Court forces Madonna’s son Rocco to spend Christmas with her

Madonna and ex-hubby Guy Ritchie are locked in
a trans-Atlantic tug-of-love battle after their
teenage son refused to return to his mum in New
York, it was reported on Wednesday.
Rocco, 15, was visiting his film director dad in
London and was expected to fly back to the
States.
But in a dramatic twist, the 57 year old pop diva-
who is in the middle of a world tour – went to
the Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday to try to
force her ex-hubby to sent the teenager back to
New York.
She told Justice Lewis Kaplan she had been told
by Rocco that he wants to remain inLondon.An
attorney representing Mr Ritchie responded that
the teen ‘has expressed very clearly that he does
not want to return to New York”, the New York
Daily News reported.
When asked by the judge whether Ritchie, 47, has
prevented his son from returning to the US, the
filmmaker’s lawyer, Eric Buckley, reportedly said:
“He has expressed very clearly that he does not
want to return to New York.”
Justice Kaplan ruled that Rocco must return to
New York and talk to his mother before deciding
which parent he prefers.
The teenager will be represented in the custody
case by an attorney appointed by the court.
The judge told the singer, who arrived at court
wearing a black cape: ‘I’m directing the child to
be returned to New York.”
Madonna and Ritche tied the knot in 2000 and
divorced eight years later.