Hollywood actress Halle Berry is seeking sole legal custody of her son, 10-year-old Maceo-Robert, whom she shares with ex-husband Olivier Martinez. The Oscar-winning actress claims Martinez’s “turbulent” behaviour causes their son to act “angry and combative” with her. The 58-year-old Oscar winner also alleged that Martinez refuses to address Maceo’s “behavioural and learning issues” and prioritises football over studies, according to new legal documents obtained by TMZ.
This custody battle has opened anew nearly a year since their divorce last August – almost eight years after their 2015 split. It’s not ideal timing for Berry, whose Netflix movie The Union with Mark Wahlberg has just released. Notwithstanding troubles with her ex, Berry is happily dating singer-songwriter Van Hunt who recently wished the actress happy birthday with a loving Instagram post: “Happy birthday to you.
No one sees the commitment. The wear and tear. But I am proud to say I do – as our love goes and grows.
” But who is Halle Berry’s ex Olivier Martinez, and what do we know about him? What is Olivier Martinez’s background? {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Olivier Martinez has often been compared to Brad Pitt and Alain Delon. Photo: Olivier Martinez/Facebook","url":"https://img.
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Photo: Olivier Martinez/Facebook Touted as the “French Brad Pitt” and often compared to the late Alain Delon, Martinez has a rags-to-riches story. He was born to working-class parents Robert Martinez and Rosemarie Martinez in a Paris suburb and grew up there, per Cinetropic. His father was a professional boxer of Spanish descent from North Africa.
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He ended up passing an audition at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique and was discovered. However, he wasn’t interested in Hollywood until he got a taste of Tinseltown. He told Cinetropic: “When I started to work here, I would say by accident, I started to .
.. like the taste of this country.
” He also revealed that working in English made him feel free. He’s now a César Award-winning actor. Some of his most popular works include The Horseman on the Roof (1995), Before Night Falls (2000) and Unfaithful (2002), and the series Loot (2022 –), the last alongside Maya Rudolph.
How did he meet Halle Berry? {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez starred as leads in Dark Tide. Photo: Magnet Media Group USA","url":"https://img.
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Photo: Magnet Media Group USA Berry and Martinez met in July 2010 on the set of their 2012 film Dark Tide . They reportedly started dating a month later and got engaged in 2012. In April 2013, Berry became pregnant and the couple married that July at Chateau des Conde in Vallery, France.
Martinez has also reportedly dated Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , Elsa Pataky, Kylie Minogue , Mira Sorvino and Juliette Binoche. Berry and Martinez split in 2015 but their divorce only finalised last year; she is now seeking sole custody, claiming her ex’s ‘turbulent’ behaviour causes their son to act ‘angry and combative’ with her Berry is currently promoting new film The Union with Mark Wahlberg and has been dating singer-songwriter Van Hunt ..
. but how did she and the Alain Delon lookalike meet?.
