LOS ANGELES — “The Little Mermaid” star Halle Bailey was granted a restraining order Tuesday against her ex-boyfriend, rapper DDG, after she accused him of repeated violent acts and causing her fear.
A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered that the rapper and You Tube personality, whose real name is Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., stay away from Bailey and her 17-month-old son.
A court hearing is scheduled for June.
“Throughout our relationship,” Bailey said in documents cited by The Associated Press, “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.”
Bailey, 25, starred as Ariel in Disney’s live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” in 2023.
She starred in the sitcom “Grown-ish” from 2018 to 2022. As a singer, she has been nominated for five Grammy Awards as both a solo artist and as part of Chloe x Halle, the duo with her sister that first brought her fame, the BBC said.
DDG, 27, rose to success as a video streamer and then as a hip-hop artist. On May 5, he released his fourth studio album, “Blame the Chat,” on Epic records.
The couple were in a relationship from 2022 until last year. Bailey told the court that since their breakup there were “multiple acts of physical violence.”
She recounted a January incident in detail. Then, she said, Granberry was repeatedly calling her an expletive name as she tried to strap the baby into a seat inside his car.
“The next thing I knew, things got physical between us,” Bailey said in the documents. “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 photos of her tooth and bruises on her arms in her filing, AP said.
In March, Bailey filed a police report after an incident in which she said Granberry berated her when she did not want to send their sick baby on a visit with him. He smashed the Ring camera on her porch when he realized it was recording the confrontation.
In court filings, Bailey also asked that Granberry be ordered to stop using his streaming platforms on Twitch and YouTube to turn his followers against her.
“Whenever he wishes to cause upset, he starts bad mouthing me to his several millions of fans,” she said in the documents. “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 also ordered not to possess any weapons. The judge can extend the order for up to five years at the June 6 hearing.
The AP and BBC sought comment from Granberry’s representatives but received no reply.
