LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles choose has granted a restraining order to “The Little Mermaid” actor and singer Halle Bailey, who says her ex-boyfriend, the rapper and YouTuber DDG, has been repeatedly violent together with her and he or she fears for herself and the child they’ve collectively.
The choose on Tuesday ordered DDG, whose authorized identify is Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., to keep away from Bailey and their 17-month-old son, Halo, till a June 6 listening to.
“Throughout our relationship,” Bailey stated in paperwork requesting the order, “Daryl has been and continues to be physically, verbally, emotionally, and financially abusive towards me. I am seeking orders to protect myself and our son Halo from his ongoing abuse.”
A message looking for remark from a consultant for Granberry was not instantly answered.
Bailey, 25, and Granberry, 27, have been in a relationship from 2022 till final yr, and since their breakup there have been “a number of acts of bodily violence,” Bailey stated.
In a January incident that she recounts intimately, Bailey stated Granberry was repeatedly calling her a “bitch” as she tried to strap the child right into a seat inside his automotive.
“The next thing I knew, things got physical between us,” Bailey stated within the paperwork. “We fought each other, wrestling and tussling. At one point, Darryl was pulling my hair. He then slammed my face on the steering wheel, causing my tooth to get chipped. I then stopped fighting back as I was in a lot of pain.”
Bailey included pictures of her tooth and bruises on her arms in her submitting.
In March, she stated Granberry entered her home when she wasn’t dwelling and texted her a photograph of her mattress together with a threatening message suggesting she was having intercourse with different males.
A number of days later, she stated, he berated her when she didn’t wish to ship their sick child on a go to with him, and smashed the Ring digital camera on her porch when he realized it was recording the confrontation. She stated when she referred to as a relative for assist, he took her cellphone and acquired into his automotive, slamming the door on her as she was holding the child. Bailey filed a police report over the incident.
She additionally requested that Granberry be ordered to cease utilizing his streaming platforms on Twitch and YouTube to show his followers towards her.
“Whenever he wishes to cause upset, he starts bad mouthing me to his several millions of fans,” she stated within the paperwork. “He claims I am withholding our son and that I am with other men. As a result, I then receive threats and hate on social media.”
Granberry was additionally ordered to not possess any weapons. The choose can lengthen the order for as much as 5 years on the June 6 listening to.
DDG, from Pontiac, Michigan, first noticed success as a video streamer after which as a hip-hop artist. On Could 5, he launched his fourth studio album, “Blame the Chat,” on Epic information.
Bailey, from Atlanta, has been nominated for 5 Grammy Awards as each a solo artist and as a part of Chloe x Halle, the duo together with her sister that first introduced her fame.
She starred within the sitcom “Grown-ish” from 2018 to 2022, and in 2023 performed the title character in Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid.”
