Halle Berry hires a new lawyer so she can go after Gabriel for custody, move to France


Is the sh-t about to hit the fan? According to TMZ Halle Berry has hired a real “bulldozer” lawyer who previously represented Mel Gibson and is known for getting his way in court. Rich people can easily switch lawyers when they’re not getting results fast enough, but TMZ says this means that Halle is about to dial it up in her custody battle with Gabriel Aubry. I’m also thinking that Halle’s last lawyer tried to get her to bring it down a notch and be more realistic and she told him to stuff it. Halle wants to move to France with her new boyfriend/maybe fiance, Oliver Martinez, and she’s going to make that happen at any cost, particularly to her daughter. I’m just waiting to see what kind of petulant response Gabriel gives Radar Online about this one. I’m not on Halle’s side by any means, I just think Gabriel has quickly stooped to her level. He still deserves a relationship with his daughter, though. Here’s TMZ’s report on this:

Halle Berry has dumped another man … but this one has been with her way longer than all the others — her longtime lawyer/confidante, Neal Hersh … TMZ has learned.

Here’s the lowdown. Our sources tell us Halle wants to go after her baby daddy Gabriel Aubry with nuclear weapons — metaphorically speaking — and she thinks Hersh is too much of a gentleman to wage that kind of legal war, even though he has guided Halle through 2 divorces, a custody war and various other legal skirmishes.

So we’ve learned Halle has hired Stephen Kolodny (above), who is legendary in L.A. legal circles for the level of legal warfare she so wants. You may recall Kolodny repped Mel Gibson in his epic battle with Oksana Grigorieva — and that got kinda nasty.

Kolodny has already gone to court with Halle. We’ve learned last Thursday the new duo went to dependency court to have more restrictions placed on Aubry. The dependency judge has already ordered that Gabriel can only have contact with Nahla in the presence of a monitor. On Thursday, we’re told the judge voiced additional concerns and ordered Gabriel to return the child to Halle earlier than the 6 PM deadline on days he has custody.

Kolodny will have his hands full trying to convince the family law judge that Halle should be able to move to France with the child because she’s concerned about paparazzi and safety.

[From TMZ]

Will Halle get her way? Will this go down as she’s expecting and will she get to both smear her daughter’s father in the press and limit his contact with her? Even if the custody case resolves exactly as she’s hoping, I doubt it will be a happily ever after for Halle. It rarely is. The novelty of France will wear off and so will the novelty of her latest relationship. Maybe I’m wrong, though, maybe she’s matured as a person. Although if that were the case she would be staying put in LA and working on establishing a friendly co-parenting relationship with her ex. Can it be that hard to get along for the sake of their daughter?

Halle is shown on 2/22 and 2/24 outside Nahla’s school. She’s shown with Oliver and Nahla on 2/26 and with Oliver alone on 2/28/12. Credit: LRR/FameFlynet Pictures

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  1. brin says:

    I was hoping you would cover this. Guess Halle wants what she wants and doesn’t care how she gets it. Poor Nahla & Gabriel!

    • By Gones says:

      I hear tell she’s a b@$!& on wheels and usually goes around comes around. Good luck Gabriel.

    • Maguita says:

      Hateful shrew has become too sweet to describe that woman, and the extent she is going to keep her daughter away from her father.

      Notice how TMZ higtlights “and she thinks Hersh is too much of a gentleman to wage that kind of legal war…”

      Her LAWYER, is too much of a gentleman!!? Wow, when a lawyer is too much of a gentleman, you know this means that even a lawyer will not want to deal with her exaggerated shit with a 30-inch pole!

      Well, Gabriel needs to keep a cool head, and start looking into moving to France. Look-up the legal system there, I hear it is quite supportive of fathers wanting to be in their daughters’ lives. Also, as a model, he could certainly be able to more easily travel between say Paris and Milan.

      Good luck man, you are going to need it.

      CB, reading your post, I felt awful. Because for the first time I wished someone dead??? ME! Which is quite unusual… How is this going to end?

    • Maguita says:

      As expected, RadarOnline has a quote from Gabriel, and is not worried at all about the change in lawyer:

      “He doesn’t believe either that Halle is afraid for her safety, when was the last time you saw her taking Nahla to school with a bodyguard? He believes it’s just another plot she is hatching to keep Gabriel out of Nahla’s life.”

      Apparently, Halle’s request to move to France could take up to a year in legal process before the judge actually makes a decision.

      What was the longest Halle stayed with a man before?

