Halle Berry has claimed that her ex-husband Olivier Martinez is trying to “delay” the end of therapy sessions agreed to in their co-parenting agreement by taking “the summer off” to travel.
Berry, 57, asked the court to intervene so the exes can get their co-parenting agreement for their 10-year-old son, Maceo, back on track, according to legal documents obtained by The Post.
The actress claimed that Martinez, 58, “unilaterally decided to postpone co-parenting therapy altogether until September because he was traveling to France in July and because his brother will be visiting him in August in Los Angeles.”.“
The exes, who were married from 2013 to 2016, are locked in a nasty divorce battle that will last until 2023.
In May, the “X-Men” actress and Martinez reached a new co-parenting agreement.
As part of the agreement, the couple agreed to see a co-parenting coach for two individual sessions and at least six joint co-parenting sessions.
Berry’s current partner, Van Hunt, will also be allowed to attend the joint meetings.
Once the duo – who will share the cost of the sessions – has reached its sixth session, the coach will decide whether they need additional sessions or whether their joint work is complete.
However, the couple didn’t go that far and Berry claims his ex decided to travel around Europe instead of attending the sessions.
According to documents filed in Los Angeles last week, their “co-parenting therapy was supposed to begin immediately and the six agreed-upon joint sessions were to be completed by June 14, 2024. It is now July 26, 2024 and they haven’t even started.”
Berry claimed that Olivier unilaterally decided to take “the summer off,” noting that all co-parenting sessions are taking place over Zoom.
Berry said she had “tried everything to foster a better co-parenting relationship with Olivier” but “rather than support, she is met with resistance and conflict.”
She said Martinez “has chosen to repeatedly violate agreements and court orders with blind recklessness.”
“For him, the terms of the court orders stipulated by the parties are only suggestions to be followed when it is beneficial to him and to be ignored when it does not fit his agenda of alienation,” they can read in the documents.
Berry noted that “none of this is good for the parties, and it’s certainly not good for Maceo.”
“Olivier’s conduct is harming the parties’ son,” she said in the filing, adding that it “is also causing further damage to the parties’ already strained relationship.”
“If Olivier wins his case, nothing will start until at least September because he has unilaterally decided to take ‘the summer off,'” she said in the documents.
She wants a judge to force Martinez to stick to his schedule.
However, Martinez has since responded to Berry’s allegations, saying she filed her application even though she “knew” he would be traveling.
He claimed the Emmy winner “continuously attempts to harass and pressure the defendant [Martinez] by forcing him into “submission” using his wealth and the legal professionals at his disposal,” according to InTouch.
He asks the judge to reject his ex’s request.
Page Six has reached out to representatives for Berry and Martinez for comment.
Berry and the French actor split in October 2015 after just two years of marriage. It wasn’t until nearly eight years later, in August 2023, that they finalized their divorce and custody agreement.
They were granted joint legal custody of their son, and Berry agreed to pay Martinez $8,000 in monthly child support.
The “Catwoman” star is also required to pay Martinez “4.3% of any income she earns over $2,000,000” as additional support.
Additionally, the actress agreed to pay for Maceo’s “private school tuition, school uniforms and school supplies,” but the payments will go directly to the school and not to her ex.
Berry also shares a 16-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry, whom she dated from 2005 to 2010.
