Content warning: This article contains allegations of self-harm and threats of suicide.
Halle Bailey is facing serious allegations from her ex DDG amid the custody battle over their son Halo.
In an emergency motion filed by DDG on June 4, the rapper asked the court to deny Halle's recent request to take their 17-month-old to Italy for work, accusing that the Little Mermaid star of being "an imminent emotional and psychological risk" to herself and their child.
DDG (real name Daryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.) alleged in court documents obtained by E! News that Halle "routinely used emotional coercion and manipulation to exert her control over me, often threatening me by using self-harm or ending her life" throughout their "on again/off again" relationship of almost three years.
In one alleged instance during Halle's pregnancy in 2023, DDG said she "threatened me by demanding that we reconcile, or she would go through with the abortion."
DDG said the actress allegedly "threatened to end her life using my legally owned firearm" in another incident that same year, accusing Halle of grabbing the weapon and leaving their home without telling anyone her whereabouts.
DDG alleged that Halle also stalked him during their relationship, as well as physically and verbally abused him.
"Given these threats to self-harm," DDG wrote in his filing, "I believe the Petitioner is a threat to our son's safety such that she should not be allowed to take Halo out of the country to Italy for a period of two months."
He is requesting that the court grant him sole legal and physical custody of Halo, or impose an alternative visitation plan where he and Halle trade off two-day and five-day blocks.
DDG's filing comes weeks after Halle filed to obtain sole legal and physical custody of Halo, alleging that DDG attacked her during a co-parenting handoff in January. She was granted a temporary restraining order against DDG, who has denied the abuse allegations.
E! News has reached out to Halle's attorney about DDG's allegations but hasn't heard back. In a court response to DDG's filing obtained by TMZ, Halle accused DDG of being uncooperative in negotiations, alleging that he waited until her temporary restraining order was expired to file for custody of Halo.
For a deeper look at Halle and DDG's relationship, read on.
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