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- Halle Bailey is requesting sole authorized and bodily custody of her son Halo, whom she shares with ex-boyfriend DDG
- The actress is alleging that her former companion has been abusive in entrance of their son and asking the courtroom to limit the place DDG is allowed to take Halo
- The couple break up in 2024 after welcoming Halo in December 2023
Halle Bailey is requesting sole authorized and bodily custody of her son.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by ipromiseyoumedia, the Little Mermaid star is requesting sole authorized and bodily custody of her son Halo Saint, whom she welcomed in December 2023 with ex-boyfriend DDG. She can also be asking the choose to order that her ex, born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., not be allowed visitation along with his son.
Nevertheless, she is asking that DDG be given supervised visits with an expert firm as soon as every week for six hours whereas Halo is in Los Angeles.
Moreover, Bailey is asking the courtroom to stop DDG from taking their son exterior of the county of Los Angeles.
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She has additionally requested an order to stop baby abduction, saying that DDG has a historical past of abusing her, taking away or hiding Halo from her, threatening to remove or conceal Halo from her, and never cooperating along with her in parenting.
Bailey asks {that a} choose order DDG to not transfer with Halo with out her written permission and to show in or not apply for passports or different vital paperwork for Halo. If he does journey with Halo along with her permission, she is asking the choose to order that DDG present his journey schedule, copies of round-trip airline tickets, addresses and cellphone numbers the place they are often reached, and an open airline ticket for her if Halo will not be returned.
The actress specified a number of examples the place she has requested DDG to set a visitation schedule along with her for Halo, and shared that one explicit interplay got here to a head in January. Bailey writes that when DDG got here to get Halo, she requested him to speak a few schedule and he received visibly upset.
As she walked with him exterior and buckled her son into his automobile seat, Bailey alleges that DDG was cursing at her and getting an increasing number of upset. “I had left my entrance door open and was not even totally dressed as I used to be not even carrying footwear,” she says. “Darryl stored repeating ‘Get out of my automobile, BITCH.'”
“Halo was crying. I repeatedly pleaded with him to cease calling me a bitch,” Bailey continues. “I felt very nervous that he was taking Halo with him and was very agitated; I didn’t really feel secure leaving a child with him in his state. I additionally needed to know when he would deliver Halo again. He wouldn’t inform me.”
The argument continued and received bodily as the 2 have been “wrestling and tussling.”
“At one level, Darryl was pulling my hair. He then slammed my face on the steering wheel, inflicting my tooth to get chipped,” Bailey alleges. “I then stopped preventing again as I used to be in quite a lot of ache. I needed to get out of the automobile with Halo however was now caught.”
DDG ended up driving to his home with Bailey within the automobile, since she would not depart Halo alone. As soon as they received there, the star claims that she informed his household what occurred and begged them to set a schedule, however they informed her to simply depart Halo and go.
Bailey particulars a number of different alleged examples of abuse, ending her assertion by saying that she’s “performed every little thing potential to keep away from going to Courtroom.”
“I notice that there isn’t a placating Darryl. I can’t permit this abuse any longer. I can’t hold dwelling like this,” she says. “I by no means know when he’s going to demand our son to be in his Mom’s care and whether or not I will probably be subjected to his threats and abuse.”
Bailey additionally requested a brief restraining order in opposition to DDG and was granted one by the courtroom on Tuesday, Could 13. He’s required to stay over 100 yards away from Bailey and Halo always, together with at Halo’s faculty and Bailey’s car.
Representatives for Bailey and DDG didn’t instantly reply to ipromiseyoumedia’s request for remark.
Bailey and DDG started their relationship in 2022 and in the end break up in 2024.
A courtroom listening to within the case was scheduled for June 4.
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