Halle Berry’s holiday drama

>>> the heated custody battle between halle berry and ex-boyfriend gabriel aubry over their 4-year-old daughter appeared to bubble over this week. aubry and berry's fiancee olivier martinez came to blows this weekend. kristen dahlgren has the latest from los angeles .

>> reporter: as they celebrated thanksgiving thursday afternoon, halle berry and fiance olivier martinez had nothing to say about the fistfight. martinez can be seen with a swollen hand. police say the result of a fight outside berry's home that morning with her ex-boyfriend, model gabriel aubry .

>> the altercation did result in an injury of one of the parties involved.

>> reporter: aubry was taken to the hospital and later arrested on suspicion of battery charges. he was released on $20,000 bail. a temporary order is also in place to keep aubry 100 yards away from martinez, berry, and daughter nahla . common practice in such cases. while police have no comment on the cause of the fight, berry and aubry have been involved in a bitter custody battle over 4-year-old nahla since the two split in 2010 . the two went to court after aubry was accused of pushing a nani who was holding nahla earlier this year. he denied the accusations and charges were never filed. berry is one of hollywood's highest paid actresses, but certainly not the only star to be involved in a high-profile custody battle. britney spears temporarily lost custody of two sons after what some consider bizarre behavior in 2007 . alec baldwin and kim basinger had a very public custody fight involving leaked voicemails from baldwin to his daughter.

>> i'm leave this with you to tell you you have insulted me for the last time.

>> reporter: and christie brinkley and peter cook played out their battle for the children in the media as the world watched. stars fighting their exes while battling near constant paparazzi attention. aubry will be back in court to face the battery charges december 13th . no doubt with fans and photographers looking on. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles .