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Halle Berry Ordered to Fork Over $20,000 a Month in Child Support to Gabriel Aubry

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Halle Berry has reportedly been ordered to pay baby daddy Gabriel Aubry a staggering $20,000 in monthly child support.

The ruling came down in court on Monday, according to TMZ.

Until now, there’s been no judge-mandated child support arrangement between Berry and Aubry.

The former couple has been embroiled in an ugly custody fight over 4-year-old daughter Nahla.

Berry has indicated that she’d like to move to Paris with her daughter, pending the outcome of the battle.

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  • Lori

    Good! I feel like she just used him to get pregnant anyway. I’m not a big Halle fan. Something about her just doesn’t sit well with me.

  • go away

    that is ridiculous it does NOT take 20,000 a month to raise a child

  • http://twitter.com/superbenA2002 Ben Arrowood

    Child support goes by a person’s income. So, the more you make, the more you have to pay.

  • Lisa

    I wonder if he is being awarded that amount to allow him to travel back and forth to see Nahla if Halle does move to Paris. He’s not raising her on his own so I don’t know why she would have to pay him child support. If I were Halle I would ask that he be made to pay half of Nahla’s private school tuition, half of her extracurricular activities, half of her nannies salary, yep, I would just keep adding until we reached about 20k a month. Weird ruling without all the facts.

  • http://twitter.com/ch33rylips Joanna ☂

    Lol wow that’s cray, Britney pays that a month for 2 kids and she’s worth way more than Halle.

  • Guest

    Men have to pay that amount all of the time. She is the main financial support, so it is her obligation (like all women that make more than men) to pay up for her child’s needs.

  • Guest

    Lori, I feel the same. I am not a fan of Halle Berry. Something about her I don’t care for.

  • Geraldine

    Why should Halle pay him child support when she has main custody of the child? This doesn’t make any sense to me. Looks as if he is sitting back waiting to collect money. He better get a job to support himself.

  • Krissu

    What bothers me the most is that when parents separate and one of them decides to take a child to another country. The other parent should not be forced to spend extended period of time without seeing his/her child.

  • Anonymous

    Never felt one way or the other about Halle. Something about the way she’s been going after the ex though and wanting to move their child to another country sits wrong with me. She’s been acting vindictive.

  • Tax Payer

    GOOD…

  • Tiara Marshall

    So wait. How is it that she has custody and she still has to pay child support?

  • http://twitter.com/ch33rylips Joanna ☂

    They share custody

  • Anonymous

    And I take it you have all the facts.

  • Wife&Mom

    I don’t remember who said this but it should be a law to “love your child/children more than you hate your ex”. Unless the ex is breaking the law or abusive. Such a shame the kids are the ones that suffer.

  • Jane

    Speaking as a person who has dealing in the child support area. It does not work that way Lisa. You do not get to call the shots on what is awarded. There is a system and it is based on income. Look at former wives and girlfriends of celebrity men who have gotten larger amounts. So, good for Gabriel. I applaud any man willing to help raise his child. Halle would pay that much or more to an outside source to take care of Nahla. So why not pay it to someone who loves the child and is raising her?

  • Patti

    The guy needs money from his ex-girlfriend???

  • Anonymous

    So, if she has primary custody, and he has partial, assuming that she would be expected to pay out the same amount or greater in funds during the time that their child is with her, that would be a minimum of $40,000 to raise a child. Entire families live on that. Not that I begrudge anyone their money – I would be quite happy to be wealthy – but, seriously, $480,000 per year to raise a child? I know it’s based on income, but I still think it’s excessive.

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  • Persianpickle

    Wow ! that was expensive for a sperm donor,I hope he was worth it Halle.

  • Geraldine

    I don’t think so. she said that she wants to get away from America because she has paparazzi always following her child trying to take pics at her school. That child cannot go to school in peace. It’s a shame! That little girl is so afraid of those ugly looking criminals. Halle can’t have any peace in LA. I don’t see why any celeb even live there in that awful place. I know their jobs are there, but when my job is over, I would go to live some place else. When you are tired, you are just tired. LAPD has done nothing to protect her and her child.

  • Roxamme

    Isn’t it amazing how many celebrities manage to keep there lives and those of their children private. Halle, has always publicized herself and her marriage at every turn. She could have easily kept her child’s life private!!

