Halle Berry’s ex-husband Olivier Martinez has been granted a temporary restraining order against the actress following serious allegations involving their 12-year-old son.Berry, 60, and the French actor, 60, were married in 2013 before separating two years later, with their divorce eventually finalised in 2023 following a lengthy legal battle. The former celebrity couple share son Maceo, and have previously found themselves at odds over his care.Their custody arrangement has now been temporarily changed once again after Martinez filed for a domestic violence restraining order in Los Angeles on Thursday (1 October).According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Martinez accused the Catwoman star of physically abusing Maceo during an alleged incident at her home.Martinez alleged that Berry ‘grabbed Maceo by the neck and started choking him while shouting, “Who is dominant now?! Who is dominant?”’

He further alleged that the incident was not isolated, claiming in his filing that Berry had previously been responsible for ‘instances of abuse over the course of the last few years’.Martinez claimed these included ‘additional physical attacks against [their] son, as well as verbal and emotional abuse’.Berry has strongly denied the accusations through her attorney Marina Beck, who described the filing as ‘entirely meritless and deliberately misleading’.In a statement, Beck told PEOPLE: “To say this filing is entirely meritless and deliberately misleading would be an understatement.”

She added: “Fortunately, Halle is used to this kind of outrageous conduct from Mr. Martinez and, while she is deeply saddened, she will not allow it to deter her from fighting for Maceo’s best interests and providing him with the love and support he needs.