Darius Jackson spoke out about his ex Keke Palmer after she was granted a temporary restraining order against him — and their texts reveal Palmer expected Jackson to portray her as an abuser.
Jackson, 29, filed a response to Palmer’s request for a domestic violence restraining order on Friday, December 15. He alleges Palmer, 30, was “the primary aggressor” and “engaged in abusive conduct during the two-and-a-half-year relationship,” according to documents obtained by Us Weekly.
He claimed Palmer subjected him to both “physical and verbal abuse,” alleging she punched, choked and hit him several times. He lists several dates of different alleged confrontations.
In one example, he claimed that Palmer
“called him over 200 times and sent him over 50 emails” when Jackson “told her he would not spend the night with her” in November 2021, and he claims he changed his phone number to avoid Palmer’s alleged harassment in March 2022.
One year later, she allegedly subjected him to verbal abuse, calling him “bitch, a punk ass and a loser.” He further alleged that Palmer “frequently became agitated and aggressive after consuming alcohol.”
The filing included several screenshots of alleged text messages in which Palmer appeared to apologize for physical contact. In one instance, Jackson sent Palmer a photo of his bruised arm. “You will never put your hands on me again,” Jackson wrote.
“I definitely WONT. I am really good on all of that,” Palmer wrote.
Jackson replied, “You not owning up to it & see it as a threat is alarming.”
“I own up to squeezing your arm,” Palmer allegedly responded.
Jackson wrote, “I show you that to let you know that you’re literally marking me. Like, I wouldn’t do that to you. I’m content.”
Palmer then alleged, “But it’s clear you’re trying to create a paper trail. You are literally trying to set me up. … Through text and your family and everything else.”
Keke Palmer, 30, filed a petition on November 9, asking for a temporary restraining order and full custody of their 9-month-old son, Leodis. Palmer claimed in the docs that Jackson “trespassed” into her home and “threatened” her.
Palmer alleged that Jackson struck her before he threw her over the couch. She also accused him of “getting rough” with their baby.