Leaving Malawi
Madonna left Malawi on a private aircraft on Sunday after failing to adopt a second child from the African country, airport officials said.
Security forces blocked the road leading to the airport after Madonna’s convoy arrived, preventing reporters from speaking to her or filming.
Madonna, who was seeking an interim adoption, appealed against a High Court decision refusing her bid to adopt a four-year-old girl named Mercy James.
Her lawyer, Alan Chinula, said she does not have to appear before the Supreme Court for the appeal.
From Reuters.
Madonna left Malawi on her private jet Sunday after being rebuffed in an attempt to adopt a second child from the poor African nation, air traffic control officials said.
Police roadblocks prevented reporters from approaching the airport but one police officer said Madonna carried David, her adopted Malawian son, up the steps of the Gulfstream jet.
It was bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, air traffic officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
The singer’s lawyer has said that she will appeal against a court ruling that she is not eligible to adopt a three year old orphan girl, Chifundo “Mercy” James, because she hasn’t lived in Malawi.
No date has been set for a court hearing to appeal the judge’s ruling.
From the Associated Press.