After a decade-long custody and child support battle between an ex, Halle Berry has scored a win.
The 56-year-old mother of two has been caught up in a custody battle with one of the fathers of her children, Gabriel Aubry.
In 2014, a judge ordered the Catwoman star to cough up $16,000 per month plus a lump sum of $115,000 when she and Aubry split ways. The amount, her lawyers told the Los Angeles Superior Court at the time, was extortion.
Seven years later, her legal team successfully reduced the figure to $8,000 per month, but the actress was still ordered to pay an additional 4.3% of any annual income she made over $1.95 million, according to a DailyMail report.
But new court documents show the Oscar award-winning actress is only expected to pay nothing in excess of $4.5 million, even though she reportedly makes $10 million per movie.
“Halle shall continue to pay Gabriel 4.3% of any income she receives above $1.95 million, as and for additional child support for Nahla, however, any additional payments of child support pursuant to this Paragraph shall not exceed $109,650 per year, which is the difference between 4.3% of $1.95 million and $4.5 million,” reads the court documents.
In short, the Ohio native will only pay $110,000 per year for her eldest daughter, Nahla Ariela Aubry, 15.
“The parties agree that additional child support over and above $109,650 per year would exceed Nahla’s reasonable needs,” the court filing further reads.
The victory comes on the heels of two new projects Berry is working on this year. One, the action thriller, Our Man from Jersey, featuring Mark Wahlberg; the other will be a sci-fi film, The Mothership, which will stream on Netflix.
“Assuming she will earn $10million for each, she would have had to pay her ex an additional $860,000 of that income under the previous agreement,” the DailyMail reported. “However, it’s not all good news for Berry as the modified pact, rubber stamped by Judge Michelle Kazadi on May 17, states that she still owes Aubry a $288,000 chunk of earnings for 2022, to be paid in monthly installments starting June 1.”
