The Academy Award-winning actress was speaking to the Assembly Committee on Public Safety in California to support the introduction of legislation to limit the ability of press photographers to photograph celebrities' children.
The 46-year-old, who is pregnant with her second child, told the committee: "My daughter doesn't want to go to school because she knows 'the men' are watching for her.
"They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where else, besieging these children just to get a photo."
"They were trying to start a fight with my fiance because if they get a photo of that it's more money.
" Berry said, adding that her daughter was terrified. "She asked 'Mommy, are they going to kill us?' She didn't get to sleep until 3 a.m. because she can't get this out of her mind and she doesn't understand what just happened to her."
After the hearing, journalists scurried after Berry, recording her every move until she boarded a private elevator with de Leon.
Berry has repeatedly tangled with paparazzi.
In April the Los Angeles Times reported that she shouted at photographers at Los Angeles International Airport and told them to get away from her young daughter.
Following her evidence, the committee voted in favour of the new legislation which changes the definition of harassment to include photographing or recording a child without the permission of a legal guardian by following the child or guardian's activities or by lying in wait.
It also increases the penalties for people convicted of such behaviour. Anyone convicted of a first offence could spend between 10 days and a year in jail.
But journalism advocates fear the bill will interfere with reporters and photographers gathering news.
In an age when everyone with a mobile phone has a camera, some have argued it also puts private citizens at risk of prosecution.
"It sweeps legitimate newsgathering activities into the new definition of harassment and exposes everyday activities that journalists do to criminal and civil liability," said Jim Ewert of the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
No doubt Berry’s fears over the paparazzi
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Halle Berry’s daughter is not ready for her close up.
The 46-year-old pregnant actress appeared at the California State
Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday to testify for a bill that would
restrict paparazzi from photographing the children of celebrities and
other public figures.
The
Academy Award winner, who has had so much trouble with pesky paps that
she wanted to move to Europe, got personal during her testimony, sharing
stories about how her 5-year-old daughter, Nahla, has become terrified
of “the men” and fear they may even kill her.
“My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching
for her,” Berry, who said she was speaking on behalf of her young
daughter and the baby boy she will soon add to her family, said,
according to the Washington Post.
“They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where
else, besieging these children just to get a photo.”
Berry recalled a comment Nahla made to her,
saying, “‘They don’t do this to other little kids. Why can’t you do
something mommy?’ I have to look at my 5-year-old and say because I have
no rights to do anything.”
“The Call” star also talked about the April
incident when she and her fiancé, Olivier Martinez, touched down in Los
Angeles after a family getaway
in Hawaii and were cornered by what she estimated to be 50
photographers. The French actor appeared to lunge at one of the
shutterbugs for getting too close, and Berry exploded on them, screaming, “Get away! There’s a child! Jesus! What’s wrong with you people?”
“They were trying to start a fight with my
fiancé because if they get a photo of that it’s more money,” Berry
recounted, adding that Nahla, whose father is model Gabriel Aubry, was
scared for her life. “We get into the car, and my daughter is now
sobbing, and she says to me, ‘Mommy, are they going to kill us?’ She
didn’t get to sleep until 3 a.m. because she can’t get this out of her
mind and she doesn’t understand what just happened to her.”
If the anti-paparazzi bill passes, “The quality of my life and my children’s lives will be dramatically changed.”
Despite First Amendment concerns, the Assembly Public Safety Committee
approved the anti-harassment bill. It now goes to the Assembly
Judiciary Committee after some modifications are made to the wording so
that journalists taking photos or reporting on news aren’t impacted and
it targets those people being aggressive, stalking, or recording a child
without the permission of a parent.
No doubt Berry’s fears over the paparazzi
situation grow as she anticipates the arrival of her second child later
this year. She and Martinez announced their baby news in April, and the proud dad let is slip earlier this month that they are expecting a boy.
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Halle Berry’s daughter is not ready for her close up.
The 46-year-old pregnant actress appeared at the California State
Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday to testify for a bill that would
restrict paparazzi from photographing the children of celebrities and
other public figures.
The
Academy Award winner, who has had so much trouble with pesky paps that
she wanted to move to Europe, got personal during her testimony, sharing
stories about how her 5-year-old daughter, Nahla, has become terrified
of “the men” and fear they may even kill her.
