Skai Jackson gets a restraining order against father of her baby, alleging physical abuse
Skai Jackson says Deondre Burgin, the father of her 3-month-old son, has been abusing her since last spring, including suggesting that she drink bleach while she was expecting in order to terminate her pregnancy.
Jackson was granted a temporary restraining order against him Monday, according to court documents. The actor, her son and her dog Otis are covered by the order.
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The former Disney Channel star, 23, detailed a litany of alleged abuses by Burgin, 21, in her request filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Most of them are from 2024, but the inciting event behind the filing appears to have been an alleged attack on Mother's Day of this year. Jackson said in her filing that Burgin attacked her on May 11 while she was carrying son Kasai.
"He grabbed me by the hair, slammed my head on the back seat window of my car and hit me in the face while holding my son," the "Jessie" and "Bunk'd" actor wrote in her filing. "Deondre caused me to have a bloody nose. I don't feel safe with my son being around him due to his violent history. He also said 'F' my child."
Last June, Burgin took Jackson's phone so he could check her messages because a man had texted her, the filing says. Jackson said he then broke her iPhone and choked her against a kitchen counter.
"He demanded that I drink bleach to kill our unborn child," Jackson wrote about the June incident. "He then walked me to the car with a knife in his hand telling me to get in the driver seat and if I called out for help he would stab me in the stomach. He then called his friend ... telling him he was about to kill me. He then told me to drive to the doctor to get an abortion. When I tried to he asked me was I crazy and why would I want to kill our child."
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Jackson said she had video documentation from July when he allegedly punched through the door of an upstairs bathroom she had locked herself in for safety and choked her until she couldn't breathe. Jackson said that in 2024, there was a six-month period where he choked her or slammed her head into a wall about once a week, destroyed a television and punched holes in her walls.
Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says. The "Dragons: Rescue Riders" voice actor said he threatened in September 2024 to have a member of his family come kill her and her mother.
In October, Burgin allegedly threatened to kill her after she asked him to go to therapy, the documents said.
He stands 6-foot-4 to Jackson's reported 5-foot-2, according to her application. She asked the court to stop him and his family from posting anything about her on social media, saying that he had threatened to post revenge porn.
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The two have brushed up against authorities in the past because of alleged violence between them.
"The Man in the White Van" actor was arrested at Universal Studios Hollywood last August after she and Burgin were detained by security on suspicion of domestic assault. She was arrested by sheriff's deputies after security footage showed she had pushed Burgin twice. However, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office didn't pursue the case.
At the time, Jackson allegedly told authorities that she and Burgin were happily engaged and expecting a baby together.
A permanent restraining order will be considered at a June 9 hearing. The Times was unable to contact Burgin for comment. A representative for Skai Jackson did not respond immediately to The Times' request for comment.
Former Times staff writer Nardine Saad contributed to this report.
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