David Justice Speaks Out On Halle Berry Abuse Claims: 'I Didn't Appreciate That'

Former MLB star David Justice revisited his marriage to Halle Berry during an interview on the All the Smoke podcast on Thursday, August 7.

Justice said Berry proposed after five months of dating and, still in the “honeymoon” phase, he agreed; they married in 1992. Soon after, he claimed, “cracks” appeared.

Justice recalled realizing the Boomerang star wasn’t the traditional spouse he envisioned, citing an incident where Berry greeted another actor with a kiss on the lips in front of him. When he raised it, he said Berry told him it was just “a Los Angeles thing.”

Justice noted the relationship ended in 1997 and said he, not Berry, filed for divorce. He alleged that the public narrative blamed him for the split and claimed the “machine” behind Berry fueled that perception.

The most painful fallout, according to Justice, came when Berry discussed a past domestic violence incident involving a former partner years later.

Though Berry did not name anyone, Justice said the lack of clarification allowed the public to assume he was responsible. “She let the world think it. She didn’t come out and say, ‘Nah, it wasn’t David,’” he said. “That, I didn’t appreciate from her.”

Justice’s comments echo a stance he shared publicly in 2015, when he used social media to deny causing Berry’s partial hearing loss. At the time, he wrote that Berry had told him a “former Hollywood boyfriend (WS)” was responsible for the ear injury, adding that Berry had “never said that I hit her.”

He also expressed frustration with what he described as a pattern in which her exes—himself included—were celebrated during the relationship and criticized afterward.

As for “WS,” Hollywood speculation has long pointed to Wesley Snipes, but Berry has never publicly identified the person. In her accounts, she has not named the former partner involved.

Justice maintains he was not the abuser and says the lingering public assumption has followed him since their divorce.