Halle Berry’s custody case, in which she’s trying to move to France to be with her French fiance (whom she’s still inexplicably with), may have just gotten a lot weaker. Halle has been claiming that she needs to move to France to escape the aggressive paparazzi that follow her in L.A., nevermind that moving an hour away could accomplish the same thing. The lawyer for Halle’s ex, Gabriel Aubry, has been using the Princess Diana paparazzi tragedy as an example of how it’s not necessarily better or safer for celebrities in France than the US. Well Aubry’s lawyer has some very good new ammunition with the Kate Middleton topless photo scandal. As you know, Kate was on a private balcony at a private estate in France just minding her business sunning her boobies when a photographer with a long lens snapped some photos and sold them to the tabloids. It’s now a huge thing with lawsuits and threats and drama, and it could also blow holes in Halle’s case. Here’s hoping!
Halle Berry may be collateral damage in the publication of the Kate Middleton topless photos … TMZ has learned.
Halle’s lawyer has been trying to convince the judge in her custody battle with Gabriel Aubry … Nahla is better off living in France with her mom because the paparazzi are more gentle and respectful of celebs.
Gabriel’s lawyer had only one real piece of ammo to counter Halle’s claim — the paparazzi chasing Princess Diana to her death. But that happened 15 years ago. Now Gabriel’s lawyers have new firepower — the pics taken of Kate Middleton were by an intrusive photog who we’re told used a telephoto lens to capture intimate shots of her on a secluded balcony.
We’re told Gabriel’s lawyer is aware of the new Kate photos and it’s almost certain he’ll raise the issue when the trial resumes.
Here’s the reality … Halle has a right to move to France, and the judge will ultimately base his decision on what will be in the best interests of Nahla. Since Halle has had primary physical custody since her daughter’s birth, she has a huge advantage in the case.
In response to this story, Halle Berry did some bikini photo ops for the paparazzi. She really did, I’m not just being sarcastic. (You can see the photos at this linke.) This story from TMZ came out in the afternoon Friday around 4:30 PST. (When we had all clocked out, which is why I’m getting to it Monday. I’m lazier than Kaiser and Bedhead.) On Sunday, Halle did her best “carefree” face at the beach in a bikini top and cutoff shorts. If I had her figure I’d go around in a bikini most of the time too, but this timing is more than suspect.
The National Enquirer has a story straight from Halle’s camp about how she’s super freaked out and worried about the paparazzi. A “source” tells them Halle “fears every camera flash that goes off in her face and sincerely believes she or her daughter is going to come to serious harm if the two remain in Los Angeles.” She looks so worried and frazzled on the beach posing for that guy she called.
Here are Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez out on Saturday shopping. Note that Halle is wearing a bikini with a coverup, and that this was a full day before her bikini beach photos. Credit: Miguel/Sasha/FameFlynet
Just another reason to like Kate!
Halle’s PR people are aware that Halle is loathed because of how she is tearing Nahla away from Gabriel.
I think when you look past the Halle bikini photos and related story about Kate being stalked, they wanted to put this little schpiel out there to remind everyone that Halle has had primary physical custody since Nahla’s birth and that the case will likely go her way.
They hope that if we are prepared for the inevitable win for Halle, we won’t be so hard on her in the comments and she will still get hired by the studios.
I agree. I also think that Halle called the pap/s so it would look like, “See! See how I am being stalked by the papparazzi (sp) in the US?!” hoping to offset the entire Kate scandal.
Also, my body will never, ever look as good as Halle’s body on her worst day. That being said, looked liked girl (on the linked photos) was having to suck in her gut and maybe that was cellulite thighs? Sorry, guess I’m kicking a gal while she’s down. I used to really like her until this custody case. Knew she was mental, but before there was a kid involved it didn’t really perturb me.
@Cindy bman:
ITA with you w her contacting paps.
Many stars children attend the very same school and their parents have said they have never had the drama from paps or problems that Halle courts or aka orchestrates.
@cindybman I didn’t see cellulite on her legs but her stomach is not good up close. Some people bring out the inner cat. MEOW.
Lainey called it.
I don’t think that her case was strong to begin with anyway. She always makes up new reasons as to why she thinks tearing her child away from the father is good idea.
Yup totally, Lainey put it out there and I was just waiting for someone to pick it up.
I hope she looses custody of that little girl. I really do! I know that’s a hateful thing to say but she’s the most selfish mom I’ve seen in a while.
Oh Halle…it’s not 2002, the only photographers chasing you are the ones you call.
See, people were being so rude to Kate but clearly her breasts had a higher calling and knew by sunning themselves they’d be helping the greater good.
At least her boobs started doing a bit of charity. Let’s see if she catches up to them.
Bwahahahahaha! Got damn! That was funny.
But seriously? Who cares about Halle Berry anymore? If she made it a little harder for them to find her, they wouldn’t bother and go look for people that actually have careers.
“They would help the greater good”? Haha, good one 😉
Really Halle, we aren’t that stupid and neither is the judge. Your f*cked up antics and narcissitic ranting will get you nowhere and Nahla deserves better out of her mother.
Halle is crazy. She used the guy as a sperm donor, but forgot that he’s a human being with feelings, and legal rights to his child. Move to France? Why not move to Newport? Oh, that’s right, she’s going because of a boy, not for Nahla.
Absolutely! For years she talked about how she wanted to have a child and how, when she got to a certain point, she’d just have one with whomever she was with. She seems to look at Nahla as only her daughter. Ripping her child away from Gabriel would be extremely detrimental to that poor little girl (as said by the social worker, I believe). It’s disgusting how selfish some people can be!