    • angelaghost says:

      I doubt it will be a happily ever after for Halle. EVERRRRR

  2. Bite me says:

    Seriously Halle…

    • DreamyK says:

      Here’s what I think: she is going to pull the sexual abuse card, her long time attorney wouldn’t go for it, so she upped for a sleazeball who would.

      If she does do that, with no proof and another he said she said thing and is just trying to bully her way to total custody and a home in France, it would be incredibly sad and a real slap in the face to the 1 in 4 women and the 1 in 6 men that are actually sexually abused.

      I say she does it. But I also think that if Gabe is/was sexually abusing his daughter, we would have heard about it long ago as this child has been verbal for some time. Halle would have already busted that one out.

      She truly lost her mind when Gabe went to see the Lakers with Kim Kardashian. All hell broke loose after that and she was going to make him pay, no matter what. Why is that? I am most curious.

  3. Marjalane says:

    What is it that you expect Gabriel Aubrey to do? It’s got to be frustrating as hell for him- Halle’s the star, Halle’s got the money, Halle’s a better liar, she has paid assistants that also lie for her, Halle’s the mom, which is usually a judges choice anyway. I’m not saying the Radar stuff is O.K., but no other media outlet is going to go against a big star. I think she’s a hideous person and all this crap about Nahla being “unsafe” with her dad looks like a vindictive ploy to me.

    • MW says:

      Seriously – GA has to respond via some media source, or some people would just skim over a few tabloid “exclusives” and fall for all of Halle’s BS! I really “got” that the other day when my mother, who is not an ignorant person normally, told me Anjelina Jolie was pregnant, because she read it in the tabs! Best of luck Gabriel. Let’s hope the Judge is as wise and fair as you’d hope someone with that authority would be. And to think I used to be such a Halle fan! : (

      • autumndaze says:

        This was also my thought upon reading this story— Aubry is in the fight of his life.
        He wants to be a father to his daughter and Halle, now that their relationship is over, wants him to revert to sperm donor.
        There just aren’t words for how vile she is.

      • Orange Cone says:

        so true…my little sister who’s 25 will come tell me ‘Angelina’s pregnant; Aniston’s pregnant!’ I say, ‘no they’re not!’ and she says, ‘but I read it in a magazine at the grocery store…’ i’m all, ‘really, judy? really?’

        okay, sorry for the garble

    • Cidee says:

      I, too, am starting not to blame him for going to the tabloids. He has to fight fire with fire at some point. He must be terrified. She is a nutjob.

    • Tazina says:

      If her current boyfriend really thought about this, he’d run from this shrew and hightail it back to France. The way Halle Berry is behaving is appalling and it’s a good indicator of what a vindictive, petty person she is. How can she live with herself, denying her child a loving father? She has all the money in the world to make it happen, unfortunately.

  4. mel2 says:

    This is just a sad situation overall. I feel bad for Nahla. We should boycott any movie she’s in.

    • Tapioca says:

      Well her latest cinematic turd – and the film she met Olivier on – Dark Tide is bypassing theatres and going straight to Video on Demand.

      How the mighty Oscar winner has fallen…

    • brasileira says:

      Well, with her latest works, boycott her movies won’t be much of a sacrifice to anybody!

      This woman needs some therapy to deal with HER daddy issues. I don’t think Gabriel is any saint, but this woman is definitelly not much better than he is.

  5. eileen says:

    She is one nasty peice of work.

    • BK says:

      I agree with that sentiment. Brutal and heartless are words that come to mind. Her money enables her to punish anyone who crosses her path, and she is going after the father of her child with reckless abandon. It’ll be a near miracle if that child of hers is not scarred for life because of how her mother chooses to live her life.

    • Marjalane says:

      When I was a teenager I babysat for this woman who’s husband left her for another woman, and while that sucked, (although she WAS a bitch on wheels) he still paid all the support, was a really good dad, and the boys adored him. This mom was relentless is telling her kids what a horrible person the dad was, up to warning them of the harm he would bring to them, and that he didn’t really love them, etc. It was pitiful and if I hadn’t had the brains of the average 15 year old, I might have told the dad all the crap she was saying. I sure wish now that I had.

      • fabgrrl says:

        Don’t beat yourself up about it. The Dad probably knew, or suspected, what was happening.