  • Geraldine

    If they share, then why is she paying him? That means the custody is even.

  • Geraldine

    Halle did keep her life private. What you saw was paparazzi snapping pisc and tabloid stories to make people think just what you are thinking. Maybe you read too many tabloids. That’s why I hate tabloids and paparazzi.

  • Geraldine

    Hater!!!

  • Geraldine

    To me, he is just a show and all for money. He called Halle the “N” word… so if she is the “N” word so is the child which is a part of her. He was for Halle’s money from the beginning. The lazy bum. He doesn’t care about that baby as much as he does for the money.

  • Geraldine

    He wasn’t married to her. the tabloids and paps are helping him out because all of this didn’t come up until after she stated why she is going to leave LA to go to Paris to live. It is all rigged, if you ask me. LAPD probably has a hand in it because they never lifted a finger to help her child.

  • Geraldine

    She was not married to him. It’s all rigged.

  • Geraldine

    Well, that’s too dam* bad because she hasn’t done a dam* thing to you racists.

  • Anonymous

    Ah, common sense. I applaud you, Jane.

  • Guest

    Because the child is expected to live in the same circumstances no matter which parent he or she is with. If Halle is living in mansions with nanny’s and all that goes with wealth, then she has to make sure her child lives exactly the same when with her father. If Halle loses her money and lives in a one bedroom apartment, then he would have to pay her. Britney Spears pays through the nose to her ex, the same goes here.

  • Georg

    Brittany was married, Halle wasn’t. You know that man will spend that money on himself and his woman. It’s all rigged.

  • Guest

    It is NOT rigged. Guest was right about the circumstances. That is how the court works. Also Gabriel has to prove he is spending the money for the good of the child. So don’t make comments if you don’t know what your’re talking about.

  • Guest

    HELLO!!! She has a fiance lives in France.. And if Halle could get her child to Europe, she could avoid her baby daddy a lot better. She wants a “new family with her fiance, her and her child. Does she think the paparazzi won’t follow her in Europe? If she does think that, she is naive. She has definitely been trying to keep her baby daddy away from his daughter which is not fair to the father of the daughter. The child supposedly loves her father a lot, so maybe this will force Halle to smarten up, act like a responsible parent, and share custody with the child’s father. “You can’t always get what you want”!

  • Guest

    And add my kudos to that Jane. It is nice to see someone with a voice of reason.

  • Guest

    SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO HIM. If he is the child’s father, marriage to him doesn’t have a lot to do with it. He is still the father, no matter what, and deserves to see his daughter. If he doesn’t have as much money as Halle, she pays him. IT IS NOT RIGGED. Everyone is treated the same.

  • Guest

    Please DON’T play the race card. That has nothing to do with anything. And you know it. You just can’t make your arguments make sense so now it has to be race. Get serious.

  • Cherry

    Oh shut the hell up racist.

  • Cherry

    Shut the hell up stinking racist.

  • Cherry

    You get serious. Your ass doesn’t know what it is to be Black in America. I know what Halle is going through. You don’t get help like the average White does. She has every right to leave this forbidden place. I am not playing the race card. It’s the truth. She said that she wasn’t getting help. Your ass make sense besides saying you hate someone you have no idea of what she is going through.

  • Chloe

    I can’t help but feel Halle is getting what she deserves. She really trashed this guy and you get paid back for what you do, and I feel she is getting paid back. Kim K is next.

  • Anonymous

    Doesn’t the kid live with her? Aubrey needs to get a damn job! He has good looks. Sell it.

  • SunnyOne

    Good! Her history says she can’t make it very long with any guy, anyway. Let’s just say the childs father will be well-paid for his fabulous genetic contribution LOL! This amount of money is nothing to her. If she cared about her child, she wouldn’t have been so public with her business for so long. Not all celebrities are. Now she cares about her safety etc in the US? right…It’s simply off to another country with another man. She has made each ex in her life a ‘bad guy’ in the media.
    I hope she is not the best Olivier Martinez can do. I hope this Dad wins custody.

  • JMO

    Yes well, it will be interesting to see if he does continue trying to see his daughter once he is given his little monthly bonus. From my experience most men grow old of having to make the effort for their children especially if they move to a different country.

  • JMO

    I don’t know if any of you have children of your own, but honestly if you felt the Father of your child was a dangerous man to be around your child, wouldn’t you do anything in this world to protect them? I know I sure would!

  • Cherry

    Tabloids always make the celeb look the worse in the situation.

  • Cherry

    Hell, she carried the baby and paid the bills. What the hell is he doing but wanting to collect money? Let his ass work for himself. The lazy bum.

  • Guest

    It’s called CHILD support because he is taking care of the CHILD. If he ceases to do that, he gets no MONEY. It is not alimony, it is for the child. Yes, I am shouting to get the point across.

  • Cherry

    You just wish that because he is White. I wish that Halle wins custody because she carried the baby and paid the bills. He doesn’t want the child if he called the mother the “N” word. You just want harm to come to that child knowing that he doesn’t work and relying on Halle’s money. She has to care for her safety here in the USA. Do you know what it’s like being Black here? No, evidently. Why should she stay in this place? She is not protected.

    What fabulous genetic contribution? haha Because he is White? How can he be fabulous and relying on a woman’s money?

  • Thechocolatebabydoll

    Halle didn’t have to make her other ex’s look bad! They did that all by themselves: a sex addict and one that just wanted her money? Two marriages…and yes..she just wanted a child. But I know plenty of people that share custody and NO ONE pays the other support. So…why is she paying agian?

  • Anonymous

    How is Guest being racist? Because they don’t care for the way Halle Berry has handled her custody case with her ex? I’m glad they have shared custody & I hope she isn’t allowed to move to France with Nahla. She has her father right here & I don’t think Olivier Martinez would mind moving to California so she could near her dad.

  • Anonymous

    Lol And you know what she’s going through? This has nothing to do with being “Black In America”. You do forget that she’s half white as well. This isn’t about race, I find it so sad when people try to bring race into every argument.
    Just because someone doesn’t like her, it doesn’t make them racist. Do you find me racist for not caring for her(Obviously I’m black)?
    She has no right to take her child away from the father just because she feels like it or it’s convenient for her because she’s engaged. Nahla deserves to be with her father who has been with her since she was born.

  • guest

    Race card? Really??? Grow the heck up Geraldine…

  • guest

    Did you hear him call her that or was that just what the tabloids said? I remember Halle claiming he called her that, but nothing was proven, and this “occured” while she was getting ready to file for full custody. It could’ve very well been part of a scheme to make him seem unfit for parenting…you don’t know for sure. You should really use a voice of reason…

  • guest

    Geraldine–are you really Halle??? You’re calling everyone a racist on this board…kind’ve unsettling!!! And fyi–everyone who doesn’t agree with you should NOT automatically be labeled a racist. I married an african american man–am I a racist for not agreeing with your comment??? And by the way…Halle is half white you dim wit!!!

  • guest

    They share custody.

  • Who is Geraldine?

    For the record – the commenter “Geraldine” = Halle Berry. Or someone who’s really, really terrible at trolling the internet.

  • Guest

    And now her name is “Cherry”. All the “Geraldine” posts switched since if you change it once, this blog goes back and changes the others to the new name. Opps!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A4ATQVWKBEQM35PIM5DU6UOG3Y Robert

    great post…paying 20K to a boy that doesn’t even have custody of the child…

    she should have stayed Black…

  • Disgusted

    There are very few real men with pride left in this world today. To accept money from a woman, particularly the mother of your child, instead of working to support that child. Come on!

  • Cherry

    Shut up racists. You don’t even know what you are talking about. You don’t see above your lip.

  • marie

    That woman is a narcissistic person who has turned on every man she has ever been involved in. David Justice, Eric Benet, and now Gabriel Aubry. The idiot she is about to marry will receive the same treatment. Use to be a fan. No longer. She is the common denominator in all her relationships with men that have turned ugly.

  • Light Westwood

    I do believe that the “Geraldine” character is a Troll. Halle Berry has too much to do, which keeps her busy making the money that Handsome McLazy is raping her for. If you notice his pics Aubrey has stopped really trying to look model fit. He knows that he now has a “cash cow” by the nose ring. He basically sold himself as a stud service, while Halle was in it for love. If he had really loved her, rather than just wanted her money…he could have had it all. If she had observed him to be a consistently good and loving, reliable father; trying to pay his way and make a full commitment, she would have eventually married him. She is marrying now, how much more logical is it that she would have loved to be with Nahla’s father and have a full-blooded sibling for her child. Halle is one of the world’s most beautiful women, she hasn’t indulged in behaviors that have put her in rehab, not even once. She hasn’t been accused of theft…she had the accident and left the seen of the incident, which could have been in part a mental confusion resulting from the occurrence. That was very sad all around. She was unfortunate enough to have abusers in her life. One was a physical abuser, the other was an abuser of her trust in sexual/marital fidelity. Now Gabriel Aubrey has made her feel used and de-valued on a profoundly deep level, by using a racial slur against her. Maybe, he is not trying to pull his own weight for Nahla, because she is not really a fully recognized legitimate heir.

    Historically, men have walked away from their mixed race children whether the mother’s race was black or white. This must stop! Society has let this type of deadbeat dad get away for thousands of years. It has to stop. DNA is exposing this neglect and shame from generations back. We could not reproduce across racial lines if it were not part of what is natural and good. Has any one of you ever met the offspring of a duck and a fish or say a wolf-horse or even a raccoon-squirrel?

    Even more pointed have you ever seen two men have a child without assistance or two true to gender born women have a child by natural means? No. Men have anal sex…I have never heard of a baby being carried in the region of the prostate and then being delivered anally. At least men ejaculate seed…half way there…, but women just slime each other, no fruit, no baby, it’s not natural. Yet, people are more supportive of same-sex marriage than inter-racial marriage. Wise up people. Racial designation is a big deal, because of the desire to be “better than” others, to dominate and segregate and disenfranchise, for purposes of personal or the collective gain of one group over the fortunes or prospects of another group. We need “heart” transplants. We need to be morally awake.
    Sure, have same -sex unions, but marriage (an institution established to protect the off-spring) should remain sacrosanct between a man and a woman, of what ever racial blend. Society needs to say collectively, “you planted the seed, you provide for and nuture the fruit. No more deadbeat dads of any race, isn’t it time?

  • Anonymous

    I do have children and there has been no proof the father is a dangerous man. I think it’s more important for the father to have interaction with his child then to move her to another country where his contact would be extremely limited. It’s not fair to either the child or the father.

  • Shocked

    It amazes me that in 2012 racial profiling is still swept under the table. Using the “N” word is beyond ignorant. But Halles’ problem is that she did not really know this man and allowed herself to fall for yet another undeserved man. When will we learn??? Why buy the milk when you can get the whole cow (20k monthly) for free??

  • Shay

    I understand that you do not have to be married to pay child support. However, I’m confused as to why Halle has to pay her ex so much in child support when she is the primary caregiver. Of course, we don’t have all the details and we don’t know if they are going to share custody. I remember one time she complained about the way he lived, so maybe the judge awarded the sum so he could get a respectable place to live by her standards.

  • Light Westwood

    Though Halle Berry is the custodial parent, Gabriel Aubrey will now live off of the child support of said astounding sum. When their child visits he’ll have a room in his august dwelling available for her use. Meanwhile, he can live the life of a “trustfunder”, sleeping in, dining out, traveling abroad…bon-bon eating, lol etc. Time is the great equalizer. Whoever this judge is, there is a bit of the smell of “ism” on this verdict. There are lots of them, take your pick. It is as if Halle is being punished for a wrong. She is like any other woman. She wants love, loyalty, mutual respect and mutual effort in building a life together. All of us deserve to feel that we can trust our intimates with the most private and profound parts of ourselves. He was a “vanity cake” (Caroline Ingalls made these) all perfect and golden on the outside and full of hot nothing on the inside.

  • Ngh352

    Stop the racist rubbish, it’s totally irrelavent, don’t be morons, this is about child support. This is an obscene amount of money, she is the main supporter and shouldn’t have to give him a penny. It’s disgusting. He should be paying child support, lazy useless waste of space living off a woman, what kind of self respecting man would take money off a woman anyway. His parents, should be ashamed. Men get away without paying child support all the time, that’s bad enough but to pay a lazy ex money who doesn’t have full custody is disgraceful and the judge who decided this should step down or go back to law school! Idiotic decision by any normal person’s account!

