Actress Halle Berry and her third ex husband, actor Olivier Martinez, are locked in a bitter custody battle over their 10-year-old son Maceo [click here if you missed that].
Now Olivier is accusing Halle of refusing to cough up the dough for his legal defense...
From In Touch
Halle Berry's ex-husband Olivier Martinez demanded a massive six-figure lump sum from the actress to help him continue fighting her over custody, In Touch can exclusively report.
According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Olivier, 58, asked the court to award him attorney fees after Halle, 58, demanded he be stripped of legal custody of their 10-year-old son, Maceo.
Olivier said Halle should cough up $363,270.59 for his court fees. The breakdown is $320,000 for attorney fees, $25,000 for a forensic accountant, $7,500 for a custody expert and $10,000 for transcript costs.
Olivier said the money will be used to pay the law firm working on the custody battle. He said $150,000 of the funds will be used to pay for services provided to him from March to September.
The actor said he paid $55,000 to the firm, which he wants reimbursed by Halle. He said that he obtained a $45,000 loan to pay the fees, and the rest came from the sale of his Rolex watch.
In his motion, Olivier accused Halle of being the one who continues to push the “parties to court.” He said she is “well aware that” he does not have the “funds to maintain to continue litigation at all.”
Olivier accused Halle of “continuing to engage in the same pattern of insisting on attorney involvement at almost every turn, only now she is refusing to engage in any settlement or mediation efforts.”
He said he “had to sell his last expensive watch” to hire his new lawyer, who charged him a $10,000 retainer.
Olivier's lawyer said, “Once hired, his current counsel asked [Halle] for an attorney fee contribution given the enormous disparity between the parties’ incomes and assets. [Halle] denied this request, thus denying [Olivier’s] access to justice, and she has fought [Olivier] aggressively, choosing the most expensive manner of dispute resolution — through the Court system, refusing continuances and foregoing hearings that she admittedly believes would waste resources.”
For her part, Halle claimed she spent over $200,000, including $55,000 to Olivier’s lawyers, in an attempt to resolve this matter. A judge has yet to rule.
8 comments:
The lawyers are the real parasites
Who does he think he is. He is so annoying.
He's the Spanish version of Kevin Federline..
I haven't seen this guy in a movie and over 10-15 years what does he do besides bitching moan to his ex-wife about the parenting if their 10 year old son.
How 'The Swirl' Workin' for Ya Sistas?
He's disgusting.
I used to be a fan of his films. I can't believe that this is what he's relegated to doing now.
I still recall when he wanted to relocate back to France while they were married & Halle's baby daddy Gabriel filed a motion in court to prevent them from leaving with the daughter he shares with Halle, & they-Halle & Olivier Martinez set Gabriel up to be beaten badly, & they claimed that Gabriel had started the fight. BUT CLEARLY OLIVIER, A TRAINED BOXER, ENDED & MADE A CITIZEN'S ARREST on Gabriel.
It was THEN THAT I KNEW HE'D BE A PROBLEM FOR HALLE LATER on in life, but I didn't see THIS COMING.
I BLAME HALLE FOR PICKING THE WRONG ONES TO F WITH, HAVE BABIES BY, & MARRY.
What kind of men are parents raising? Trifling
How did he get custody of their son?
No one seems to want to chat about that fact.
Halle has always been bitter when her relationships end so goes out of her way to try and destroy the man even though she picks them to begin with.
She needs some inner reflection on why she sucks in relationships.
If all her relationships suck well then it’s her and not them.
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