      • eileen says:

        I was a child in that EXACT predicament
        and it is NO way to grow up. My mother had me programed to believe my dad wanted nothing to do with me. He cheated on her and yes that was wrong-but I should have NEVER been involved in their adult issues. Everytime he didn’t call she’d do the “See See he doesn’t care about you!” dance and gave me every detail about what he did to her. After i grew up and realized he kept his distance because he KNEW she was poisoning me against him and at a certain point you have to take a few steps back and let your child grow some and GET it. Boy did I. She is bitter and HATES him to the core-as I got older if I dared talk to him she’d call me the devil’s spawn and scream bible versus at me. when you take that on and let your anger grow and multiply inside it will just swallow you whole and you become a miserable nasty person who is the eternal victim-I feel REALLY feel for this little girl.

      • fabgrrl says:

        @eileen. Me too! Only it was my father doing it. I’m just thankfull he didn’t have the kinds of resources Halle Berry has. People were speculating today on how Nicole Kidman could “abandon” her older kids. Right here, people. Nicole was the Gabriel Aubry in her custody battle with Tom Cruise.

      • eileen says:

        What’s sad is once the child grows up-they always turn on the one who did the manipulating. You feel cheated of a parent. Halle is shooting herself in the foot with this-that girl will dump her once she realizes what’s happening.
        Sorry to hear you went through it too-what doesn’t kill makes us stronger -right? 🙂
        I agree with the Nicole/Tom senario as well-now the kids are older-they spend time with Nicole when they can.

  6. Helvetica says:

    So she thinks because she is concern about paparazzi and safety she should keep their daughter away from Gabriel ?
    Evil bitch, she’s using her daughter as a weapon to hurt him

    Move to outside Cali if you don’t want paparazzi and live in gated neighborhood and install advance security system. Why move to Paris ?

    If Nahla read about this in the future she’d be really upset.

    • The Truth Fairy says:

      PS Halle – they have paparazzi here in France too! LOL

    • Kara Ann says:

      In Halle’s delusional state, I believe she thinks that Nahla is hers and hers alone. To her, Gabriel and she no longer have a relationship ergo he doesn’t get one with Nahla either. Sad but I really think that she believes this.

  7. dorothy says:

    This woman is a monster to both her child and her childs father.

  8. Dawn says:

    I said it before and I will say it again, she is one nasty piece of selfishness. She wants what she wants when she wants and she will go to any lengths necessary to make it happen. She has been playing the victim her whole life and is apparently really good at making people believe it. She had a bad father who beat her mother who left them and so she uses that as her basis to convince a judge that her poor daughter is now a victim of a horrid father as well. She could give a rat’s ass what it will do to this little girl or to Gabe. It is all about her need to be with yet one more man who at the end of the romance is an abuser too. I hope Gabe gets an equally good lawyer and stomps her selfish ass in court. Grow the hell up Berry and think about your daughter and not who you want in your bedroom.

    • MW says:

      I am starting to wonder how bad Halle’s bio dad really was and if this isn’t just history repeating itself. Maybe Halle’s mom pulled the same routine (or worse) and he just gave up. Think about that scenario, back in the day. Halle learned somewhere about being selfish, manipulative, entitled and playing the “victim”. And she wants total control at any cost. Beyond sad.

  9. bamafresh says:

    This sounds so incredibly hateful. I’ve always wondered what her deal was. After someone is a “victim” so often, you begin to wonder. Now I’m wondering if she’s just horribly immature and spiteful.

  10. Assistantrachel says:

    You suck Halle!

  11. Linda says:

    Courts frown upon one parent trying to take a kid away from the other parent. I doubt she’ll win this one.

    • BK says:

      I’m not sure. Money and fame can get you things that no other person could possibly end up getting down here in the real world.

      With all of the crap she has already pulled, the relentless hateful campaign against the father of their child, she is STILL being taken at face value by the legal system. She’s not being warned, penalized or chastised by the legal system for her behavior.

      Bottom line – so far she’s getting away with it, and it’s a travesty if she is able to put the last nail in the coffin when all is said and done.

  12. fabgrrl says:

    Revenge. To get back at the other parent, to punish him/her.

  13. Tiffany27 says:

    What happened? She was with Aubry for 5 years and after 3 years she decided to have a child with him. Is he really that horrible or is she really that horrible? And why the hell is there always something wrong with her foot?

    • BK says:

      That leg thing – It looks like she has been using that as an excuse to get sympathy from the public and whoever else. That’s my cynical view.

      As for the rest, if you just take a step back and look at her history with men, you can see how insecure and hateful she has been. All of the men she has been with seem to indicate that SHE is the problem. A very difficult to deal with shrewish Psycho-Witch from Hell who drives them away at a rapid pace.

      It’s disgusting to see her still playing the victim card – and even worse to see her getting away with it.