  • martina

    I believe, thanks to your comment, that you could not embarrass yourself more enough. Did not you get it, that anytime you using the race card, you creating the exact opposite reaction you tent to seek? Silly girl…..

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    peppermintulip, what proof do you have of what you posted above? “Something about” is pure conjecture and insinuation, not proof. “Going after” and “vindictive” are only your emotional projections onto what was proven to be telling the truth to the legal system. “Sits wrong” is neither here nor there out here in the real world. Let me project something onto your behaviour: you’re just jealous.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Very true, Geraldine. Many actors do live outside Los Angeles. However, it seems that Mr. Aubry does not allow that right to Halle.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, the laws in France don’t allow the paparazzi to stalk and photograph the children of the famous. Where is your proof for this wild allegation, “she has definitely been trying to keep her baby daddy away from his daughter which is not fair to the father of the daughter”? Aubry is constantly being photographed with Nahla at school. In addition, what makes you think that it’s not fair to Nahla? Maybe that’s the whole point, to be fair to Nahla.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, finding an individual, who is not of your won race, with whom you connect does not mean that you care for and respect their entire race as a whole. That’s like saying, “I have black friends; my maid is black!”

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Robert, $20,000 PER MONTH

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, you should really use the voice of reason…not conjecture. At least Geraldine used what Halle actually said, which you acknowledged. What did you use, your imagination disguised as the truth? Be logical.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, Lori, may I use the jealousy card?

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, you have a point. However, Aubry is the noncustodial parent. He should be paying his fair share, whatever he can afford. Models who work for A-list designers, like Versace (Halle met him on that job), make good money. Think Naomi Campbell money.

    “In every state, both legal parents are required to support their children, regardless of whether they were married when the child was born…the family law court will order the noncustodial parent to contribute a specified sum of money to the costs of childrearing (called child support)”

    http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/living-together-book/chapter10-9.html

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Ben, it goes by who has primary custody. The noncustodial parent (Aubry) has to pay the parent who has primary custody (Halle). Aubry was a high-paid fashion model; he met Halle working a Versace shoot. However, it’s not $20,000 per month money. I guess he did the math.

    http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/living-together-book/chapter10-9.html

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Yellomamba, Lisa qualified her statement at the very beginning with “I wonder.” That means she openly admits she has no facts, but would like to know some. That fact is that Halle is the primary custodian. Aubry’s the noncustodial parent, which pays. It seems like it should stay that way because of his volitility, even with his baby right there. Not good parenting at all.
    http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/living-together-book/chapter10-9.html

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/halle_ex_fight_for_kid_hurt_CNVMqJvMzKJNO0CwNURycK

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Jane, I’m curious. Didn’t those wives and girlfriends have primary
    custody? Halle has had primary custody
    since Nahla’s birth. Doesn’t the law say
    the noncustodial parent is the one who pays child support? Aubry’s the noncustodial parent. He should pay child support to Halle since
    she’s paying the majority of Nahla’s expenses: education, medical, clothing,
    food, entertainment, etc. However, she’s
    not asking him for money. Aubry’s not
    poor. He is a high-paid fashion model
    for designers such as Versace, et. al. He can still work after the swelling goes
    down. Does anyone know just how
    substantial Aubry’s financial portfolio is?
    Maybe someone should investigate a little further. We know so much about her, but very little
    about him other than he looks good.

    http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/living-together-book/chapter10-9.html

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, you’ve hit the nail on the head.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    What do we know about Gabriel and his past relationships, money, other children?

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Roxamme, did Halle call the paparazzi and tell them to stalk Nahla at her nursery school? This is precisely Halle’s point. In Los Angeles, you can’t even take your child to nursery school in peace. At least in France they have laws against stalking the children of celebrities.

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Exactly! You, too, have hit the nail on the head. I wonder if Halle were granted by the court to stop paying child support to Aubry, would he just gradually disappear?

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Yes, and let’s suppose Halle stays here in Los Angeles (I hope not), gets sole custody and is ordered to stop paying child support to Aubry, would he just slowly disappear just like those child support checks?

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Does Aubry have to provide the court with every receipt on a daily basis?

  • http://twitter.com/ShakerHeights Babs

    Guest, is that important? Does that change the facts of this situation? Who do you think is Aubry? Hmmm…

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