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Halle Berry appeared to be in good spirits Thursday as she attended a court hearing in Los Angeles, in her custody case with ex-husband Olivier Martinez.
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The 60-year-old actress smiled as she made her way to the building in a dark gray plaid pantsuit with a white button-down shirt and brown shoes.
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The Academy Award-winning star had her brown locks in a curly bob style as she accessorized with black sunglasses and carried a burgundy purse with a chain handle.
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Earlier this month, Martinez, 60, obtained a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Berry after accusing her of 'physically abusing' their 13-year-old Maceo 'by jumping on him and choking him' in a September 26 incident.
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Berry has denied all of the allegations.
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Thursday marked the fourth day in a row Berry had been seen at the court amid her ongoing legal battle with the French actor.
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The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for both parties for comment but has not yet heard back.
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Halle Berry, 60, appeared to be in good spirits Thursday as she attended a court hearing in Los Angeles in her ongoing custody case with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, 60
Berry was pictured as her daughter Nahla Aubry, 18, had been slated to testify in the case via an online stream, TMZ previously reported.
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Nahla, who is currently attending college in Massachusetts, had previously defended her mother in an October 5 declaration filed with Los Angeles Superior Court and reviewed by The Daily Mail.
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'I have also never seen my mom throw anything at anyone, not a knife, or plate, or any other object,' Nahla said in the filing.
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'I have never seen my mom hit, slap, choke, grab, or physically abuse Maceo in any way.'
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Nahla said in the declaration she had seen Berry and Maceo 'playfully wrestle, tickle each other, and roll around laughing on the floor or on a bed many times.'
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She added that she'd never witnessed Berry engage 'in any conduct remotely resembling the allegations that have been made against her.'
Nahla in the declaration described her mother as 'a loving and devoted parent' who 'can be strict when necessary and expects her children to follow rules and be respectful.'
Nahla in her declaration said that she had been 'heartbroken for Maceo' as 'the subject of a public dispute that he may not fully understand;' and added that she had been 'angry' with Martinez, as she felt he 'did not respect or care about [her] enough to subject me to headlines about [her] mom.'
Nahla was the latest slated witness in the custody case, which has also seen testimony from Berry, Martinez and Maceo, while Berry's boyfriend Van Hunt had also been expected to speak with the court.
Berry was clad in a dark gray plaid pantsuit with a white button-down shirt and brown shoes
Thursday marked the fourth day in a row Berry had been seen at the court amid her ongoing legal battle with the French actor
Halle Berry's ex-husband Olivier Martinez pictured at an October 2016 event in LA
In a legal filing made in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this month that was reviewed by The Daily Mail, Berry claimed that Martinez has repeatedly inserted himself into ongoing issues regarding Maceo's schooling and therapy, obstructing progress in all areas.
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She told the court that Martinez has inappropriately gotten Maceo involved in the ongoing custody battle and undermined her efforts with the teen, per the filing.
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Berry said that the court should award her 'sole legal custody over matters relating to Maceo’s education, healthcare, and mental-health treatment,' and 'extend [her] tie-breaking authority indefinitely.
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The aforementioned requests would be 'so that necessary interventions can be implemented without continued delay, conflict, and harm to the child,' Berry said in the court filing.
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Attorneys for Berry said in the filing that the ongoing 'case has been and continues to be about Olivier’s efforts to use manipulation, alienation, and litigation to obstruct necessary interventions for Maceo and to circumvent orders.'
Berry's legal team said in the filing that it was not merely Berry's 'characterization of events,' as Martinez's 'custom and practice is confirmed by numerous judicial findings, court orders, and sanctions.
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Martinez and Berry pictured at a 2014 event in LA
Berry said in the court filing that Maceo's 'behavioral issues at school have significantly escalated' since the temporary restraining order had been issued earlier this month.
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In the filing, Berry pointed to letters submitted to the court by administrators from Maceo's school indicating that he 'has become increasingly oppositional, defiant, and disrespectful toward both peers and authority figures.'
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Berry added in the legal filing that the school officials have said 'Maceo has been more disruptive at school, harassed a younger student, used inappropriate language, thrown objects at peers, been disciplined with a week of detention and unilaterally announced that he is' switching schools.
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Berry said in the legal filing that, with Martinez's encouragement, Maceo has been reinforced to believe he has a say in 'decisions regarding his education, health, extracurricular activities, and general welfare.'
In addition to asking for sole custody, Berry has requested the court authorize an arrangement in which Maceo would attend therapy sessions for a year, 'both individual and conjoint,' with a therapist of her choosing.
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Berry in the legal filing requested that both parties 'be ordered to forthwith communicate exclusively via Our Family Wizard,' a co-parenting app.
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She asked the court for conditions in which each party would check the app once a day, and send no more than one message daily in cases of no emergency.
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Berry and Martinez had been married from 2013 to 2015, finalizing their split in 2023.
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