  14. Sue L. says:

    She will never grow up – she is so hell bent on punishing GA and so clueless on how this will affect her daughter. Her current relationship will go kaput, I wasn’t aware she was still acting (this custody thing has taken over) and what the hell is wrong with her foot? Still? Did she re-injure it? I understand that diabetics don’t heal as quickly but didn’t this happen last September?

  15. Dee Cee says:

    She is jealous of and envious in her daughter openly loving her father..

  16. Alexis says:

    Her foot has been broken for like a year. Also, she’s spiteful and crazy…

  17. MymaJane says:

    Forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but does anyone remember that time she was on Oprah with Nate Berkus? I remember Oprah encouraging them to have a baby together because their baby would be so adorable, and Halle said something like, “Yeah, I would love to have a baby with Nate because he probably wouldn’t want to be involved.” and Nate stopped her right there and said he would TOTALLY be involved.

    Every time I read about this custody battle I remember what she said and I can’t help but think that she never really wanted an involved father for her baby.

  18. BAD Scene says:

    I think the worst part of this is that Halle is wasting valuable court time and resources trying to screw over a man who clearly presents no danger to his child. There are women and men out there fighting hard to protect their kids from violent parents and she wastes the court time, she shoudd be ashamed!

  19. The Truth Fairy says:

    Because Halle wants to move Gabriel out and move Olivier in as Nahla’s father so they can be a happy family and not deal with Gabriel anymore. It’s selfish and disgusting.

    • Camille (The original) says:

      Co-sign.

      I feel sorry for Nahla having that woman as her mother.

  20. ladybert62 says:

    It is beyond my comprehension why anyone (man, woman or lawyer!) would get involved with fruitcake Berry!

    I feel sorry for that child.

    Doesnt Ms. fruitcake also have another child somewhere? I cant recall.

    • Mika says:

      Yes, her other child is India, who was legally adopted when she married Eric Benet. Once the divorce became final, she dropped India, like a hot potato.

  21. jc126 says:

    Halle is an awful person. Team Gabriel – and by definition, Team Nahla.

  22. Lithe says:

    I’m really disappointed in Halle. Unfathomable now why I used to like and admire her.

    Can she not see how shortsighted her actions are? Is sticking it to Gabriel worth sacrificing her daughter’s happiness and Halle’s own career?

  23. Loulou says:

    French people will reject her. Look at Sarko and Cecilia, it’s not in the mores to treat your ex that badly. She’ll be treated with scorn for her lack of caring and open-mindedness. She won’t fit, at all, especially not in the South where Olivier is from. Family is important and no one gets shut out.

  24. Happy21 says:

    I have lost so much respect for this woman since she started the Battle Royale with Gabriel. It proves what I figure all along – she just used him for his sperm. She used him for his sperm and now will use any means necessary to get him out of his daughter’s life.

    She’s a bitch.

  25. WaywardGirl says:

    Just proof of a person being pretty on the outside but truly ugly on the inside.

  26. Shelly says:

    What is with this woman?! So she wants to move her daughter to the other side of the world, with no care how that might affect her daughter when she doesn’t see her father regularly. Why can’t her new boyfriend move to the U.S.? Not like they will last anyway!

  27. Leticia says:

    Halle must have tiny little bird bones that won’t heal. Seems like she has been in that cast for over a year now. Or maybe she just wears it for sympathy. haha.

    • skuddles says:

      I know!! WTF?? Didn’t she injure it like a year ago?? Maybe she runs around kicking things every time she loses her sh*t…

      • Observer says:

        haha, funny as heck. she’s probably limping around all day kicking the batshit out of her furniture b/c she’s batshit crazy.

  28. Msirene says:

    Halle better hope that I don’t get lucky and win the lottery. My first good deed would be to send Gabriel Aubry money to really, really fight this monster. I despise her, and will never spend another dime on anything that she is involved in.

    She is throwing her weight around because she has money, but if enough people that once supported her would stop buying anything that she is involved in, it could hit her in the pocketbook.

    She is the lowest, and I will never have respect for how low she will stoop to hurt people.

    I’m team Gabriel all the way and hopes God will turn this situation all the way around in Gabriel’s favor.

  29. Violet says:

    Halle is a toxic nutjob, it’s no wonder she drove her last lawyer away. Nannygate was probably the last straw for the guy, though I doubt anyone representing Halle has any ethics.

    I hope that Gabriel finds a damn good lawyer and brings out the big guns — Halle’s two hit-and-runs, her abandonment of her stepdaughter, her “one drop” views, and, and, and.

