The long-running custody battle between actress Halle Berry and her ex Olivier Martinez continues to rage on, with both sides filing 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 have a 10-year-old son, Maceo.
Berry claims Martinez is causing “detrimental harm” to their son with his latest request to delay an upcoming custody hearing.
Martinez argued last week that Berry is taking advantage of him by not giving him time to prepare and by “trying to get a hearing as quickly as possible” to give him “the bare minimum.”
Berry was in the news last week when he announced that he would be given full parental authority over their 10-year-old son Maceo.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Berry and Martinez for comment.
The long-running custody battle between actress Halle Berry and her ex Olivier Martinez continues, with both sides filing 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 have a 10-year-old son Maceo
The actress claims her son struggles in school and is “behind,” adding that he has been diagnosed with ADHD and mild dyslexia.
She adds that Maceo’s father is: ‘Either she is unaware of his problems or she ‘casually’ ignores them, which she believes proves that he is not suitable for custody.
The actress claims Martinez is delaying the custody hearing to get “more money” out of her.
Martinez had previously stated that he needs an “expert” to testify on his behalf, which she calls “nonsense.”
“It would be unfair, and certainly disadvantageous to Maceo, to extend the September 10, 2024 hearing for an additional 120 days based on the fact that third-party witnesses are expected to testify or that Olivier must somehow engage other unidentified experts,” the documents state.
Shortly after Berry submitted his request, Martinez responded that the actress “refuses” to set a date that suits him.
He added that Berry rejected his request for help paying his legal fees, despite: ‘“I admit I was making millions of dollars at that time.”
Halle also has a daughter, Nahla, now 13, with her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry
The French actor continues to insist that Berry ‘is’prevent him from defending himself, both by not having the time or money to deal with her extreme request,’ she added that she ‘must not take advantage of [him].
Martinez also claims that he “cannot be forced to give up his right to information or his right to have sufficient time to prepare his response simply because [Berry] tries to force him into submission.’
Earlier in August, Berry filed for sole legal custody of Maceo, though she added an “alternative” that would allow her to‘decisive authority to make all decisions’ regarding his education, health and therapy needs.’
Berry wrote in her application that she is trying to address her son’s “educational challenges” and that she “has fought for tutoring, an educational assessment and finding an environment that meets Maceo’s needs.”
The file further states that Martinez “is oppositional and intransigent and has withheld his consent for years.”