Court records indicate former WWE wrestler Odyssey Jones, real name Omari Palmer, was granted an order of protection against his former partner in September 2024, shortly after reports emerged of his release from WWE.
Palmer’s termination from WWE was reportedly related to domestic violence allegations, although the company has not publicly commented on the reasons for his release.
In his petition to the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County, Florida, however, Palmer alleged he was the target of multiple incidents of harassment and threats from his ex-partner, stemming from an incident on a cruise ship in May 2024, which he says included physical attacks against him. Palmer claimed, according to court filings, that his ex-partner’s behavior was escalating and that he felt he was in “imminent danger”.
POST Wrestling has decided not to name Palmer’s ex-partner, as she’s not a public figure.
Legal documents reviewed by POST Wrestling do not include statements from Palmer’s ex-partner. In an effort to obtain her side of the story, we reached out to an email address believed to belong to Palmer’s ex-partner but did not receive a response.
To date, there are no known criminal charges or arrests that have been made related to these incidents.
The Florida court on September 6, 2024, first granted Palmer a temporary injunction for protection against dating violence, a court order intended to restrict contact or proximity with the person named in the petition, often in response to allegations of abuse or harassment. Judge Alison A. Kerestes has since extended the order twice: first for two months on September 17, through November 17, 2024, and then again last Monday, January 6, 2025, for an additional three years, into early 2028. This means Palmer will continue to have legal protections against any contact or harassment from his ex-partner during this period.
Palmer’s petition indicates that he and his ex-partner began dating in 2017 but separated in 2018. He claims he had an order of protection against her in 2018 in Suffolk County, New York. He added that she attempted to file for an order of protection against him at the time as well, but he stated in the petition that her case was denied. The relationship resumed in August 2023, according to Palmer, although they did not live together.
Palmer also mentioned a December 2023 incident at a hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, in which he alleges his ex-partner “showed up uninvited and unannounced and attacked me in front of my friend and other witnesses.”
One of the incidents described in the petition allegedly occurred during a May 2024 cruise in the Caribbean, where Palmer alleges that his ex-partner, intoxicated at the time, physically attacked him.
“[S]he believed I interacted inappropriately with another female,” Palmer’s petition to the court stated about the incident on the cruise ship. “She became increasingly more irate and started punching, slapping, and kicking me. She was screaming at me the whole time. I attempted to defend myself from her attack by hugging her arms to her side.”
Palmer claimed that his ex-partner was taken into custody on the ship, and removed from the room they shared, and he believed she was later picked up from the ship by her family.
“After that incident, she has made numerous threats to get me back in any way she can,” Palmer’s petition from September 5 reads. “She has made up lies about me, and went as far as to contact my new place of employment and succeeded in getting me fired this week.” This seems to refer to his termination from WWE, although the company isn’t named.
Palmer also stated that he filed a related police report with the Maitland Police Department in Florida, alleging stalking.
Palmer resides in Orange County, but court records indicate his ex-partner currently lives in New York State. Possibly related, Palmer is originally from Brooklyn, New York, according to his Instagram account.
It’s unclear what specific allegations Palmer’s ex-partner may have raised that led to his WWE release.
On Saturday, Palmer posted a video to social media indirectly addressing the matter.
“I’m making this video to address the false allegations. These false claims are coming from a party that I used to prior engage with,” Palmer said in the video, apparently referring to allegations made against him by his ex-partner. “And I apologize for taking so long [to] address these false claims, but I had to patiently wait to get an injunction set in place to protect my family, my friends, and myself. I am currently taking legal action against that party, so I can’t speak too much more on it, but there will be more information to come.”
In the video, he thanked WWE and announced that he’s accepting independent bookings.
We contacted Palmer by email to request a comment for this report but he has not responded.