  30. dahlia1947 says:

    This B#$ch is too much! Poor Gabriel seems to have soo much stacked against him! What is wrong with her anyway? He just wants to be with his daughter!

    Halle don’t you know that there are millions of kids who grow up fatherless because they (dads) aren’t interested or they’re lowlifes?

    You have the complete opposite with Gabriel and you’re being a heartless and selfish bi%ch! I’m never going to see anything she’s in. Ever.

    • Msirene says:

      I believe that when Gabriel had reached a point that he could not tolerate Halle anymore, he broke it off with her but still wanted to be in his daughter’s life. She appears to be a woman scorned. If she were really in love with Olivier, I don’t think she would be doing the things that she’s doing. Olivier would be encouraging her to do the right thing and allow Nahla her father, because they could have other children. Instead, because he doesn’t seem to have very much going for him, he seems to be reliant upon Halle to help him make a comback in the industry. Slowly, it seems that everyone is turning against Halle, which means that in the long run, she won’t be any help to her new beau, and he will abandon her when he realizes this.

      Halle’s family in OH said that when she was trying to make it, they pitched in and helped her along the way. Now, she doesn’t deal with them

      Her sister also stated that Halle’s father was not the abuser that she painted him out to be.

      All of this makes me believe that she is a liar….and is simply an “opportunist”, using people to her own benefit.

      Poor girl. She needs some serious help.

  31. jesstar says:

    Scary Berry strikes again…

  32. BooRadley says:

    Halle’s bat-shyt crazy! She used Oprah and played to the emotional pain of women who were in abusive or bad relationships….all to make herself look like a helpless victim…GTFOH with that. It took the “All American boy next door” appeal of Gabe for people to sniff out this bitch’s ways. LMAO at Halle for thinking she can get over on GA the same way she did the others. Joe Public will believe you when you allege Wesley Snipes’ beat on you…..they will believe your crocodile tears when you accuse Dave Justice of abuse and your daddy for being a monster…….u met your match now!!! Joe Public don’t give a shit that your pretty and won an Oscar. Trying to take a child away from a loving White Male = female version of Chris Brown.

  33. britobsesses says:

    I hope she goes away. What a despicable thing to do to the father of your child. Not only that, but hurt your own child.

    She is literally as bad of a mother in my book as Dina Lohan. I cannot tell you how low I look down on the piece of garbage. I hope EVERYONE turns their back on her, and she goes away, head down, tail between legs, knowing that everyone hates her because of her despicable actions.

  34. rose80 says:

    Interesting, The judge expresses some sort of concern and limits Aubreys time with his daughter even more, BUT all people can do is bash Halle? Because you know…she pushed him to do whatever it was to limit his time with his child even more. Please! Gabe isn’t as innocent and as CB will make him out to be. Halle is definitely difficult but when the court continues to limit this, monitor that, something alarming is going on with Gabe.

    • Jezi says:

      HER employee accused him of yelling at her and pushing her. A judge will do supervised visitation in order to investigate the situation just in case. It doesn’t mean that something did happen. The accusation alone will force a judge to make that decision because they have to protect the best interest of the child. This was Halle’s employee. Someone she pays. That to me raises concerns right there. Plus the public smearing Gabriel says a lot as well.

      • LeeLoo says:

        Just because her employee accused him of such an act is not enough to put him in dependency court. There has to be ongoing issues that are of legitimate concerns. It’s never just one thing. That probably had a number of issues and he was refusing all recommendations to do anything so they hauled him there. If this were just for custody battle issues then both of them would be there. Somethibg serious and legitimate had to have happened to put him there. We don’t have access to the full file so I think it is best to reserve judgement on this one.

      • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

        Dependency court is working with DCFS. The nanny accused GA of pushing her while she was holding Nahla. And forcefully grabbing Nahla from her arms, 2 accusations. There were several accusations of verbal abuse. The court’s ruling was that GA be supervised until the investigation is over. The assault charges re: the nanny were dropped, but there are still the charges related to Nahla. The investigation is ongoing. When the investigation is over GA will either be charged, or the case might be closed, although they could choose to keep the case open in order to protect Nahla, it’s up to the judge.

      • Jezi says:

        Exactly! They automatically put the parent being accused on supervised visitation. They don’t take chances anymore.

      • Kate #2 says:

        In England a parent with residence (physical custody) who hates the other parent – to the point the relationship between that primary residential carer and the child may be destablilised if too much contact is awarded – is usually pandered to to an extent, because all they care about is the best interests of the child, not what is fair in the abstract, or on the dad. Fairness doesn’t come into it, just the mental wellbeing of the kid.

