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Halle Berry donned a stylish ensemble as she returned to a Los Angeles court Monday amid her ongoing custody case with ex-husband Olivier Martinez.
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The 60-year-old actress held hands with fiancé Van Hunt, 56, as she donned a long black coat over a black button-down shirt, gray slacks, and black sandals.
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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 vertical black leather tote bag on the daytime outing.
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Hunt wore a navy blue suit with a tan button-up shirt and black dress shoes as he supported his fiancée at the courthouse.
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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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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, donned a stylish ensemble as she returned to a Los Angeles court Monday with fiancé Van Hunt, 56, amid her ongoing custody case with ex-husband Olivier Martinez, 60
The Academy Award-winning star had her brown locks in a curly bob style with sunglasses
Martinez on Friday faced questions from attorneys on both sides, according to a minute order reviewed by The Daily Mail.
Hunt on Friday testified under questioning from Berry's legal team, according to court documents.
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The musician had been on the premises during the incident involving Berry and her son.
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Following Hunt's testimony, Martinez's legal team proposed to recall Maceo 'as a rebuttal witness and to present his testimony remotely,' the minute order stated.
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Martinez withdrew the request after the court found that if Maceo was to testify again, it would have to be in person, according to the court documents.
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Hunt had been seen departing the court around 4 p.m. on Friday, Page Six reported, noting that he seemed 'relieved' as he finished testifying and was 'seen laughing' with one of Berry's lawyers.
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Berry had been seen rubbing Hunt's arm as they departed the court, the outlet reported.
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Martinez and his legal team had been seen leaving the courtroom at around 4:30 p.m., according to the outlet.
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Berry’s daughter Nahla Aubry, 18, had been slated to testify via stream during Monday's hearing, the publication reported.
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Hunt on Friday testified under questioning from Berry's legal team, according to court docs
Hunt seemed 'relieved' as he finished testifying and was 'seen laughing' with one of Berry's lawyers after Friday's proceedings
Hunt donned a navy blue suit with a tan button-up shirt and black dress shoes as he supported his fiancée at the courthouse
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.
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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.'
Halle Berry's ex-husband Olivier Martinez pictured at an October 2016 event in LA
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.
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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