Former Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford has reacted angrily to claims that she ‘kidnapped’ her children by not returning them to their father in Monaco, in conjunction with a court order.
Appearing on Good Morning America today, the 46-year-old said: “I think kidnapping is when no one knows where the children are. I was in communication. The kids were Skyping with him [Daniel Giersch] every day. I wrote him an email telling him exactly that nobody had jurisdiction in my country, and I was concerned until somebody gave me some order that said they were coming back.”
The mother-of-two added that she is still “trying to process” this week’s court hearing, during which Judge Ellen Gesmer ordered for eight-year-old Hermes and six-year-old Helena to return to Monaco with their grandmother.
“I just feel like their voices have not been heard. I walked into a courtroom where everything felt like it was already done. It was a done deal. His [Giersch’s] mother was sitting there with plane tickets, smiling, ready to take them. Nobody heard our argument,” she said.
This week marked the most dramatic turn in the former couple’s long-running custody battle, which has been playing out since 2009.
