Madonna’s son Rocco ordered by judge to join her in New York for Christmas

Rocco Ritchie reportedly wanted to spend Christmas in the UK with his father Guy Ritchie
Christmas plans: Rocco Ritchie with his father Guy Ritchie
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Kiran Randhawa24 December 2015
The Weekender

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A judge has ordered Madonna’s son to join her in New York for Christmas after he apparently refused to board a plane and instead wished to remain in the UK with his father Guy Ritchie.

Rocco, 15, is in the midst of a residence battle between his parents, who divorced in 2008.

The pop star appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court telling a judge that the 15-year-old had informed her that he would prefer to stay in the UK with his film-director dad.

The 57-year-old singer, who is currently in the middle of her Rebel Heart world tour, asked Justice Deborah Kaplan to force her ex-husband to send their 15-year-old son, Rocco, to New York.

Madonna at Madison Square Garden

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A lawyer for Ritchie argued the teenager “has expressed very clearly that he does not want to return to New York.”

The judge asked whether Ritchie, 47, prevented his son from returning to the US. The filmmaker’s lawyer, Eric Buckley, replied: “Effectively yes.”

Judge Kaplan ruled that Rocco must return to New York and talk to his mother before deciding which parent he wants to live with.

“I’m directing the child to be returned to New York,” Kaplan told the singer. “If he wants to stay with his father, he must return to his mother.”

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