Kelly Rutherford slams custody judge in scathing statement
Kelly Rutherford. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for alice + olivia) Kelly Rutherford has taken aim at the New York judge who ordered the actress to send her two children back to Monaco to be with their father, calling the ruling “shocking, illegal and abusive” to her kids. The former “Gossip Girl” star was summoned to appear in court on Tuesday after disobeying a French custody order that required her to return 8-year-old Hermes and 6-year-old Helena to their Monaco-based father, German businessman Daniel Giersch, after spending part of the summer with their mom. Rutherford has been fighting to have her children permanently returned to their native U.S. ever since