{"id":630295,"date":"2026-10-14T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630295\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:08:09","slug":"halle-berry-claims-olivier-martinez-coached-son-ahead-of-custody-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630295\/","title":{"rendered":"Halle Berry claims Olivier Martinez coached son ahead of custody hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRather than welcome testimony from these witnesses with direct personal knowledge, Olivier dismisses their observations while elevating the testimony of a neurodivergent 13-year-old child who has spent the last two weeks primarily in Olivier\u2019s care and with whom Olivier admittedly has been discussing the allegations, the litigation, and his anticipated testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry claimed her ex has been \u201crepeatedly discussing the case\u201d with their son, and \u201cdiscounting the testimony of adult witnesses with direct personal knowledge of the relevant events\u201d.<\/p>\n

In response, Martinez\u2019s lawyer told People: \u201cWe vehemently deny such allegations. The child is the primary victim here.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictims of abuse should be able to testify regarding the abuse inflicted upon them. We are not surprised that the opposing party does not want the child Maceo to testify.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opposing party is seemingly scared of what the child will say.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former couple are in a legal battle over custody of their son<\/a> and this week Martinez said the teenager wants to \u201cprovide his side of the story\u201d.<\/p>\n

The French actor wrote in his declaration: \u201cHe [Maceo] should have the opportunity to have his voice heard regarding what he experienced that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he is prevented from addressing the court regarding these allegations, I fear that he would be dissuaded from reporting problems or potential abuse in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez had said he anticipated Berry would try to \u201cprevent our son from addressing the court directly\u201d but Maceo\u2019s testimony about what allegedly happened on September 26, when Olivier accused Halle of \u201cphysically abusing\u201d the teenager, would be \u201ckey to the court learning the full truth about the events that occurred\u201d.<\/p>\n

Berry has denied Olivier\u2019s accusations, saying in her own declaration: \u201cI have never physically, emotionally, or otherwise abused Maceo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a victim of domestic violence, and I help victims of domestic violence. I am not a perpetrator of violence. I would never hurt our child.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berry\u2019s attorney Marina Beck has described the original filing as \u201centirely meritless and deliberately misleading\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cFortunately, Halle is used to this kind of outrageous conduct from Mr Martinez and, while she is deeply saddened, she will not allow it to deter her from fighting for Maceo\u2019s best interests and providing him with the love and support he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nahla, whose dad is Gabriel Aubry, also defended Berry in a declaration calling her a \u201cloving and devoted parent\u201d.<\/p>\n

Berry and Martinez finalised their divorce in 2023 after an eight-year legal battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cRather than welcome testimony from these witnesses with direct personal knowledge, Olivier dismisses their observations while elevating the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3017,1558,8593,2562,47498,11928,156,39171,152290,35698,309047,159767,111,139,69,1118,273484,22639],"class_list":["post-630295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ahead","tag-been","tag-berry","tag-claims","tag-coached","tag-custody","tag-entertainment","tag-exhusband","tag-halle","tag-hearing","tag-manipulated","tag-martinez","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-olivier","tag-son"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}