Madonna Trying To Send Rebellious Son Rocco To Military School

Madonna may be taking her controlling nature to the next level when it comes to her runaway son Rocco Ritchie.

As Radar previously reported, Rocco, who refused to leave his father Guy Ritchie‘s home in London to celebrate Christmas with Madonna in New York, has always lived under his mother’s strict rules.

“Madonna is a very good mother, but she’s mega controlling,” a source close to the pop icon, 57, told Radar. “She actively tells him what he can and can’t do, who he can and can’t talk to.”

But now, insiders say the “Like A Virgin” hit-maker is threatening to send her son to a “military type boarding school” in order to straighten him out,New York Daily News reports.

“He’s not being dragged around like a dancing puppet [when he’s in London],” a source told the publication. “He can meet his friends, eat fast food, he doesn’t have an early curfew. The story is his father manipulated him, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. Rocco has a life and friends [in the U.K.] and he can have girlfriends and be in one place.”

As RadarOnline.com exclusively reported, an insider revealed that Madonna and her eldest boy’s fighting came to a head in mid-November when Rocco “ran away in Stockholm,” during a stop on his mom’s Rebel Heart Tour.

But no matter Rocco’s feelings, a New York judge ruled that thedisgruntled teenager must return home to his mother before school begins in January.

“Madonna pulls the strings, calls the shots,” a source shared with Radar. “She’s a hawk in leather leggings.”

Source:http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/madonna-guy-ritchie-custoday-battle-son-rocco-miltary-school/

Madonna goes to court to force son to return for holidays

Popstar Madonna is officially seeking legal assistance to see her son Rocco Ritchie this holiday season.

The desperate mother took to the court on Wednesday to make sure her 15-year-old son — who is currently residing in London with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie — comes home after he refused to return, reportsUSA Today.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan ruled in favour of Madonna and ordered Rocco to return to New York from London, against his wishes if necessary.

The Justice further asked the teenager to resolve the issue through communication and decide who he wants to stay with. She also said that he will be granted a court-appointed lawyer in the matter.

The former couple got divorced in 2008. The hearing hinted to some tension between Madonna and the British filmmaker over the custody of their son, reports the New York Daily News.

Source:http://tribune.com.pk/story/1015801/madonna-goes-to-court-to-force-son-to-return-for-holidays/

Madonna defends Sean Penn: He 'never struck me'

Madonna's got Sean Penn's back.

The pop star is clearing up decades-long rumors that Penn, her husband from 1985 - 1989, abused her, even tied her up, during their marriage.

Why now? Her statements, obtained by USA TODAY, were recently submitted in an addendum to the $10 million defamation lawsuit Penn filed earlier this fall against Empire creator Lee Daniels, after Daniels equated Penn's alleged past with allegations surrounding Empire star Terrence Howard.

"(Howard) ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some (expletive) demon," Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter in September, in reference to to Howard's legal troubles, which include a lawsuit filed over the summer by his ex-wife, Michelle Howard, alleging Howard beat her in 2013. "That's a sign of the time, of race, of where we are right now in America."

Madonna has countered those remarks in a sworn statement.

Yes, she is aware of allegations concerning an alleged incident in June 1987 purporting that "Sean allegedly struck me with 'a baseball bat,'" she says, but calls the reports "completely outrageous, malicious, reckless and false."

In the addendum Madonna also shuts down allegations Penn abused her in December 1989. "While we certainly had more than one heated argument during our marriage, Sean has never struck me, "tied me up," or physically assaulted me," she states.

In the original complaint, Penn stated he will "no longer tolerate" allegations of past violence against women. Penn also emphatically noted that Howard has "reportedly and publicly" admitted to physically abusing women and says Daniels "also seems to condone Howard's reported misconduct. … Penn (unlike Howard) has never been arrested, much less convicted, for domestic violence, as his ex-wives (including Madonna) would confirm and attest."

And that, she did, a nod to how friendly two have become – Penn has been spotted at several of Madonna's concerts in the past year.

Daniels, meanwhile, has said he wants the lawsuit tossed out of court, arguing that what he said in the interview doesn't rise to defamatory meaning. The Empire co-creator's legal team cited the First Amendment, stating that Penn's lawsuit "attempts to silence Daniels' honestly held opinion."

“The fact that Penn felt the need to replace his initial complaint with a new filing is an undeniable concession that he viewed his original complaint as a loser," Daniels' lawyer, James Sammataro tells USA TODAY. "We don’t believe the new iteration will fare any better, as it does not change the fact that the statement is an opinion protected by the First Amendment.”

Penn's lawyer, Matthew S. Rosengart, shot back: "Unfortunately for Mr. Daniels, his statements—which by direct reference to Howard's misconduct, falsely accuse Penn of committing serious, multiple crimes against women—are not protected by the First Amendment. As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously observed almost 100 years ago, the First Amendment is not absolute. Just as it does not protect a person from "shouting fire in a crowded theatre," it also does not protect defamatory conduct."

Source:http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/12/18/madonna-defends-sean-penn-in-court-he-never-struck-me/77587236/