It’s been months and months since there was any kind of douche-eruption from Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry. Surprised? I am. I guess their last controversy/mess was the fist-fight on Thanksgiving, which took a few months to sort out, and which I personally think Gabriel came out looking better because once again his custodial rights were maintained and strengthened. The Thanksgiving fight came just a week after a judge ruled that Halle and her lover Olivier Martinez could not move to France with Nahla Aubry, because that move would effectively end Gabriel’s joint custody of Nahla. For months I’ve been waiting for Halle’s next legal salvo, some new argument for why she should be able to take Nahla to France. But as this new Halle interview seems to indicate… Halle is no longer in a rush to move to France. Shocking!

Halle Berry will move to France when her daughter turns 18. The Cloud Atlas actress is keen to start a new life in Europe with her fiancé Olivier Martinez but her former partner, Gabriel Aubry, has bitterly contested her plans to take their little girl, Nahla, now five, with them.

Halle is ready to delay her dream until the youngster is old enough to make her own decision on where she wants to live. The Oscar winner said: ‘It probably won’t be until my daughter is 18 and off to college. When Nahla turns 18, she’ll be legally able to make her own decisions about where she wants to be and I think that then, when she’s off on her own, we’ll move there. It’s where I want to end my days, that’s for sure.’

As for motherhood, Halle says: ‘It’s something I’m learning about every day. I’m not perfect by any means – there’s no such thing as a perfect mother and I’m not striving to be one. I just strive to be the best I can be on any day in any given situation.’

While Halle loves France, she won’t be learning to speak French until she lives there as Olivier thinks it will be too much for her to take on at the moment.

In an interview with HELLO! magazine, she said: ‘I was told very lovingly by him not to work on it too hard now but to wait until we get to live there. Because for me, at my age and with all that I already have on my plate, trying to learn French is probably one of the hardest things I could possibly do. He thinks I’ll have an easier time when we’re living there and immersed in the culture – if we ever get to go that is.’

[From The Mail]

That is the weirdest explanation for not learning French. Obviously, I understand the whole “immersion technique makes it easier to learn a language” thing, but to not even try to learn any French? When your fiancé is French and you want to move to France? That’s weird, right? And who else rolled their eyes at the thought of Halle and Olivier still being together 13 years from now? HA!! As for Halle letting go of the dream to move Nahla to Paris… sure. We’ll see.

In the same interview (I think), Halle also discusses therapy. Did you know that she’s been in therapy since she was 10 years old? I didn’t know that, but it didn’t surprise me. Halle said:

“I’ve done therapy on an as-needed basis since I was probably ten years old… My father was an alcoholic and a very abusive one, and my mother knew the value of providing me with the outlet of an unbiased person to talk to, so I’ve done that all my life when times get stressful. It really helps me deal with stuff… I try really hard not to take my problems out on others and, in order to do that, I tend to mask the bad stuff or deal with it internally – you know, keep my chin up, put on a brave face and just keep going. If I do have a problem, I handle it so well that most other people don’t even know about it.”

[Via Metro]

Um, who is she kidding? When she has a problem, everybody knows about it!! Because she tells media outlets. I think she probably considers that part of her therapy too. That’s not a knock on talk therapy – talk therapy is an invaluable tool for many, many people. I just think Halle is particularly full of it.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

We haven’t checked in on Gabriel Aubry and Nahla in a while, so here you go. Gabe and Nahla were photographed coming out of a library in LA yesterday, and they seemed to be enjoying their time together. Gabe carried a bag full of books (presumably) and Nahla seemed to want to play a running game with her dad. Gabriel’s face looks completely healed after his horrible Thanksgiving fight with Olivier Martinez, right? Of course, these aren’t closeups or anything. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Gabriel had to have some plastic surgery to remove some of the scarring or scar tissue.

