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Head and shoulders shot of Berry in brown jersey and sunglasses, hair cut short, seated at an autograph table.Berry at the 2003 Comic-Con International in San Diego, Berry has been married twice. Her first marriage was to former baseba player David Justice, shortly after midnight on January 1, 1993.The couple separated in 1996 and their divorce was finalized in 1997.Justice played with the Atlanta Braves and experienced a measure of fame as the team rose to prominence in the early 1990s. The couple found it difficult to maintain their relationship while he was playing baseball and she was filming elsewhere. Berry has stated publicly that she was so depressed after her breakup with Justice that she considered taking her own life,but she could not bear the thought of her mother finding her body. Berry's second marriage was to musician Eric Benét. They met in 1997 and married in early 2001 on a beach in Santa Barbara.Berry credited Benét with support after she was involved in a February 2000 traffic collision, in which she suffered a concussion and left the scene of the accident before the police arrived. 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 pled no contest, did community service, paid a fine and was placed on three years' probation.A civil lawsuit was settled out of court. The couple separated in 2003.After the separation, Berry stated, "I want love, and I will find it, hopefully. While married to Benét, Berry adopted his daughter, India. The divorce was finalized in January 2005.
Berry has been a victim of domestic violence, and now works to help other victims. In 2005, she said, "Domestic violence is something I've known about since I was a child. My mother was a victim of it. Early on in my life I made choices, and I chose men that were abusive because that was what I knew growing up...First time it happened, I knew enough to keep moving. In November 2005, Berry began dating French-Canadian supermodel Gabriel Aubry, nine years her junior. The couple met at a Versace photoshoot. After six months with Aubry, she stated in an interview, I'm really happy in my personal life, which is a novelty to me. You know, I'm not the girl that has the best relationships.At one point, Berry had indicated that she planned to adopt children, but her experience playing a mother in Things We Lost In The Fire opened her mind to the possibility of motherhood. After initially denying rumors, she confirmed in September 2007 that she was three months pregnant.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".Berry hired security guards after receiving racist threats to her unborn baby from a stalker, who said her child will be "cut into hundreds of pieces". At one time, Berry indicated that she did not intend to marry again, insisting the couple's life was already complete without the need for a marriage. She has stated that she hopes to have a second child right away. Aubry recently told In Touch magazine, "I'd like Nahla to have a sibling in 2009. On

April 30, 2010, it was reported that Berry and Aubry had separated. Berry's representative confirmed their relationship had ended a few days later by saying, They have been split for some time, but remain friends and committed parents to their daughter. They worked out a financial and 50/50 custody deal with a family lawyer, but TMZ reported that it is not final. The source said, "As much as it can be it's been an amicable split. They both traveled a lot for work anyway, so they were used to spending time apart for long periods, but I think Halle has taken it pretty badly; she truly loved Gabriel and thought she had found the one.