Kehlani’s ex partner, Javaughn Young-White, has filed a petition to gain full-custody of the 5-year-old daughter he shares with Kehlani.
In the court documents, filed in Los Angeles on July 24 and obtained by Billboard, Young-White claims “everyone else has bigger say-so when it comes to upbringing of our daughter than I do.” He says that because Adeya, who arrived in March 2019, was “born in a home and not in a conventional setting like a hospital,” Young-White’s name is not on the birth certificate as her father. Additionally, he claims he requested a copy of both the child’s birth certificate and social security number, both to “no avail.”
“Adeya was born through a home birth orchestrated by what I would describe as a cult that she belongs in,” Young-White writes in the documents. “Due to the fact that Adeya was born in a home and not in a conventional setting like a hospital, my name is not on Adeya’s birth certificate.”
He also alleges in the document that the group controls Kehlani’s actions and their behavior “including when it comes to the upbringing of our daughter.”
Young-White alleges that the cult leader convinced Kehlani that he was a danger to their daughter and that he would kill her, convincing the singer to block Young-White from seeing Adeya for several months.
He also alleges that the cult leader has “numerous accusations of committing sexual assault” against women and young girls. Young-White claims in the past when Kehlani went on tour, he’d get to spend time with Adeya. Now, he alleges, the singer will leave their daughter with “random strangers” who are also members of the cult, including the leader.
Young-White claims in the filing that when their daughter is left with other people, she’s allowed to sleep in a bed with them and is given a bath by other random strangers in the cult. He also alleges that Kehlani lets a member of the cult they call “Messiah,” an adult woman, take baths with Adeya while the woman is under the influence of psychedelic drugs.
Young-White alleges that while he’s tried to bring up his concerns with Kehlani, the musician hasn’t listened and instead disparages him online to their social media following.