And in case you think that Halle and Olivier have completely given up and allowed Gabriel to just have unfettered access to Nahla… well, that’s a pipe dream. After spending Christmas in Paris, Halle and Olivier returned to LA – Halle attended the Golden Globes, and Olivier was photographed yesterday looking at cars for sale. They may seem low-key for now, but trust me… this isn’t over. My guess is that it will be two or three months before we have another implosion with this custodial arrangement, although I don’t really see what Halle’s next legal move would be. I’m sure she’ll think of something.

And until then, just enjoy seeing Gabriel with his daughter. For what it’s worth, I think Gabriel enjoys being a hands-on dad, and he adores his daughter so much, and she adores him right back. But these photo ops also provide photographic evidence of their mutual adoration, so that months from now when there’s some new, horrible twist in the custody battle in which Gabriel is demonized, everyone will say “But he’s such a hands-on father!” I’m just sayin’… it’s a smart PR strategy for Gabriel too.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.

I had no idea that this case was still ongoing, but apparently it was and has been settled. You may remember that Halle Berry’s ex, Gabriel Aubry, received a beatdown at the hands of her fiance, fellow actor Olivier Martinez. It went down on Thanksgiving at Berry’s house when Aubry arrived for a custody handoff of their daughter, Nahla. Martinez and Berry insisted that Aubry started the fight, despite the fact that Aubry’s injuries were much more severe. Aubry’s entire face looked battered (photos here) while the only damage to Olivier was on his hands. The security cameras at Berry’s house suspiciously never captured the fight, because they were allegedly pointing to the entrance to her home instead of the front door area where the fight went down. It was all rather convenient to support Berry and Olivier’s side. For his part, Aubry filed a restraining order against Olivier, which he eventually withdrew. Well it’s settled now, as TMZ reports:

Gabriel Aubry is in the clear in the Thanksgiving Day brawl at Halle Berry’s house … with one string attached.

TMZ has learned … the L.A. City Attorney conducted two office hearings — one where Halle and Gabriel’s sparring partner Olivier Martinez showed up together and another where Gabriel showed up alone on a different day.

Sources tell TMZ … the case has now been resolved and Gabriel will not be criminally prosecuted, PROVIDED he keeps his nose clean for a year.

TMZ previously reported … anger management was on the table as a possible condition to avoid prosecution, but the City Attorney has a policy of neither confirming nor denying specifics.

[From TMZ]

Note how terse this report is and how they again bring up the anger management issue but “don’t know” if Aubry was ordered to anger management classes. This suggests that their dear source, Halle Berry, isn’t too happy with this outcome.

As Kaiser reported last week, Halle and Olivier were in Paris for Christmas without Nahla. Nahla was with her dad, the one who has been fighting to be with her ever since Halle tried to cut him out of the picture.

There’s a new story about Halle in this week’s Star. Apparently Halle wants Nahla to go to an exclusive private kindergarten in LA called The Buckley School. Parents don’t want her around, though, probably due to the paparazzi. A source whose child supposedly attends the school tells Star that Halle “is full of drama and always has trouble with her men… We pay a lot of money for this school, and the last thing we want is trouble.” So does that mean Halle is going to have to find a different school for Nahla? I only feel for Nahla, who doesn’t deserve to be put in the middle of all this.

Gabriel is shown collecting Nahla from school on 11-30-12. He’s also shown outside the gym, before his beatdown, on 11-14-12. Photos of Halle and Olivier are from 12-23-12 in Paris. Credit: WENN.com and Fame

Ugh. TMZ has yet another pro-Halle story/anti-Gabriel story this morning, based on statements from unnamed LAPD sources. While I don’t doubt that TMZ has many solid sources within the LAPD and the City Attorney’s Office, and while I don’t doubt that money changes hands for much of this information, I still think TMZ is tweaking the information. Like, TMZ is saying that for sure (!!) Gabriel started the fight with Olivier, and while I might be able to believe that, that piece of information is fluffed up to make it sound like Gabriel has “ongoing anger issues” and that Halle and Olivier are super-innocent victims.

