Actress Halle Berry’s longtime custody battle with ex Olivier Martinez is still continuing, with both sides making new claims in legal documents.
The 58-year-old actress was married to the 58-year-old French actor from 2013 to 2016, and they share 10-year-old son Maceo.
Berry is claiming that Martinez is causing ‘detrimental harm’ to their son with his latest motion to delay an upcoming custody hearing.
Martinez, on the other hand, filed last week that Berry is taking advantage of him by not allowing him time to prepare, and, ‘attempting to bootstrap her way into an immediate hearing” to give him the ‘absolute minimum.’
Berry made headlines just last week by seeking sole custody of their 10-year-old son Maceo.
DailyMail.com has reached out to reps for both Berry and Martinez for comment.
Actress Halle Berry ‘s longtime custody battle with ex Olivier Martinez is still continuing, with both sides making new claims in legal documents
The 58-year-old actress was married to the 58-year-old French actor from 2013 to 2016, and they share 10-year-old son Maceo
The actress is claiming that their son is struggling in school and that he is, ‘grade levels bhind,’ adding he has been diagnosed with ADHD and mild dyslexia.
She adds that Maceo’s father is, ‘either oblivious’ to his struggles or, ‘carelessly disregards them,’ which she says proves he’s unfit for custody.
The actress claims that Martinez is delaying the custody hearing to try and, ‘extract more money’ from her.
Martinez had previously stated that he needs an ‘expert’ to testify on his behalf, which she called, ‘nonsensical.’
‘It would be unjust, and certainly detrimental to Maceo, to continue the September 10, 2024 hearing by 120 days on the basis that third-party percipient witnesses are expected to testify or that Olivier somehow needs to retain other unidentified experts,” the documents read.
Shortly after Berry’s filing, Martinez fired back that the actress is ‘refusing’ to set a date that works for him.
He added that Berry has refused his request for help in paying his legal fees, despite, ‘admittedly earning several millions of dollars at this time.’
Halle also has a daughter Nahla, now 13, with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry
The French actor insists Berry is, ‘keeping him from being able to defend himself both by not having any time or fees to deal with her extreme request,’ adding she is, ‘not allowed to take advantage of [him].’
Martinez also claims he, ‘cannot be forced to give up his right to discovery or his right to have sufficient time to prepare his response his response simply because [Berry] is attempting to force and railroad him into submission.’
Earlier in August, Berry filed a request for sole legal custody of Maceo, though she added an ‘alternative,’ that would give her, ‘tie-breaking authority to make all decisions” about his education, health and therapy needs.’
Berry’s filing said she tries to address her son’s, ‘educational challenges,’ adding she, ‘fought for tutoring, an educational assessment and finding an environment that was suitable to Maceo’s needs.’
The filing added that Martinez is, ‘oppositional, unmoving and withheld his consent for years.’
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