POW, right in the kisser..
And I really don’t think she’s as important as she thinks she is..
Her case was never strong to begin with but if one good thing has come from this Kate scandal, it’s that it has significantly weakened Halle’s already flimsy excuses to move to France. LA, NYC, London, Paris…popular cities for the paparazzi because these are places where most of Hollywood lives or has vacation homes. Nahla would have more peace and security with Aubry back in his hometown of Montreal, Canada.
Halle, don’t worry about the paps, you are not that big a star anymore.
I know she’s still famous but I don’t get why she would have paps following her as much as she claims they do. I don’t really even consider her A list anymore and hardly even B list. I hope that this whole thing blows up in her face.
I think the paps followed her and Aubry because they made a beautiful couple. After that, Nahla was folloed because she was going to be beautiful too, which she is but she is not stalked near Suri or the JPs are. No comparison.
Halle is delusional, Not a hit movie in years, internationally she is kind of forgotten. Even other “lesser” stars and mothers are more followed than she is and are not complaining. If anything they are following her because of this silly fight over Nahla. That is what is stirring the pot. That and that she are calling the paps to help her case.
Everyone knows she wants to go to France because of her current man.
I think her argument is how the press is hands off with the children of celebs in France. I don’t see what pap photos of adult celebs has to do with that or how it weakens her hands off policy of children argument.
It doesn’t matter anyway, there’s tons of places to live in California or other states and have more privacy away from Celebville. You don’t have to move to France where it just so happens her French boyfriend wants to move back to.
ITA Kate is not the child of a celeb so this doesn’t affect her case.The paps are at Nahla’s school everyday.That is not right IMO
I think the main thing keeping the paps on the hunt right now is the custody case. Not that they won’t still take photos, but the custody fight is keeping all of them in the press. If Nahla is truly Halle’s main concern *cough*, then she would seek therapy and realize that by dragging her child’s father through the mud (repeatedly), she drags Nahla right along with him.
So tired of this case. If she was really so scared of the paps she would’ve moved out of LA a long time ago. There are celebs raising their families outside of LA & doing just fine.
If her argument is that children are not pursued by the paps in France, then the pictures of Kate should not have any bearing.
her argument is that it’s safer inFrance because they have laws protecting the privacy of celebs and the means through which the paps operate to get pictures. The Kate pics show that not only are the paps summarily disregarding French law (in an extremely invasive manner in this case) but that French tabs (and tabs in other countries) will run the pics obtained illegally because they don’t care about the limited financial penalities
I can’t say anything nice, so I just won’t say anything at all.
Just wondering, does anyone know what happened to her leg ? She wore a cast and then a faux cast thing for like a year. Other than that she bores the hell out of me. Poor Nahla.
I noticed TMZ posted this story on Friday and it reaked of Halle’s camp. Saying she has a stronger case because she has had custody of her daughter since day one. I thought she and Gabriel lived together so how does Halle claim to have always had custody? What a load of crock. And am I missing something because as I understand it Halle is claiming it is too dangerous in the US and safer in France because of the paps? Why wouldn’t Gabriel be able to counter that with all the other major celebs who are fine here in the US. And notice there have been no sitings of either of them in awhile? Looks like they both can keep the paps away when they want. I can ‘t believe any judge would fall for her lies. But, as I have observed lately with high profile custody and divorce issues it seems New York is more with it and LA tends to give the bigger star what they want. So Halle is likely to win since she is the bigger star.
She is just rotten. Don’t like her and won’t be watching anything that she’s in. What an ugly woman inside which just makes her less attractive outside. Have your french man move over here. That way when he dumps you, which he will, you don’t have to uproot your daughter again. Horrible parent.
Speaking of Olivier Martinez, has anyone else noticed how he seem to be losing the sexy since he has been with Halle? He looks frumpy (and a bit pudgey) in that t-shirt and jeans – definitely not a sexy Frenchman!
“Halle Berry may be collateral damage…”
No, she’s just a crazy liar. The only collateral damage in this whole custody mess, is Nahla. Topless Kate pics or not, Nahla was already getting screwed in this battle.
I can see it in her face-her crazy is about to surface and this guy will get introduced to the real her. She can only contain it for so long-it starts leaking out.
That’s why she gets serious FAST-she can only put on the perfect face for so long before her crazy leaks so she has to nab them quickly!
She reminds me of my sister-in-law. SAME M.O.
She may be hiding her crazy from him for now but I don’t believe for a second that this is not a business arrangement. Everything is just too convenient for her to make her escape to France. Wonder how much he is being paid? I believe 100% that if she is ot able to move than either he will live her with her which is probably what he has been doing all along or they will break up quietly. Of course you are right she might play the victim again. That will be awesome because then she will be attacking the French people and can’t wait for them to un-invite her to their country.
Well…Waity’s good for something. Seriously, though, her case was weak to begin with. It was a long shot to begin with.
I guess I’m missing something because the laws are supposed to be tighter for kids not adult. I don’t see how Kate affects Halle.
Is it weird that Halle Berry’s situation was the first thing I thought of when the news broke about those photos? I really, really hope it bolsters Gabriel Aubrey’s case.
And sad to say, the drama over all the legal steps she has taken and is taking is why the paps are so interested. It’s turned into a massive story. I can’t see her, let alone Nahla, being a big selling pap target without it. Not anymore.
I did write a mini-essay on how Halle is screwing up her own relationship with her daughter by trying to take her from her father, but fuck it, it was boring and blah blah deleted. This silly bitch going to find out the hard way anyway.
I feel sorry for the little one.