The verdict is in as far as cops are concerned … Gabriel Aubry was clearly the instigator of the Thanksgiving Day brawl at Halle Berry’s house

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … detectives are now clear on what they believe happened — Gabriel committed two batteries on Olivier Martinez before Olivier lifted a finger to defend himself.

As TMZ first reported, as Gabriel deposited Nahla at Halle’s house Olivier walked out and said, “We have to talk.”

Based on interviewing the principles and witnesses, detectives have concluded Gabriel then pushed Olivier (battery #1) and swung at his face, making contact with his shoulder (battery #2).

Cops say at that point, Olivier responded in self defense with 3 quick punches to the face.

What’s more, law enforcement sources tell us they are “concerned” about what they believe are “Gabriel’s ongoing anger issues.”

As one law enforcement source put it, “It seems he’s still having a hard time getting over his break up with Halle.”

But here’s the good news for Gabriel — we’ve learned Halle and Olivier have both told detectives and prosecutors they do not want Gabriel charged with a crime because they do not believe it would be in Nahla’s best interests.

Law enforcement sources tell us the case will be set for an informal hearing at the city attorney’s office. The likely outcome is that Gabriel will agree to take anger management classes, although the hearing officer could decide to just drop the entire matter after hearing both sides.

[From TMZ]

There are several points I truly don’t understand. One, if this was REALLY what went down and the LAPD is super-concerned that Gabriel is a violent menace and that Olivier was merely defending himself, why did Halle’s lawyers negotiate with Gabriel and why did she end up giving in to Gabriel? And if Gabriel was so sure that HE was in the right and that he did nothing wrong, why didn’t he follow through and make sure his side got out in even greater detail? The truth is that all of the parties did something wrong, I think. And I’d also like to see someone (someone official) address the issue of Halle’s boxer-fiancé disrupting Nahla’s handoff. Isn’t it against the set-in-stone rules of “the handoff” for the mother’s lover to interject himself into the drama?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet, WENN and Pacific Coast News.

Here are some new photos of Gabriel Aubry reunited with Nahla on Friday in LA. On Thursday, Gabe and Halle Berry’s lawyers worked through some kind of legal arrangement that is (hopefully) all-encompassing, so it’s a good sign that Gabriel was out with his daughter the very next day. I’m also including some photos of Nahla and Halle the day before. Nahla looks comfortable with both of her parents, for what it’s worth. As Radar mentioned shortly after the lawyers’ agreement was made, part of the deal seems to be that Gabriel and Olivier both drop all of their charges and restraining orders and everybody moves to their own separate corners. TMZ confirmed the news too:

It’s pretty remarkable, but a week after nuclear war at Halle Berry’s house which left Gabriel Aubry’s face a bloody mess, they have figured out a path to peace … and the clearest evidence is that Gabriel’s lawyer just went to court and dropped his restraining order against Olivier Martinez.

It happened just a few minutes ago. Shawn Holley, Gabriel’s lawyer, told the judge her client no longer needed to keep Olivier away from him.

As TMZ first reported … the parties struck an agreement Thursday to end their mega-dispute, which revolves around 4-year-old Nahla.

The remaining issue … Olivier made a citizen’s arrest after the fight and the case is going to the L.A. City Attorney for review. We’re told it’s “highly unlikely” Gabriel will be prosecuted. If Halle can do it, maybe there’s hope for Middle East peace.

[From TMZ]

Radar chimed in too, with one source saying: “Gabe has agreed to drop legal proceedings for the temporary restraining order against Olivier to be made permanent…Gabe suffered horrific injuries from the fight, but as part of the settlement he reached with Halle on Thursday he agreed to drop the bid for the permanent restraining order. Gabe feels that there are enough layers of protection in the settlement agreement that will protect him and Nahla in the future.”

At the end of the day, now that all of this is all over (for now, until something else horrible happens around Christmas), I have to say… I think Gabriel definitely came out of this looking better, but I don’t think he was completely blameless. If everything went down the way Gabe claimed, I don’t really think he would have dropped the restraining order and walked away without getting more of his side out there, pushing for an even better deal. Of course, we still don’t really know what the deal is. I imagine more will come out about it in the coming weeks, and we’ll have a better idea of who had the upper hand in the negotiations.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.

There are about a million new pieces of Gabriel Aubry-Halle Berry news, and each media outlet is offering their own slightly tweaked version. From what I gather, Gabriel and Halle’s lawyers were in court yesterday and a deal was either worked out in court, or the lawyers had worked something out beforehand, so a deal was made and no one is really expounding on any of the particulars of said deal. Here are some highlights from the various coverage:

*TMZ says the lawyers spent “hours” together working to resolve all of the issues yesterday. The agreement which was hammered out is described as “amicable” and a source tells Page Six, “The agreement extends beyond the family law court.”

*The joint written statement: “The parties have reached an amicable agreement. There will be no further statements regarding this matter.” Gabriel showed up to court yesterday, but Halle did not.

*Radar’s source says: “Olivier will NOT be present in the future during the times that Nahla is dropped off and picked up between Gabriel and Halle. This was very important to Gabe going forward because he feared for his safety. Gabe was supposed to have Nahla on Thanksgiving, according to their custody agreement, but Halle asked if she could have the little girl that day and Gabe said yes. He had no obligation to do so, but he had been acting in good faith and knew it meant a lot to Halle, so he did it. Gabe was absolutely blindsided by Olivier and his rage.”

* The Page Six source also says “it would not be a surprise” if Olivier Martinez lets his criminal restraining order against Gabriel Aubry expire. And Radar’s source says Gabriel won’t proceed on his restraining order against Olivier. So that was probably part of the deal too.

*Halle and her team have started leaking to Us Weekly now… maybe because People Mag is tired of her BS? Us Weekly’s Team Halle source says, “They keep playing this game and Nahla is used as a pawn. It’s her I feel sorry for. All [Halle] wants is a normal family life.” Us Weekly’s print edition also promises to expound further on Gabriel’s “anger issues” or something.

*An LAPD Commander named Andrew Smith told People Mag that the Olivier-Gabriel fight is still being investigated but “Our officers have initially concluded that Aubry was the primary instigator.”

So, is it over now? Doubtful. I think it’s wishful thinking to say that we’ll go another year before there’s another outburst or attack or abuse claim. Christmas is coming… another opportunity for drama, you know?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Gabriel Aubry and Halle Berry will be back in court today. I think. Probably. Honestly, there was a lot of oddly contradictory information that came out of Tuesday’s family court hearing about possibly rescinding Halle’s emergency protective order, but I think the bottom line is that everyone will be in court today because if Halle wants the protective order to stay in place, she’s got to prove that Gabriel really is a threat to her, to Nahla and to Olivier Martinez. Which continues to be bizarre because it looks like the only thing wrong with Olivier following the “fist-fight” is that he screwed up his beatin’ fist. And, as you can see from the photos of Gabriel’s injuries, it doesn’t even seem like Gabe threw one punch. It looks like Gabe was just Olivier’s punching bag.

I’ve seen this information in the comment threads, but I never saw TMZ or Radar report it, so I didn’t know what to make of the gossip. Apparently, Gabriel concerns were misplaced about the security cameras on Halle’s property. According to TMZ, the cameras were never going to be of use to Gabriel. Of course:

There is no video surveillance footage of the violent Thanksgiving Day showdown between Gabriel Aubry and Halle Berry’s fiance Olivier Martinez — and it’s all because of Halle’s old stalker.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, when detectives visited Halle’s home last year to investigate a scary stalker situation, they advised her to re-position her home security cameras to face the fences surrounding the property … in order to catch a possible intruder.

