Halle Berry is seeking sole custody of her and Olivier Martinez’s 10-year-old son, Maceo-Robert.
Halle and Olivier’s divorce was finalized last August, almost eight years after they parted ways in 2015. They welcomed Maceo in 2013 — the same year they got married — and when they split, they agreed to share joint legal custody of their son.
According to People, Halle was required to pay Olivier $8,000 a month in child support and an additional “4.3% of any income she receives above $2,000,000.”
Earlier this year, in May, Halle and Olivier purportedly agreed to attend “coparenting therapy” with a coach to help “resolve disputes and conflicts between them in an effort to successfully coparent.”
But this month, an insider alleged to People that Halle and Olivier continued to struggle with coparenting.
“They have very different parenting styles,” the source said. “Coparenting hasn't been easy. Still, they both love Maceo, and he's amazing...[he's a] very focused student. Halle very much tries to keep his life private.”
Now, it has been revealed that Halle has filed for sole legal custody of Maceo, claiming that Olivier failed to keep seeing their coparenting coach.
According to People, who obtained legal documents filed on Aug. 16, Halle has requested sole custody of — or the “tie-breaking authority to make all decisions” about — Maceo’s education and health requirements.
Halle purportedly claimed that she’s fought for “tutoring, an educational assessment,” and finding a suitable environment to aid Maceo’s “educational challenges.”
However, she alleged that Olivier has been “oppositional” and “unmoving,” alleging that Olivier’s history of “prioritizing soccer activities over Maceo’s educational and psychological wellbeing” has “worsened” the 10-year-old’s “educational and behavioral challenges.”
BuzzFeed has reached out to Olivier’s representatives for comment.