Personal Life
Berry has been married twice. Her first marriage was to former baseball player David Justice, from 1993 to 1996. Their divorce was finalized in 1997. Berry has stated publicly that she was so depressed after her breakup with Justice that she considered taking her own life, but she was concerned about how the afterlife would be for someone who had committed suicide.
She was married to Eric Benét from early 2001 to 2005. Berry credited Benét with support after she was involved in a February 2000 traffic collision, in which she left the scene of the accident. Some in the media complained that her misdemeanor hit and run charge was preferential treatment; she had also been the driver in an alleged hit and run incident three years earlier in which no charges were filed. The incident became fodder for comedians. Berry pleaded no contest, did community service, paid a fine and was placed on three years' probation. A civil lawsuit was settled out of court. While married to Benét, Berry adopted his daughter, India. The divorce was finalized in January 2005.
Berry began dating French-Canadian model Gabriel Aubry in November 2005. The couple met at a Versace photoshoot. Berry gave birth to a girl named Nahla Ariela Aubry on March 16, 2008, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Nahla means "honeybee" in Arabic; Ariela is Hebrew for "lion for God". On April 30, 2010, Berry and Aubry announced their separation. Berry subsequently began dating French actor Olivier Martinez in 2010. Martinez confirmed their engagement in March 2012.
Since separating in 2010, Berry and Aubry have been involved in a highly-publicized custody battle, centered primarily on Berry's desire to move with their daughter Nahla from Los Angeles, where Berry and Aubry currently reside, to Martinez's native France. Aubry objects to the move. In November 2012, a judge denied Berry's request to move Nahla to France. Less than two weeks later, on November 22, 2012, Aubry and Martinez were both treated at a hospital for injuries after engaging in a physical altercation at Berry's residence. Martinez performed a citizen's arrest on Aubry, and was granted an emergency protective order temporarily preventing Aubry from coming within 100 yards of Berry, Martinez, and Nahla.
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