The New York Post reports that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan ordered Rocco, 15, to come home to New York from London.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Sick of touring with mum, he’d been staying there with his film director dad, Guy Ritchie, below.
But when he disobeyed Madonna’s demand to board a plane back to the U.S. the diva went running to a judge to intervene, say reports.
Guy’s lawyer Eric Buckley made it very clear that Rocco would not return to the U.S. voluntarily.
“He has expressed very clearly that he does not want to return to New York,” Guy’s lawyer Eric Buckley told the judge.
Reports say the comment annoyed Madonna, who tried to interject, but was hushed by her celebrity divorce lawyer Eleanor Alter.
A source close to the case said Rocco might not abide by Judge Kaplan’s order.
“This is a 15½-year-old strapping young kid, so we’ll see,” a source close to the case said.
The source said Rocco had been travelling with Madonna across the world for her Rebel Heart tour for the last two months.
“The boy said he didn’t want to stay with her,” the source said. “He’s not getting along with his mum, which is not a surprise for a child that age.”
The Like a Virgin singer announced in August that Rocco would be touring with her.
“I think he’s probably gonna work behind the scenes,” Madonna told EW.com.
“He’s not interested in performing on stage with me right now. There’s way cooler things.”
There is also a pending court proceeding in the UK, where Rocco has his own lawyer.
The Manhattan judge said Rocco would also have a court-appointed lawyer in the New York custody case, where the teen could tell the judge whether he wants to live with mum or dad.
But first he must come to New York and face his mum, the judge said.