        As a result, even if the parent who wants contact isn’t a risk, they may only get supervised contact for at least a while, to give the nutjob residential parent time to adjust.

        It’s called “implacable hostility” when not founded in any genuine/legitimate concern. In the past, fathers lost all contact when mothers were that dead-set, as the conflict harmed the kids. Now, residence is occasionally swapped to the other parent in such cases, but only if the resident is *totally* unco-operative and persistently flouts ordered contact. There are a lot of great dads who see their kids a few hours a month in a staffed, supervised contact centre while the mother is coaxed round.

        It’s horribly unfair, but it’s seen as the best option for the kid. I’ve no idea what the legal situation is in the States, but accusations of abuse have to be checked out there, too, I’d imagine, before unsupervised contact is instated.

    • eileen says:

      Halle has been throwing crap against the wall hoping something will stick since the month they seperated. The first accusation was that he was “molesting” Nallah and the court flatout said she’s being vindictive. Since they won’t buy her garbage, she’s putting the nanny up.

      • rose80 says:

        I never heard anything about being accused of molestation. That’s a new one. Furthermore, they had a custody agreement in place when they broke up., but gabe took it to court to change it…which is fine. However, the court continues to change this and that with his visitation. They can not do that all Willy nilly if there isn’t proof. The court continues to have cause for concern and this is AFTER the court had already said his visitation was to remain the same after the nanny incident…now they are reducing his time? Something is up with that man.

    • LeeLoo says:

      @Kate #2 It sucks that some people are so unwilling to be mature adults about this but I can see the logic behind such laws. If a parent is going to cause that much conflict it is better to avoid the conflict altogether. It doesn’t make it right or fair but it does prevent the child from being pushed and pulled around like Nahla has been and it prevents the traumatic memories at such a young age. I’m not a parent so I can’t say what I would do.

      I can compare from different stories. My parents were mature human beings when them divorced (I was 10). They didn’t like each other but they got along and only once did my dad threaten to take my mom to court. That was after my dad discovered my mom was working long days and I was being left alone with her boyfriend who I despised. Ultimately, I did go to live with my dad and it never even went to court.

      On the other hand, my honey’s parents went through a viscious custody battle where his mom tried to prevent any contact with their father (my honey was 13 and his younger brother was 8). She was very spiteful and vindictive. Her kids were older than Nahla but her spiteful behavior and intent to go after their dad drove her own kids away and they ultimately went to live with their dad. To this day she feels betrayed by her children. My boyfriend will have nothing to do with her and his younger brother only has minimal contact with her because she still harbors bitterness over them choosing to live with their dad. It’s sad but because Nahla is so young this is probably normal for her. It is so hard to say how she will react to it. I just hope in some fashion the conflict comes to an end soon so she ian’t left horribly traumatized.

    • Jennifer12 says:

      Halle has positioned herself as the victim every single time she’s broken up with someone. Physical abuse- 2 accusations against two different guys; another was rampant cheating; she supposedly adopted her stepdaughter, but once she divorced Eric Benet, she acted as though she’d never met the girl. Something is seriously wrong with this woman; I think she’s a sociopath. Her one desire is to rid herself of Gabriel Aubry forever and she doesn’t care how it makes their daughter feel. It’s Halle’s world- we’re just living in it. But she’s not the star she once was, she’s not a young starlet anymore, and people are starting to question her motives because she’s shown her pattern. This is one time I hope to see custody handed over to the dad.

      • LeeLoo says:

        I am not defending Halle. However, you cannot blame her for the situation between Eric Benet and his daughter. Eric was that girl’s father Halle was not her mother. Eric may have told Halle she was not to have any contact with the girl. It was ultimately up to Eric whether or not she had any contact with Halle and after all she said about him, he put a stop to it. Also, Eric said in a recent interview that Halle never adopted her.

        Here’s my deal, if you are going to hate on someone, hate on them for what we know as fact. Hate on her for trying to move her daughter to another continent, hate on her for keeping this stupid custody battle going. Don’t hate on her for conjecture or things where we don’t know the whole story. I am not defending Halle and there is plenty of reason not to like her but don’t hate on someone for something when you don’t know the whole story behind it.

  35. Kim says:

    I think Halle is crazy but you have to wonder when a judge allows Gabriel only supervised visits with Nahla? Is Halle paying off the judge or is there a real issue? Either way sucks for poor Nahla.

    • LeeLoo says:

      My sentiments exactly. We don’t know the full story. I would rather judge both of them and say they both suck.