“My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching
for her,” Berry, who said she was speaking on behalf of her young
daughter and the baby boy she will soon add to her family, said,
according to the Washington Post.
“They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where
else, besieging these children just to get a photo.”
Berry recalled a comment Nahla made to her,
saying, “‘They don’t do this to other little kids. Why can’t you do
something mommy?’ I have to look at my 5-year-old and say because I have
no rights to do anything.”
“The Call” star also talked about the April
incident when she and her fiancé, Olivier Martinez, touched down in Los
Angeles after a family getaway
in Hawaii and were cornered by what she estimated to be 50
photographers. The French actor appeared to lunge at one of the
shutterbugs for getting too close, and Berry exploded on them, screaming, “Get away! There’s a child! Jesus! What’s wrong with you people?”
“They were trying to start a fight with my
fiancé because if they get a photo of that it’s more money,” Berry
recounted, adding that Nahla, whose father is model Gabriel Aubry, was
scared for her life. “We get into the car, and my daughter is now
sobbing, and she says to me, ‘Mommy, are they going to kill us?’ She
didn’t get to sleep until 3 a.m. because she can’t get this out of her
mind and she doesn’t understand what just happened to her.”
If the anti-paparazzi bill passes, “The quality of my life and my children’s lives will be dramatically changed.”
Despite First Amendment concerns, the Assembly Public Safety Committee
approved the anti-harassment bill. It now goes to the Assembly
Judiciary Committee after some modifications are made to the wording so
that journalists taking photos or reporting on news aren’t impacted and
it targets those people being aggressive, stalking, or recording a child
without the permission of a parent.
No doubt Berry’s fears over the paparazzi
situation grow as she anticipates the arrival of her second child later
this year. She and Martinez announced their baby news in April, and the proud dad let is slip earlier this month that they are expecting a boy.
- See more at: http://www.nydjlive.com/36443/halle-berry-appears-in-court/#sthash.ryGIh6yt.dpuf
Halle Berry’s daughter is not ready for her close up.
The 46-year-old pregnant actress appeared at the California State
Capitol in Sacramento on Tuesday to testify for a bill that would
restrict paparazzi from photographing the children of celebrities and
other public figures.
The
Academy Award winner, who has had so much trouble with pesky paps that
she wanted to move to Europe, got personal during her testimony, sharing
stories about how her 5-year-old daughter, Nahla, has become terrified
of “the men” and fear they may even kill her.
“My daughter doesn’t want to go to school because she knows ‘the men’ are watching
for her,” Berry, who said she was speaking on behalf of her young
daughter and the baby boy she will soon add to her family, said,
according to the Washington Post.
“They jump out of the bushes and from behind cars and who knows where
else, besieging these children just to get a photo.”
Berry recalled a comment Nahla made to her,
saying, “‘They don’t do this to other little kids. Why can’t you do
something mommy?’ I have to look at my 5-year-old and say because I have
no rights to do anything.”
“The Call” star also talked about the April
incident when she and her fiancé, Olivier Martinez, touched down in Los
Angeles after a family getaway
in Hawaii and were cornered by what she estimated to be 50
photographers. The French actor appeared to lunge at one of the
shutterbugs for getting too close, and Berry exploded on them, screaming, “Get away! There’s a child! Jesus! What’s wrong with you people?”
“They were trying to start a fight with my
fiancé because if they get a photo of that it’s more money,” Berry
recounted, adding that Nahla, whose father is model Gabriel Aubry, was
scared for her life. “We get into the car, and my daughter is now
sobbing, and she says to me, ‘Mommy, are they going to kill us?’ She
didn’t get to sleep until 3 a.m. because she can’t get this out of her
mind and she doesn’t understand what just happened to her.”
If the anti-paparazzi bill passes, “The quality of my life and my children’s lives will be dramatically changed.”
Despite First Amendment concerns, the Assembly Public Safety Committee
approved the anti-harassment bill. It now goes to the Assembly
Judiciary Committee after some modifications are made to the wording so
that journalists taking photos or reporting on news aren’t impacted and
it targets those people being aggressive, stalking, or recording a child
without the permission of a parent.
No doubt Berry’s fears over the paparazzi
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