The Halle Bailey vs. DDG saga continues, and on the middle of it’s their 1-year-old son Halo.
Earlier this week, theGrio reported that Bailey’s ex-boyfriend and content material creator DDG, born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., filed an emergency movement to cease the actress from taking their son in a foreign country whereas she movies an upcoming undertaking. DDG’s movement got here a month after Bailey filed her preliminary request for a restraining order and full custody of Halo, alleging that DDG was bodily and emotionally abusive throughout their relationship.
Nonetheless, TMZ stories {that a} decide denied the content material creator’s movement on June 5, permitting Bailey to journey with their son to Italy as she works.
“I should be on set in Italy to movie a film,” Halle stated in courtroom paperwork filed in response to DDG on June 4, per Complicated. “I’m contractually sure to be there from June 7, 2025 to August 4, 2025. Darryl has recognized about this work obligation for months. That is my supply of revenue, on which Halo and I rely to pay all payments.”
“Darryl has not contributed any common assist since Halo was born. I will probably be held answerable for damages to this movie if I’m not there, which I consider could be a breach of my contract. I can’t depart Halo with Darryl, as Darryl will probably be out of city a majority of these months,” she continued. “Darryl plans to be in Houston, Hawaii, Atlanta, and Paris streaming 24/7 in the course of the month of June 2025, based on his personal on-line posts. When he has had custody prior to now, he has left Halo together with his mom.”
She additionally notes that her son is taken into account a “protected individual” by the short-term restraining order and sole custody order she was granted by the courts in Might.
In DDG’s June 4th submitting, he claimed that Bailey was the abusive one of their relationship, calling into query her psychological well being. Within the paperwork, the content material creator recalled situations the place he allegedly discovered Bailey holding her firearm whereas she was pregnant and moments the place he claims she made threats to him about taking her personal life.
Nonetheless, “The Little Mermaid” star claims DDG’s submitting “is chilly retribution to embarrass, humiliate, and trigger me further emotional misery,” as he submitted the movement a day earlier than their scheduled June 4th listening to regardless of figuring out about her journey requirement for months.
“He exaggerated, lied, and misconstrued for the Courtroom, not solely the historical past of our relationship, however our parenting and my psychological well being,” she stated. “I’ve been and stay 100% obtainable and succesful as a mother or father to our son, Halo. Had Darryl actually been involved about my parenting, he would have taken motion previous to this time. He has by no means sought custody orders or any orders defending Halo till at present, the day that my [Domestic Violence Restraining Order] was set.”
Within the courtroom paperwork, Bailey admits that she was “ emotionally devastated in 2022 and 2023 by his conduct and ongoing abuse,” being very vocal about her “anxiousness, despair, and former ideas of suicide,” which she says she has sought medical therapy. The singer and actress confused that DDG’s authorized actions are reflective of his patterns of “ongoing abuse,” revealing that they’ve escalated the net harassment and “demise threats” she has obtained.
“As of June 2, 2025, Darryl is on-line railing in opposition to me, alleging he can’t see his son. He isn’t in Los Angeles,” she continued. “This conduct isn’t child-centered, and Halo is barely getting used to additional his fan base and on-line presence.”
Following Bailey’s response and the courtroom’s reported ruling, DDG appeared to deal with the scenario on X, tweeting:
