Olivier Martinez looked worlds away from his typically polished self as he took a walk in Los Angeles amid his ongoing custody battle with his ex Halle Berry.
Fans will be used to seeing Olivier, 58, looking dapper on the red carpet with a glamorous date on his arm after a string of high-profile love interests.
However, Olivier was cutting a forlorn figure as he stepped out this week, wearing a tie-dye T-shirt with an Adidas track jacket and combat trousers.
The French actor’s formerly dark, thick locks have been replaced by a head of white hair, which was accompanied by a smattering of stubble.
Olivier, who shares his son Maceo, 10, with Hollywood actress Halle, added a pair of gold-framed aviator glasses to his mismatched look.
Olivier Martinez looked worlds away from his typically polished self as he took a walk in Los Angeles amid his ongoing custody battle with his ex Halle Berry
Fans will be used to seeing Olivier, 58, looking dapper on the red carpet with a glamorous date on his arm after a string of high-profile love interests
Olivier, shares his son Maceo, 10, with Hollywood actress Halle Berry (the pair pictured in 2012)
The sighting comes after Halle recently claimed she has spent $200k trying to ‘work with’ Olivier on co-parenting their son, in shock new court documents.
Halle married Olivier in 2013 – the same year they welcomed Maceo – and they split in 2016. Their divorce was finalized seven years later in August 2023 – with the pair since embroiled in a bitter custody row.
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In documents obtained by Us Weekly Halle claims she has spent over $200K in legal fees including ‘voluntarily’ contributing $80,000 towards Olivier’s legal expenses.
She claimed Olivier supports himself off her child support payments – so she ‘has to go to work’. She alleges that he objected to paying for a home visit with their therapist during Halle’s free time before changing his mind.
She claims Olivier ‘delayed’ court-stipulated co-parenting therapy ‘despite several follow-ups’.
She wrote in the documents: ‘I have done everything possible to work with Olivier, to communicate with him, and to engage him in the decision-making process regarding our son [Maceo] in an amicable way. Olivier has refused to co-parent and communicate with me in a child-centered way; he has been oppositional and unmovable on all major issues relating to Maceo.’
Text messages between the pair were also included in the documents, with Berry writing to Martinez: ‘I feel very sorry that we are at odds. I had better hopes for us. I always hoped that we do better for Maceo and work together like we did before Van [Hunt, her partner]
Olivier was cutting a forlorn figure as he stepped out this week, wearing a tie-dye T-shirt with an Adidas track jacket and combat trousers
The sighting comes after Halle recently claimed she has spent $200k trying to ‘work with’ Olivier on co-parenting their son, in shock new court documents (pictured in 2014)
The French actor’s formerly dark, thick locks have been replaced by a head of white hair, which was accompanied by a smattering of stubble
‘It all has gone to s**t since then. We used to try to get along for maceos [sic] sake, now you don’t want to even try and I’ve tried Olivier… you know I have.
‘However, you just stay angry and I’m not sure why. We must let all this anger go and do better. Maceo deserves that. I’m tired of being called a lier [sic], I’m tired of fighting with you and I quit. If you want to keep this negativity going that’s on you, but I want no parts of it… we need to ban [sic] together now more than ever. However we face it we need to face it together not fighting. Just my opinion, but you will make your choice.’
Olivier responded: ‘The only way to work together is to work ur [sic] way. thats [sic] not working together. u [a]re [sic] playing dirty as you always did not putting maceos [sic] best interest first but karma is coming no worrys [sic].’
This comes two weeks after a new report offered more insight into the ongoing custody drama.
Halle claimed that Olivier is causing ‘detrimental harm’ to their son with his latest motion to delay an upcoming custody hearing.
Olivier, on the other hand, filed the week prior that Halle is taking advantage of him by not allowing him time to prepare and ‘attempting to bootstrap her way into an immediate hearing’ to give him the ‘absolute minimum’.
Halle made headlines last month by seeking sole custody of Maceo.
The actress is claiming that their son is struggling in school and that he is ‘grade levels behind’, adding that he has been diagnosed with ADHD and mild dyslexia.
Before his relationship with Halle, Olivier dated Kylie Minogue between 2002 and 2007, during which time she was having breast cancer treatment
She adds that Maceo’s father is, ‘either oblivious’ to his difficulties or, ‘carelessly disregards them,’ which she says proves he’s unfit for custody.
The actress claims that Olivier is delaying the custody hearing which will impact a ‘ruling on interventions necessary for the parties’ struggling child.’
She also claims the actor is trying to ‘extract more money’ from her.
Olivier had previously stated that he needs an ‘expert’ to testify on his behalf, which she called, ‘nonsensical.’
‘It would be unjust, and certainly detrimental to Maceo, to continue the September 10, 2024 hearing by 120 days on the basis that third-party percipient witnesses are expected to testify or that Olivier somehow needs to retain other unidentified experts,” the documents read.
Shortly after Halle’s filing, Olivier fired back that the actress is ‘refusing’ to set a date that works for him.
He added that Halle has refused his request for help in paying his legal fees, despite, ‘admittedly earning several millions of dollars at this time.’
Olivier met Halle on set of Dark Tide, which was filming in South Africa in 2010, the same year she and her ex Gabriel Aubry announced their split.
Things moved quickly for the former couple, who confirmed their engagement in March 2012, and were married in France just a year later on July 13, 2013.
Before his relationship with Halle, Olivier dated Kylie Minogue between 2002 and 2007, during which time she was having breast cancer treatment.
A joint statement released on behalf of the pair at the time read: ‘Olivier Martinez and Kylie Minogue have officially confirmed that they are no longer a couple.
‘They have made it clear that the decision to go their separate ways was mutual and amicable.
‘The media’s false accusations of disloyalty have saddened them both. The two remain very close friends.’