Madonna’s son ‘forced to spend Christmas in New York’
The judge told a smiling Madonna that Rocco must also present himself to court in the United States for the case to be decided.
“This is a 15½-year-old strapping young kid, so we’ll see”, a source told Page Six.
The singer is now mid-way through her Rebel Heart tour, which is scheduled to wrap up in March in Brisbane, Australia.
“They boy said he didn’t want to stay with her”, a source close to the family drama said.
It’s not a surprise a 15-year-old boy isn’t getting along with his mom, but this is harsh.
Rocco Ritchie with step-mum Jacqui Ainsley, Guy Ritchie and brother, David Banda.
“I’m granting you all the relief you have requested”, Kaplan told Madonna, who cracked a smile and nodded.
Madonna regularly posts pictures of Rocco on Instagram but admitted he was not interested in performing with her. “There’s way cooler things”. The teenager is the “Material Girl” singer’s son with filmmaker Guy Ritchie, 47.
“If he wants to stay with his father, he must return to his mother”, Kaplan said. It’s just a question of where the battle will take place: London or NY.
That enraged her &, in line with the Manhattan Post, she individually ran to courtroom Wednesday. with her legal skilled to get an order to force Richie to ante up their son.
Justice Deborah Kaplan ruled that the 15-year-old should go to America as soon as possible while the dispute was resolved. Madonna could also appeal the British ruling in London court, the lawyer said.
The hearing, according to the New York Daily News, suggested some tension over custody of the teen between Madonna and Ritchie, who divorced in 2008.
Proud parents… Madonna and Guy Ritchie carrying their baby Rocco after his baptism in 2000. Inside Arrivals at Ziegfeld Theater on August 10, 2015 in New York City.