] And attorneys that represent abusers will latch on to those moments to try to change the narrative that the abuser, their client, was actually the victim. It's a very common tactic used by abusers, not just interpersonally, [00:09:03] to reframe the issues, not just within the abusive relationship, but in court. And time and time again we see the victims of domestic violence responding to the abuse they've suffered, being the ones to get arrested, being the ones to get charged. [00:09:18] Now, Keke Palmer, celebrity, has a large fan base and the ability to, well, articulate her side of the story. But that being said, she's a woman. And on top of that, she's a black woman. [00:09:34] And there is rampant misogyny noir in our society and people who will immediately want to blame her for the abuse she suffered and believe the man. We saw the same thing with the Megan Thee Stallion being shot by Tory Lanes. [00:09:52] Tory Lanez never had a fan in the world until he shot Megan Thee Stallion, and then all of a sudden, all these losers came out of the woodwork to defend him. And they're still defending him despite the fact that he was found guilty in a court of law. So I wouldn't be surprised if we see people coming out of the woodwork to side [00:10:11] with Darius in the situation, even though we have, and as we showed on the show, the photographic evidence of him choking her very violently. And I'll just add that some of the things he added into his restraining order request, her calling him a bitch or [00:10:29] a punk ass, are not grounds for a restraining order. And as you mentioned, a lot of the arguments he was making were things that occurred a long time ago. It didn't necessarily seem like, as Keke Palmer established, [00:10:46] a pattern of extreme violence in the relationship. And again, I wasn't in the house, I don't know exactly what happened. I'm just trying to add the context that this is a very common tactic that abusers use to try to deflect from their actions. [00:11:03] >> Speaker 1: Boy, you said a lot of powerful things. And by the way, he doesn't mention his role in any of these years old incidents, does he? He doesn't say anything about it. He's trying to end her. He's trying to destroy her. And it is disgusting. [00:11:21] It's this narcissistic thing where I was invited into your life in limelight, and I suspect there's psychological abuse going on in this relationship. You can decide the giver and receiver of it, and it clouds judgment, [00:11:40] and it makes people forget who they are, what they stand for, what they worked for. Perhaps Keke may have suffered some of that and maybe got a lot back when she gave birth to this beautiful little boy and [00:11:55] said, I should be able to do it just for me. But now I've got this life to protect and love and cherish, and I'm not gonna go through it anymore more. The thing about a narcissist is they don't want to ever leave [00:12:11] that supply, and if he must go forcefully, the judge, or finally the survivor says, you're out of here. They're, damn, sure gonna leave you broken, or try. We weren't there, but, Rivanna, you made some excellent points.