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Halle Berry’s legal victory.
The Monster’s Ball star, 58, is in a bitter custody battle with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, 58, over co-parenting of their son Maceo, 11.
Now, a judge has sided with the actress after Halle claimed the French actor was taking time off from co-parenting therapy and asked her to force him to participate.
The judge agreed with Halle in legal documents obtained by TMZ, but noted that Olivier had already complied with Halle’s request after taking her to court.
The judge also ordered Hull and Olivier not to discuss custody issues with their son or make negative comments about each other or their significant others in front of their son.
Last month, Halle claimed in shocking court documents that she spent $200,000 to “collaborate” with Olivier on co-parenting their son.
The Oscar winner married Martinez in 2013, the same year she welcomed Maceo, and they separated in 2016. The divorce was finalized seven years later in August 2023, but the two have since been embroiled in a bitter custody battle.
In documents obtained by US Weekly, Berry claims she spent more than $200,000 in legal fees, including a “voluntary” contribution of $80,000 to Martinez’s own legal costs. .
She argued that Martinez “has to go to work” because he supports her through child support.
She claimed that Berry objected to paying for a home visit by a therapist during Berry’s free time before he changed his mind.
She claimed that Mr. Martinez “delayed” court-prescribed co-parenting therapy “despite several follow-up visits.”
“I have done everything possible to cooperate with Olivier, communicate and amicably involve him in the decision-making process regarding his son (Maceo),” she wrote in the document. There is.
“Olivier refused to co-parent or communicate with me in a child-centered way. He was oppositional and unmoved on all major issues related to Maceo. ”
The documents also include text messages between the two, in which Berry wrote to Martinez: We had better hopes. I always wanted to do better for Maceo and work with Van (Hunt, her partner) like I did before. ”
“Since then, everything has gone awry. We used to try hard to get along, but now you don’t even want to try, and I tried Olivier. …You know what I know.
“But you’re still angry and you don’t know why. We have to let go of all this anger and do better. Maceo deserves it. Being called a liar. I’m tired of it (sic), I’m tired of fighting with you, so I quit.”
“If you want to continue this negativity, it’s your responsibility, but I don’t want any part of it…We need to ban together now more than ever.” In any situation Even if there is, we need to face it together instead of fighting. Just my opinion, but the choice is yours. ”
Martinez responded, “The only way to work together is to work your way.” It (sic) doesn’t work together. You are doing dirty because you didn’t always put Meios’ interests first, but karma will come so don’t worry (sic).
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Berry and Martinez for comment.
This comes two weeks after a new report provided more insight into the ongoing custody battle with ex Martinez.
Berry argued that Martinez is causing “detrimental harm” to her son with his latest motion to postpone a future custody hearing.
Martinez, meanwhile, complained the week before that Berry didn’t give him time to prepare and was using Berry to “rush to the hearing” to give him the “absolute minimum.” .
Mr. Berry made headlines in August when he sought sole custody of Mr. Maceo.
The actress claims her son is struggling in school and is “behind the grades,” adding that he has been diagnosed with ADHD and mild dyslexia.
She said Maceo’s father was either “unaware” or “inadvertently ignoring” his difficulties, which she said proved he was unfit for custody. added.
The actress alleges that Martinez is delaying the custody hearing, which will affect the “judgment regarding necessary interventions for the parties’ distressed children.” She also claimed that the actor was trying to “extract more money” from her.
Martinez had previously said she needed an “expert” to testify on her behalf, but she criticized that as “nonsense”.
“The September 10, 2024 hearing has been postponed to 120 on the grounds that third-party witnesses are expected to testify or that Olivier needs to retain other unidentified experts in some way.” “Continuing until today would be unjust and clearly detrimental to Maceo,” the document said. read.
Shortly after Berry’s complaint, Martinez fired back, saying Berry was “refusing” to set a convenient date.
He added that Berry had refused requests for help paying legal costs, even though he “admittedly has an income of several million dollars at this point.”
Halle has a daughter, Nahla, 16, with ex-girlfriend Gabriel Aubry, 47.
Via: Daily Mail
