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Are you an affectionate father? Good for you. Might want to reign that in, however, if you ever visit Brazil. Thanks to a new law intended to crack down on pedophiles traveling to the area to prey on young girls, an Italian man was arrested recently for kissing his own daughter in public.
Father, mother and daughter all insist that it was simple, playful, parental affection. Yet the man remains jailed a week later.
A new development in the case of the New Jersey father who wants to bring his some home from Brazil.
The kid wants to stay. And he said it on video. (You can watch the clip here.)
Personally, I find this whole story very depressing. This video of the 9-year-old boy, Sean Goldman, saying that he wants to remain in Brazil with his Stepfather, doesn’t do anything to make me feel any better about it.
I’m not saying the kid should or shouldn’t stay. But it’s hard for me to accept the idea that he wasn’t coerced into saying that he wants to “stay in Brazil.” Continue reading »
An American dad’s fight to bring back his kidnapped son from Brazil, five years after his mom took off with the boy for parts unknown, just got crazier. The boy’s Brazilian stepfather is speaking out – and claiming its all the biological dad’s fault.
David Goldman’s wife Bruna left the U.S. in 2004 with their son, Sean, ostensibly on a visit to her family in her native Brazil. Continue reading »
The saga continues. The man who was to be reunited with his son after years of waiting and litigation will have to, sadly, wait longer. David Goldman was to regain custody of his nine-year-old son on Wednesday – a judgment issued by a Federal judge. But a Brazilian supreme court has Continue reading »
This is a strange story but the ending appears to be a happy one.
The details, from CNN:
- Sean’s parents divorced and mom moved him to Brazil in 2004
- Mom died in childbirth in 2008, leaving Sean with stepfather
- Sean Goldman, 8, to be turned over to U.S. Consulate on Wednesday
Hilary Clinton even referred to the case yesterday, which is unusual. But so is the story itself. Continue reading »
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