Halle Berry has scored a court victory in her co-parenting therapy battle with ex Olivier Martinez.
The Monster’s Ball star, 58, has been in a bitter custody dispute with ex-husband Olivier, 58, over co-parenting their 11-year-old son Maceo.
And now a judge has sided with the actress, after Halle claimed the French actor was trying to take time off from his co-parenting therapy and requested that he be forced to participate.
The judge agreed with Halle in legal documents obtained by TMZbut noted that Olivier already complied with her request after she took him to court.
The judge also ordered Halle and Olivier to refrain from discussing child custody issues with their son or from making negative comments about each other or their loved ones in front of him.
Halle Berry, 58, has won a court victory in her co-parenting therapy battle with her ex Olivier Martinez, 58; both seen in 2012
Last month, Halle claimed she had spent $200,000 trying to “work with” Olivier on co-parenting their son in shocking court documents.
The Oscar winner married Martínez in 2013, the same year they welcomed Maceo, and they separated in 2016. Their divorce was finalized seven years later, in August 2023, and since then the couple has been involved in a bitter custody dispute.
In documents obtained by US Weekly Berry claims he has spent more than $200,000 on legal fees, including “voluntarily” contributing $80,000 toward Martinez’s own legal expenses.
He stated that Martínez supports himself with his child support payments, so “he has to go to work.”
She alleged that he objected to paying for a home visit with her therapist during Berry’s free time before changing his mind.
He claimed that Martinez “delayed” court-mandated co-parenting therapy “despite several follow-ups.”
She wrote in the documents: “I have made every effort to work with Olivier, communicate with him and involve him in the decision-making process regarding our son (Maceo) in an amicable manner.”
‘Olivier has refused to co-parent and communicate with me in a child-centred way; He has been oppositional and immovable on all important issues related to Maceo.’
The Monster’s Ball star has been in a bitter custody dispute with ex-husband Olivier over co-parenting their 11-year-old son Maceo (pictured).
Now a judge has sided with the actress, after Halle claimed the French actor was trying to take time off from his co-parenting therapy and requested that he be forced to participate; seen in 2011
The judge agreed with Halle in legal documents obtained by TMZ, but noted that Olivier already complied with her request after she took him to court; seen in 2014
Text messages between the couple were also included in the documents, and Berry wrote to Martinez: “I’m so sorry we disagree.” I had better hopes for us. I always hoped that Maceo would do better and that we would work together like we did before Van (Hunt, his partner).’
“Everything has gone to shit since then. We used to try to get along because of the maceos (sic), now you don’t even want to try and I’ve tried it with Olivier… you know I have.’
‘Yet you’re still angry and I’m not sure why. We must let go of all this anger and do better. Maceo deserves it. I’m tired of being called a liar (sic), I’m tired of fighting with you and I’m quitting.’
‘If you want to keep this negativity going, that’s yours, but I don’t want to be a part of it… we need to ban (sic) together now more than ever. However we face it, we must face it together and not by fighting. Just my opinion, but you will choose.
Martínez responded: ‘The only way to work together is to do it our way.’ That (sic) doesn’t work together. You’re (sic) playing dirty like you always did, not putting Maceo’s best interest (sic) first, but karma comes, don’t worry (sic).’
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Berry and Martinez for comment.
This comes two weeks after a new report offered more insight into her ongoing custody drama with ex Martinez.
Berry claimed Martinez is causing “prejudicial harm” to her son with her latest motion to delay an upcoming custody hearing.
The judge also ordered Halle and Olivier to refrain from discussing child custody issues with their son or from making negative comments about each other or their loved ones in front of him; She is seen with her boyfriend Van Hunt in 2023
Last month, Halle claimed she spent $200,000 trying to “work” with Olivier, whom she married in 2013 before their split in 2016, on co-parenting their son in shocking court documents.
Berry made headlines in August by requesting sole custody of Maceo. She claimed her son is struggling in school and is “behind in grade levels.”
Martinez, on the other hand, claimed last week that Berry is taking advantage of him by not giving him time to prepare and “trying to muscle his way into an immediate hearing” to give him the “absolute minimum.”
Berry made headlines in August by requesting sole custody of Maceo.
The actress claims her son is struggling in school and is “behind in his grades,” adding that he has been diagnosed with ADHD and mild dyslexia.
She adds that Maceo’s father “is either oblivious” to her difficulties or “carelessly ignores them,” which she says shows he is not suitable for custody.
The actress claims that Martínez is delaying the custody hearing, which will affect a ‘ruling on the necessary interventions for the parties’ distressed child.’ He also claims that the actor is trying to “extract more money from him.”
Martinez had previously stated that she needs an “expert” to testify on her behalf, which she called “absurd.”
“It would be unfair, and certainly detrimental to Maceo, to continue the September 10, 2024 hearing for 120 days on the basis that third-party perceiving witnesses are expected to testify or that Olivier somehow needs to hire other unnamed experts,” they point out. the documents. read.
Shortly after Berry’s presentation, Martínez responded that the actress “refuses” to set a date that suits her.
He added that Berry rejected his request for help paying his legal fees, despite “it’s true that he makes several million dollars right now.”
Halle also shares her daughter Nahla, 16, with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, 47.
In addition to Maceo, Halle is also the mother of her daughter Nahla, 16, whom she had with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, 47. The couple separated in 2010; Seen in 2009 in New York City.
Martinez met Halle on the set of Dark Tide, which was filming in South Africa in 2010, the same year she and Aubry announced their separation.
The two made headlines in 2012 when they got into a fight with his ex Aubry over Thanksgiving. The model had dropped off her daughter Nahla at Berry’s house in Los Angeles.
That’s when Martinez and Aubrey got into a verbal argument that soon turned physical. Aubrey claimed the SWAT actor threatened to kill him. Both men had to go to the hospital for their injuries.
Aubrey was arrested and issued a restraining order as a result of the incident.
The star was also previously married to David Justice from 1993 to 1997 and Eric Benét from 2001 to 2005.