Darius Jackson Says He Has Receipts Domestic Abuse Allegations From Keke Palmer Are False

Darius Jackson, presumed ex-boyfriend and father to 8-month-old son Leodis, with whom he shares with Keke Palmer, is speaking out amid accusations of domestic abuse.

Per TMZ, sources close to Darius say the up-and-coming actor has denied any wrongdoing and has alleged that the photos and videos that Keke submitted as evidence of her abuse stem from a recent incident that was a result of them arguing about Leodis. Darius says that he’d previously communicated with Keke via text about coming to get the child to go watch football on a Sunday. However, when he arrived at her home, he claims that the baby was nowhere to be found. From there, the two allegedly got into an argument and Keke eventually called her mother Sharon and put her on speakerphone.

That’s when Darius allegedly said Sharon threatened to put a “bullet” in his head and then he tried to “wrestle” the phone out of Keke’s hand—hence where those pictures and video Keke previously submitted as evidence came from. In addition to video evidence of Sharon’s alleged threat, Darius also provided TMZ with a text message exchange between Sharon and his own mother after he alerted her of the threat.

“Hello Sharon, how are you? I have tried not to get involve in my son’s personal business, but I heard that you are going to put a bullet in my sons head??? Well, then now we have to involve the authorities, because you don’t respect or value yourself and I can see no my sons life. You might have to kill all of us. I will file a police report on you now[sic],” Darius’ mother wrote.

However, Sharon and Keke’s camp is fighting back with receipts of their own, providing the outlet with Sharon’s response to Darius’ mother’s text:

“Please do not contact me about this ridiculous childish behavior. Your son choked his own sister, deal with his anger issues. If he attacks my daughter in her own own [home] where she pays the bills, he is trespassing and anything can happen so he should stay away.

You should be very ashamed to have raised a man who fights women.”

As previously reported by The Root, this comes just after Sharon shared harsh words for Darius’ older brother, Insecure star Sarunas Jackson, for the part he played in all of this drama. It also comes just a few days after a judge granted Keke a temporary restraining order against Darius and sole custody of their son.

This case is getting messier and messier by the moment. But for the sake of their child, let’s hope things can get resolved quickly and peacefully, and that justice will be served.