Halle obliged … and the cameras have remained facing the fences ever since … and could not have captured the front door area of the home where the fight between Halle’s past and present men took place.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, detectives have reviewed the available footage — shot at the time of last week’s brawl — and confirmed the fight went down outside of the cameras’ field of vision.

As for Gabriel’s claim that Halle could have erased the video — we’re told cops DO NOT believe the security footage was altered in way … it just plain missed the shot.

[From TMZ]

I think the “proof” that Olivier attacked Gabriel (and not the other way around) is in Gabe’s injuries as compared to Olivier’s. I think the “proof” that Olivier’s attack was premeditated should be everything that came immediately following the beatdown – the “citizen’s arrest”, the first version of events pushed out by Halle and Olivier, and the immediate emergency filing of the protective order. Do I think that the lack of security footage means anything? Eh. Halle does have a crazy stalker. And it makes sense that the security cameras would be positioned to face those people trying to get in, as opposed to Halle’s interior driveway, inside her gate or whatever.

As for that totally random thing that I mentioned yesterday, where some of Gabe’s legal documents referred to Halle as his “ex-wife” – “sources” told TMZ that Halle and Gabriel were definitely never married. So there.

Here are the pics of Gabe’s injuries. Beware! These pics are disturbing.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, WENN.

I know you guys are already talking about all of this stuff in the other Aubry/Berry/Martinez post, but let’s just go ahead and cover all of this crap anyway. As we already knew, Halle Berry’s security cameras around her property were set up so that none of them caught Olivier and Gabriel’s fist-fight (or one-sided beatdown, as the evidence now suggests). We know that this giant legal and custodial and criminal clusterf—k went down on Thanksgiving, just a few weeks after a judge told Halle that she could not move to France with Olivier and Nahla because it would effectively end Gabriel’s custodial rights. We know that Halle has done everything – literally, everything – to try to strip Gabriel of his custodial rights. So then comes this suspicious story about Halle’s real estate:

Halle Berry has VERY quietly listed her Hollywood Hills mansion for $15 million … the same home where Gabriel Aubry and Olivier Martinez faced off in a violent Thanksgiving Day showdown … TMZ has learned.

Multiple real estate sources familiar with the deal tell TMZ … a few weeks back Halle gave a prominent realtor a pocket listing — a fancy term for property that isn’t advertised. The broker — Billy Rose with the high-end company, The Agency, has history with the house. He owned it a decade ago, renovated it and then sold it to actor Frankie Muniz, who sold it to Halle several years later.

Sources tell TMZ … Rose has quietly put out feelers to other realtors and potential buyers … with some success. We’re told last week Halle got an $11 million offer, but she’s holding out for more.

In case you’re in the market, it’s a 5-bedroom, 5,900 sq. ft. Tuscan-style estate, with a huge backyard, a 1,400 sq. ft. guest house … an awesome pool and spa … fireplaces galore … incredible landscaping … and oh yeah, a motor court — where Gabriel and Olivier settled their score.

[From TMZ]

“A few weeks back”??? I would like to know exactly when. I would like to know the exact date. I would like to know if Halle had quietly put her home on the market BEFORE the judge’s ruling on the move to France or AFTER. Of course, it’s perfectly possible that Halle simply doesn’t like her current house and she’s planning to buy another home in LA. But it’s still a sketchy move, right?

In addition to that, TMZ had another bizarre story which seems to come entirely from unnamed LAPD sources:

Although it appears no criminal charges will be filed against Gabriel Aubry in the Thanksgiving Day massacre of his face at Halle Berry’s house … cops on the scene concluded he was the instigator … TMZ has learned.

According to the police report, after interviewing Gabriel, Olivier Martinez and Halle, the investigating officer concluded, “Suspect [Gabriel] arrived at victim’s [Olivier] residence for child custody exchange. Suspect and victim engaged in verbal altercation. Suspect became upset and attempted to punch victim’s head but missed and struck victim’s right shoulder instead. Victim returned with 3 punches to the suspect’s head, causing him to fall to the ground. Victim’s fiance [Halle] notified police.”