  36. skuddles says:

    Aubrey should forget lawyers and just hire himself a good exorcist.

  37. LeeLoo says:

    Even if her relationship with Olivier goes south she’ll stay in Europe just to avoid Gabriel in Los Angeles. At this point I’m on no one’s side except Nahla. I seriously believe that she would be better off being raised by a pack of hyenas.

    Here’s the deal though. There are obviously some legitimate concerns about Nahla’s safety in Gabriel’s care otherwise he would not be in dependency court, I don’t care how much money a person has, dependency court is only for legitimate cases. So something is up with Gabriel if he’s been hauled there. Do I believe Halle drove him to that point? Absolutely! After the case in my homestate of Washington with the father blowing up those two little boys, risks can no longer be taken.

    • aprayerforthewildatheart says:

      Exactly, this is a child abuse investigation re: Nahla. The nanny accused GA of child abuse. That’s why DCFS and the Dependency Court are involved, the case is ongoing. IMO the court will reserve jurisdiction until the case is settled, to protect Nahla. Dependency court is for Nahla, not HB or GA. Halle’s just making noise, nobody’s going anywhere.

  38. TG says:

    I just knew she dropped out of her Oscar appearance due to her schemes to erase Nahla’s father from the picture. I am sure the reason will be stated in one of her court battles. What an evil shrew if there ever was one. She just might be worse than Khate Gosslin.

    This child will probably grow up to be a self-entitle brat just like Halle. I mean do we really know the true story about her father? I am willing to bet her mom was/is just like her and maybe her bio dad was a loser but we will never know because the way this shrew is behaving makes me think she learned this from her “victim” mom. And another thing I understand both parties running to the press but does any of that matter before a Judge? Surely he/she is going to make a decision based on evidence and not what is put out online.

  39. ViloDeMenus says:

    If you truly loved your child you would never take her father, who the child clearly loves, away from her. She grew up abandoned and she’s got a turnstile on her gentleman greeter, does she really want that pain for her own child? It shows how selfish she is, and if the boyfriend had half a brain he’d be observing this behavior thinking, this is my future too. She is bordering on evil and needs to learn to do what’s best for her child, not herself.

  40. garvels says:

    I could never buy a ticket to see anything this shrew stars in and I would never buy a magazine that models this “ugly” woman’s face. What a %$#@.

  41. marie says:

    Any woman who goes through so many relationships has to have something wrong with them. It’s not always the Man’s fault. And she really isn’t that hot. Pretty face but short legs for her body and big hips.

  42. badrockandroll says:

    Wow – 70 comments, and 67 of them think that Halle is nuts or evil. I haven’t seen that sort of near unanimous negative opinion on Celebitchy outside a KK post. So Halle and KK have a lot more in common than Gabriel.

    • britobsesses says:

      HAHAHAHAHA Ooh, I hope she reads this! After Aubry, you’re up next on her sh*t list!

  43. Lucky Charm says:

    This nutjob is doing her damndest to wear Gabriel down so that he finally gives up and walks away. Then she can tell her daughter, “See, your dad doesn’t really love you, he abandoned you, just like mine did. I’m the only one who will never leave you.”

    Sick, pathetic piece of work she is.

  44. mel says:

    I was going to comment but I think you all pretty much covered it. Team Gabriel / Team Nahla!

  45. Jaded says:

    Well that’s a blanket comment if I ever heard one and it doesn’t make any sense. Regular bloggers on this site are NOT the least bit racist, we will skewer white, yellow, green, polka-dot and striped people with equal passion if they are doing something immoral, stupid, hurtful or dangerous. Please don’t come back to this blog if you have the mistaken idea that we are the least bit biased against black people.

  46. badrockandroll says:

    Gypsy:

    This is pretty much an equal opportunity blog, where celebrity dinks are derided, regardless of race, creed, colour, religion, age or sexual orientation. Similarly, celebrities dinks are not protected from derision because of those things.

    The worst sort of comments here are reserved for the triangle, the kardeshians, Leanne and Lilo – white folk, in spite of the preponderance of spray tan. Beyonce isn’t exactly treated with kid gloves here either, but if you think that that’s because of her skin colour, and not because of her behaviour, go ahead. I doubt that I can change your made up mind.

  47. Kate #2 says:

    Halle Berry is trying to remove her child’s father from her life. Chris Brown beat the hell out of his girlfriend and whined ever after as if he were the victim of a nasty media plot. Obviously racism is endemic in the world we live in and that’s disgusting. But race doesn’t stop what these people did being abhorrent, and nor should their race bar them from criticism. Chris Brown is a convicted woman-beating criminal, and women who try to steal their child’s other parent from that child as Halle Berry is so determined to do are basically child abusers, to my mind. The level of melatonin isn’t relevant.

