Inside Halle Berry's Bitter Custody Battles: From Incest and Abuse Claims to Fighting for Child Support

Halle Berry hasn't had it easy, as she was in a bitter custody battles with ex Gabriel Aubry, and now she's in the middle of another with her ex Olivier Martinez.

The former Miss USA runner-up, 58, dated the French-Canadian model starting in 2006, months after finalizing her divorce from Eric Benét. They had their daughter, Nahla Ariela, two years before they called it quits.

After their split, she moved on with Martinez and got engaged to him in 2012.

The Dark Tide costars tied the knot in 2013 before welcoming their son, Maceo-Robert, in October of the same year.

Following Berry's split from Aubry, the exes filed and withdrew custody petitions several times beginning in 2010. The Flintstones actress won the first round of the custody battle in 2011, with the court allowing her to take Nahla with her while doing her work as an actress.

"We are pleased the judge took the time to deal with this very imminent and important issue," her lawyer told TMZ at the time. "The judge read a great deal of paperwork and gave us time to argue. Halle is very pleased with the judge's order."

However, it was only the beginning of their messy custody battle as a judge ruled in Aubrey's favor in November 2012 and denied Berry's request to move Nahla to France. Although they came up with an agreement regarding child support in 2014, the drama continued in the years thereafter.

In 2018, RadarOnline.com exclusively reported that Aubry filed a motion to dismiss the custody case and his request for child support from Berry after requesting joint custody in December 2017.

"I think both sides realized how out of hand things had gotten recently," a source told RadarOnline.com. "They both love their daughter and want to make sure her welfare comes first."

The insider continued, "Gabriel and Halle have spoken to each other and have committed to try and make things work, without the courts — Gabe's decision to drop his case is his way of showing Halle he's prepared to take a leap of faith and trust her once again."

RadarOnline.com obtained the court documents from the 2011 custody case and unveiled its contents in 2019, including the Die Another Day actress' claims about Aubry's incestuous relationship. Berry also accused her ex of racism and emotional abuse.

According to the Oscar winner, Aubry had a sexual relationship with a family member, which caused lasting trauma.

"After the first six months of our relationship, our s-- life diminished and after one year we had s-- less than three times per year," Berry testified in the unveiled court documents. "Gabriel refused to either recognize or accept responsibility for these issues. Instead, he criticized my body in ways which are very demeaning to women … I finally convinced Petitioner to go to a joint therapist to address these issues."

Berry also claimed Aubry's incestuous relationship lasted for years until the partner ended it.

In addition, the Monster's Ball star claimed her ex had psychological issues that contributed to ending their relationship.

In the same 2011 Los Angeles court filing, the matriarch recalled the incident that happened shortly before Nahla's third birthday involving the "fundamentally racist" Aubry.

"Shortly after Nahla was born, Petitioner often started saying that Nahla was not Black that she was white," Berry revealed in the documents. "I would ask Petitioner how she could be white when she has a Black mother. Petitioner responded that in his mind I was not Black."

She continued, "Further, since this was the first time Petitioner made these revelations to me about my race and more importantly our daughter's race, I was deeply disturbed."

Then-newly unearthed court documents also shed light on Aubry's alleged poor judgment in his parenting that nearly harmed their young daughter.

The Catwoman star revisited the incident that occurred while they were in a London hotel. At the time, "Nahla could have lost her life over a simple issue" as Aubry insisted on keeping the windows open despite the room's lack of child safety features.

In a separate incident, Aubry allegedly told a driver in London to drive the car at an unsafe speed to avoid photographers.

While still dealing with Aubry, Berry extended her court battles as she and Martinez updated their son's custody arrangement in 2021.

The court documents, obtained by The Blast, revealed that the ex-couple agreed to travel with Maceo outside California during their custodial times.

Eight years after Berry and Martinez called it quits, they resumed their lengthy divorce battle in April 2023 to settle the remaining disputes. They hired private judge Roy Paul to assist them in the process, The Blast confirmed.

In August 2023, Berry finalized her divorce from Martinez and agreed to pay him $8,000 per month in child support.

"Halle and Olivier have acknowledged to the other that by entering into a negotiated settlement of all custody and child support issues between them, each has knowingly waived her/his right to a full evidentiary hearing on the merits with respect to those issues," the filing, obtained by RadarOnline.com, read.

The estranged couple decided to share custody of Maceo and spend time with him without interfering with each other's custodial time. She was also granted the power to have family therapy with her children.

Aside from the child support, Berry agreed to give her ex 4.3 percent of any income above $2 million "as and for additional child support for Maceo."

The Bruised director slammed Martinez for allegedly delaying their co-parenting therapy sessions by being abroad, pushing her to directly ask a Los Angeles court to intervene.

"[Martinez] unilaterally decided to defer co-parenting therapy altogether until September because he was traveling to France in the month of July and because his brother will be visiting him in the month of August in Los Angeles," said the filing.

However, her request was denied due to "lack of exigent circumstance." A judge also agreed with Martinez's attorney, who argued there was no risk of immediate harm to Maceo.

Following the development, the Union star filed new documents to seek full custody of her son.