It’s interesting … Olivier and Gabriel each claimed they said nothing to incite the other, but the report concludes both were smack talking.

According to the conclusions in the police report, Olivier acted in self defense: “Victim defended himself and punched the suspect.”

And law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Gabriel never told police about the alleged death threats made by Olivier both the day before and during the fight … threats he later claimed were made by Halle’s fiance. What’s more, cops contacted Gabriel after the fight and asked if he had more info, and he passed. There was no mention of death threats.

Nonetheless … in the end law enforcement believes it’s a case of mutual combat and it’s almost certain Gabriel will not be prosecuted.

[From TMZ]

This just reads as a reiteration of the original story which was pushed out by Team Halle on Thanksgiving. And here’s my problem with the continuing story line of “Gabriel never mentioned any of this on the day of the fight”: as we now can see from Gabriel’s awful injuries and his side of the story, he had been brutally beaten and Olivier had slammed his head into concrete. That’s head trauma, a concussion, and I think it’s weird that everyone is like “well, he should have told his side of the story even though he had just been knocked unconscious” or whatever.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.

Well, bad news for Gabriel Aubry. But it’s not as bad as it could be. Gabriel was in family court yesterday to see if the court would rescind (withdraw?) Halle Berry’s emergency protective order against Gabe. Halle got the emergency order seemingly hours after the Thanksgiving fight between Gabriel and Olivier Martinez, and she let it be known that she would be seeking a permanent restraining order against Gabriel so that he would no longer have access to Nahla. Gabe battled back by filing for his own restraining order against Olivier, and making a declaration that Olivier had instigated the fight, and Olivier had tried to kill him. Well, the bad news is that the judge decided to let the emergency protective order stand as-is. The good news is that the order is only valid until Thursday, when Halle and Gabriel will likely be back in court arguing their different stories on what went down:

Gabriel Aubry took another lump in his war with Halle Berry today … a judge just rejected his bid to have the restraining order removed … which means he still can’t visit with his daughter Nahla.

Gabriel had gone back to court today to ask the judge to lift the emergency restraining order that was issued against him on the day he got beat up by Halle’s fiance Olivier Martinez.

Initially, the restraining order was supposed to stay in place until Dec. 3 … but today, the judge acknowledged there was a clerical error … and the order can only stay in effect until Thursday Nov. 29.

The order prohibits Gabriel from going within 100 yards of Nahla, Olivier or Halle.

Gabriel wanted the order to end TODAY — but the judge shut him down.

Now, Halle and Olivier will have to go to court by Thursday if they want to keep Gabriel away from them and Nahla.

[From TMZ]

Oddly enough, both Radar and Page Six are claiming that Gabriel DID win the right to see Nahla again right now, saying that after the judge met with Halle and Gabe’s lawyers behind closed doors, the judge “tweaked the restraining order to allow him to see Nahla again… it wasn’t clear how Aubry would be able to see Nahla because he’s still under orders to steer clear of Berry and Martinez. We’re also told that Aubry may not be able to work for months due to his nasty collection of facial cuts and bruises.” Basically, I think we have to go through all of this again on Thursday. Only I guess the lawyers will be more prepared then. Hopefully.

Radar had a very sympathetic pro-Gabe story yesterday, before the court made its ruling. A “source” told Radar:

“Gabe has had enough, he has now twice been accused of criminal behavior resulting in his recent arrest after a fight with Olivier Martinez on Thanksgiving. Gabe will ask the judge to prohibit Martinez from having any contact with Nahla. Gabe will also ask the judge to re-instate his visitation with Nahla after Halle obtained a protective order after Gabe’s arrest which doesn’t allow him to have any contact with his little girl. Gabe believes that the judge will be disturbed by the fact that Olivier suddenly inserted himself into the custody hand off on Thursday. Halle’s nanny/housekeeper is supposed to be the go-between for the parents when Gabe picks up and drops off Nahla.”

