Kelly Rutherford, to Vanity Fair: custody battle is exs side fun project

Vanity Fair has a long piece about Kelly Rutherford’s custody battle which is heavily biased in her favor. As she’s done in just about every interview to date, Rutherford makes vague accusations against her ex husband, Daniel Giersch, which are impossible to verify. This is her M.O., to paint her ex as this shady distant German guy who stole her kids from her. The truth is that Rutherford has consistently failed to foster a co-parenting relationship with Giersch while he’s accommodated her. Plus there’s the whole issue of her kidnapping their kids this summer by refusing to send them back to Monaco. I won’t get into all that again, I’m assuming you know the details. This piece is disappointing, but it’s nothing new from Rutherford. It’s just surprising to me that there are outlets like Vanity Fair which are willing to run her side of the story as if it’s accurate when she’s been proven anything but. I guess the fact that Rutherford is talking is still working in her favor. Giersch has wisely kept quiet and given her enough rope to hang herself over and over.

Here are some excerpts from the article, which explains away key details that work against Rutherford, particularly the fact that she left Giersch’s name off their daughter’s birth certificate and the incident in which a lawyer on Rutherford’s side got Giersch deported. According to this account, the lawyer who called the State Department did so on his own volition. If that’s the case this is the first time we’ve heard of it. I’m cutting so much out so if you’re interested you can read it at the source.

Update: article redacted due to pending litigation against the source publication.

The article concludes that Rutherford is likely to be left with supervised visitation and that this is sad for her and she’ll continue fighting. I have to refute this new account of how Rutherford’s side got Giersch deported. They claimed an accusation was made to the State Department without Rutherford’s knowledge that Giersch had alleged “shell” companies. Earlier accounts, run by celebrity-friendly People Magazine, claimed that “Kelly stated on the record that Daniel was dealing drugs and weapons in South America.” That’s a much different story than blaming a new lawyer for making a call without Kelly’s knowledge. Suddenly all the arms dealing accusations are forgotten.

Rutherford’s next court date in her custody case is set for October 26 in Monaco.

You guys – she’s wearing black now. I swear in every photo I’ve seen since she returned from Monaco she’s wearing black! This is a sign. Also, she clung to a young girl who was not her daughter at the Pan premiere. If that was Kelly’s kid she’d be in black too.

photo credit: FameFlynet

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