Dec 22, 2023
Keke Palmer's Ex Files Restraining Order, Claims She Was The Abuser
Keke Palmer's Ex Files Restraining Order, Claims She Was The Abuser
- 12 minutes
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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>> 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.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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