Halle Berry's Ex-Husband David Justice Backtracks After Twitter Rant

Actress's first husband issues (and retracts) a warning to Olivier Martinez about breaking up with Berry; Eric Benét weighs in

By Rebecca Macatee Nov 03, 2015 11:11 PMTags
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Halle Berry's ex sure had a lot to say about their relationship.

It wasn't Olivier Martinez speaking out, though: It was Berry's first ex-husband David Justice who went on a Twitter rant in regards to their relationship.

On Monday night, the former MLB player, who was married to the star from 1993 to 1997, stated that he never hit Berry and is not the former boyfriend who caused permanent damage to her ear. "Halle has never said that I hit her," he wrote, which is accurate: Berry never accused Justice of abuse nor has she ever publicly identified her abuser.

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Justice went on to tweet (and later delete) a claim that his former spouse "was mad at me leaving the relationship so she and her Hollywood Team just tried to destroy my character. It had to be my fault, right?"

"It just makes me mad to still see the same lie being perpetuated about the source of her abuse being me, Never happened!" he tweeted (and again, later deleted).

Justice went on to tweet (and later delete) that he, Eric Benét (Berry's husband from 2001 to 2006), Gabriel Aubry (Berry's former boyfriend and the father of her 7-year-old daughter Nahla) and Martinez (with whom she has a 2-year-old son, Maceo) "were all her 'Knight in Shining Armor' until it ends...Then we all become the worst guys in history. What do you think?"

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Benét responded, tweeting, "My man at @23davidjustice is tweeting some truth dis' mornin'!"

Justice went on to warn Martinez, tweeting (and subsequently deleting), "Just wait, Olivier...it's coming!"

(Martinez needn't "worry" anyway, though;a source tells E! News "things are not bitter" and are actually "amicable" between the actor and Berry.)

Back to Justice, though—on Tuesday, after having deleted many of his Berry-related tweets, he tried to clear the air. "My intention was not to bash Halle, as I specifically said that Halle has NEVER verbally said it," he wrote. "I just wished that when the rumors were out."

"She could've squashed them at that time," he continued. "I have 3 kids and a wife for 15 years.It was important that my kids knew that their dad didn't do...What has been so regularly reported over the years. Now that Halle has confirmed the truth, I will go back to my coaching and mentoring...The kids in my community, coaching baseball, football and basketball. Say what you want about me because I'm far from perfect,but don't say...that I hit Halle. My mom didn't raise me that way. Now, I'll go back into my little small place on this earth and be quiet....Peace!"

Just to reiterate, Berry has never accused Justice of abuse in the past. As of Tuesday, a rep for Berry declined to comment to E! News in response to her exes' tweets.

—Reporting by Marc Malkin