    I’ve seen comments just as nasty about Kate Middleton and Aniston/Jolie, who (unlike Lohan, for example) are fairly bland on the wrong-doing front. Haven’t seen anyone say they hope Chris Brown or Halle Berry are decapitated, but I have seen that about Kate Middleton. Who’s never actually done anything to hurt anyone. Being a bit lazy is the worst allegation. It’s not exactly in the Chris Brown league, is it, but I’ve not seen anyone calling for his execution.

    Celebitchy has a lot of people hating a lot of celebrities. In some cases (Beyonce, Michelle Williams, Kate Middleton, Jen Garner, Whitney Houston) they also have defenders. The problem with Brown and Berry is they’re fairly obviously behaving unconscionably badly. That’s hard to defend.

    • Pilar says:

      I think that comparison is taking it to far Kate. Brown is convicted for battery. Halle vs Aubrey is a case of he said, she said. I dont know what to think about all this but i certainly wouldnt compare her to Brown. In my opinion the court wouldn’t have restricted Aubreys rights if there was no proof at all. Many people move abroad or to a new city with their new partners. This is not a crime. The crime is if she delibaratly smears Aubrey in such a slanderous way, which she might be doing but at this stage its she says/he says. And i dont understand how everyones can be so cocksure Aubrey is an angel and Berry is cruella deville?

    • LeeLoo says:

      Co-Sign. I don’t care if you are black, white, or green with yellow stripes. If you are acting in a morally reprehensible way, you need to be called on it.

      Edit: Ooops this was meant for Kate #2’s post (#50).

  48. Jezi says:

    WTH does race have to do with it? This is about Halle once again finding a way to keep her daughter’s father from her. This has nothing to do with race but everything to do with that.

  49. Jaxx says:

    Oh please, I don’t hate Halle because she is black. I hate her because of what she is doing to her daughter’s father.

    And as for black women getting hate on here, double please. Ever notice the hate toward Jolie, Aniston, Paltrow, and many other whiter than white women.

    Your comment has no basis whatsoever. Especially since the most universally beloved women on here lately are the crew from The Help, half of which are black.

    • TG says:

      Since people are bringing up race does anyone actually consider Halle black? I know I never have. Not that I would like her any better no matter what her race. I am an equal opportunity despiser of narcissist shrews and that is exactly what Halle is. It is all about her all the time that is part of the definition of a narcissist just ask any one who grew up with a narcissist for a parent and ask them how hard it was to break away from that parent and the years of therapy it took to realize their parent has a problem and it isn’t you it is them.

      • Jilli says:

        She considers herself black when it serves her purpose. Whatever.

      • badrockandroll says:

        One drop: if you were a southerner in the 50s or a Nazi in the 30s and believed in one drop, you are now considered a racist. If you are Halle Barry, you consider it a philosophy to justify your actions.

  50. Leek says:

    I hate her now. I can’t wait for little Nahla to go to school and have internet access in second grade so she can look up her parents and see what a psychotic asshat her mother really is.

  51. Playlist says:

    I would love to see Halle move to France with her daughter, get dumped in 6 month by her temporary boyfriend while living in a foreign (anti-American) country, lose her career completely (in any country), and then have to deal with the results. Where would she run to then? Her daughter can grow up hating her because she kept her from her father.

    Honestly, as much as I would love to see it happen, I wouldn’t wish it on her daughter. I do think her acting career has tanked already. At least we can take joy in that.

  52. Jason says:

    Every comment here is Poor Gabriel! Are people just blinded by his good looks or are they really living in this one dimensional world. Everything in this case is not brought on by Halle. Halle is messed up but so is Gabe. Read up on his past he comes from a really f’ed up background.

    • Msirene says:

      Jason:

      Please refer me to the source that says Gabriel had a messed up life….. I’ve never read that. All I have read is that he has a “squeaky” clean background, very honest and is a good father who loves his little girl very much. I would be interested in reading any source that says otherwise.

      Thanks,

  53. Romia says:

    The continued existence of this cheap, vulgar miscreation is the single most important reason for why the Kardashians, Lindsay, Beyonce, or even the cast of Jersey Shore will never get more than the stink-eye from me.

    They will never be tall enough to ride on that crazy train.

  54. lileneboheme says:

    She is the epitome of a bad mother.