[Via Radar]

I think the idea of prohibiting Olivier from seeing Nahla makes sense logically – after all, if the argument is “Gabriel should be seen as violent,” then you can easily make the same case for Olivier. And if Gabe’s version of events is true (or even mostly true), I would NOT want Olivier around any children either. At the end of the day, I suspect that this legal move will just make Halle and Olivier even angrier. You know what really worries me? The nightmare scenario in which Halle and Olivier just pick up and take Nahla to some country where an extradition order would never be honored. I think that might even be Halle’s Nuclear Option, you know? So let’s be thankful right now that both Halle and Gabriel are still channeling their anger and rage and drama and insanity through the court system.

As for the possibility that Gabe will actually face criminal charges (he was initially charged with misdemeanor battery), TMZ and Radar are in agreement that it is unlikely. TMZ says the cops will recommend that Gabe NOT by prosecuted because the fight was “mutual combat”. But Radar says that Gabriel wants Olivier to face criminal charges for the attack.

Also: bizarre story, but Extra is reporting that in Gabe’s restraining order filing, he referred to Halle as his “ex-wife”. They were never married to anyone knowledge, so… maybe it’s just a typo?

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

Sorry I missed all of this new information in my earlier post. If you want to read what we’ve already covered about this Gabriel Aubry-Halle Berry-Olivier Martinez story, go here. The latest news is that Gabriel filed for his own restraining order against Olivier, and Gabe is now claiming that Olivier attacked him and tried to kill him. Gabriel submitted photos to the court which show his badly beaten face, and his version of the events is in direct contradiction to Halle and Olivier’s side of the story (which they got out early – suspiciously early). Here’s more info:

*We’ve known for a while that Halle had security cameras set up on her property, and that Team Gabriel really wanted those security tapes to see the light of day. According to Radar, Gabriel swears in his application for a restraining order that he “repeatedly asked cops to secure security footage before it was destroyed” immediately following the fight with Olivier. Gabe says in his declaration: “I told the officers that [Martinez] was the one who attacked me, and repeatedly told them to get the security tapes from Ms. Berry’s security cameras before she and Mr. Martinez deleted them.”

*We previously heard that Olivier threatened Gabe repeatedly before and during the Thanksgiving fistfight, but Radar says that Olivier’s exact words (as Gabe remembers them) were: “We called the cops, [and when they arrive], you’re going to tell them that you’re the one who attacked me, or I’m going to kill you.” Does anyone else think that this whole attack might have been premeditated?

*Gabe will be family court today asking the judge to lift Halle’s protection order so that he can see Nahla. Gabe’s defense is that Olivier instigated the fight. Halle’s lawyers will be appearing during the hearing too, and Halle might show up herself.

*Yesterday, LAPD detectives arrived at Halle’s home to interview her and Olivier. We don’t know what was said.

*Radar has a hilariously obvious pro-Halle story up right now – it’s all about how Halle the Martyr has resolved to “give up” her acting career because of all of the horrible drama. A source says:

“Now that a court has ruled Halle can’t move to France permanently, she feels she’s left with no alternative but to quit her career. It may seem pretty dramatic, but Halle doesn’t know what else she can do to stop the tabloids writing about her. In the last few years, she has worked on only a handful of films, so she can dedicate most of her time to Nahla. She also thought that would make her less of a target for the paparazzi, but with all the drama going on in her personal life that hasn’t been the case. Halle thinks that Nahla’s upbringing has been far from ideal. Her picture is taken by photographers all over the world whenever she’s with her mom, and Halle would hate to think that Nahla may come to believe that’s a natural occurrence. But she made a life as an actress, an Oscar-winning one too, so it would be hard for her to just quit,” the source opines.

[Via Radar]

Oh, poor, poor Halle! Such theatrics! So much angst! So much drama!

Anyway… just buckle up. Everything is going to get a lot crazier and messier from here.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.