Kehlani is in the middle of a child custody battle — and wild allegations are being waged. The “After Hours” singer has responded to the “incredibly hurtful, inaccurate, inappropriate, and simply untrue” accusations, including that Kehlani, who uses she/they pronouns, is part of a “cult.” Their ex Javaughn Young-White also spoke out, slamming a “factually incorrect” media narrative that’s grown from his legal filing for sole custody of their daughter, 5-year-old Adeya Nomi.
Kehlani and Young-White, a guitarist, welcomed a daughter together in March 2019. By 2021, they were no longer together but were happily co-parenting. On an episode of Facebook Watch’s that same year, Kehlani said they were “really close friends” and “super supportive” of each other.
On Aug. 5, People obtained in which he alleged that Kehlani is in “a cult” and the leader — who has “numerous accusations of committing sexual assault” against women and young girls — convinced her that Young-White is a danger to their daughter. In the filing, Young-White claimed he’s been prohibited from seeing the girl.
He alleged that Kehlani leaves the child with “random strangers” from the cult, including the leader, who has performed “religious ceremonies” on Adeya. The child sleeps in bed with cult members and takes baths with one female member, called “Messiah,” while the woman is under the influence of psychedelic drugs, he claimed. Young-White also that he was �.