It has been an incredibly dramatic few weeks for this star, and while she has pulled out all the stops in her custody battle, matters have taken a turn for the worse this evening.

 

Kelly Rutherford’s children are currently on their way back to Monaco, to their father Daniel Giersch, with their paternal grandmother.

 

The news broke this evening, after the former Gossip Girl actress appeared before a New York judge. The judge had urgently called Rutherford to court after she refused to surrender eight-year-old Hermes and six-year-old Helena to their dad last week.

 

According to reports, Rutherford was ‘shut down’ by the judge at Manhattan’s Supreme Court earlier today when she attempted to speak directly to her. Sources say that the judge did not “look kindly upon” the star’s attempt to disregard the custody order.

 

 

While it was originally thought that Rutherford had gone against the judge’s demand to bring her two kids to court, it emerged that they were actually close by but hiding away from the awaiting ‘media circus’. The judge ordered for the kids to be brought into the building, where they were then reunited with Daniel Giersch’s mother.

 

As previously reported, Kelly refused to send her children back to Monaco after courts in both New York and Los Angeles rejected her custody plea over jurisdictional issues.

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