Grandmother creates profile for Sean Goldman on twitter

PostDateIcon 24/dez/2010. 9:31 | PostAuthorIcon Author: F. Sampa

Brazilian family was obliged to deliver kid at Christmas 2009 and has not spoken to him since June.

Silvana Bianchi, Sean's grandmother, does not see her grandson since December 2009

On this Christmas Eve, Twitter gets a new profile - . It was the way found by the Brazilian family of Sean, aged 10 to mark the first year since the boy was handed over to his father, American David Goldman, after a long legal battle.

In 12 months, Sean's grandmother, chef Silvana Bianchi, had five telephone conversations with his grandson - all monitored - the last on June 22. He tried to visit him in March, but was not authorized by the Courts of New Jersey, where the boy lives.

Silvana moved from the apartment where she lived with her grandchildren and her husband, the lawyer Joao Paulo Lins e Silva, in the same neighborhood to another, a neighbor of the Lagoon on the south side of Rio, where he lives only with her husband and granddaughter Chiara, 2 years. Lins e Silva, Chiara's father, came to get custody of Sean, claiming affective paternity.

"After the day my daughter died Dec. 24 of last year was the worst day of my life. They took a piece of ours, a piece of my daughter, "says Silvana, referring to when he had to take her grandson to the American consulate. "I'm living a nightmare."

The chef's drama began in August 2008, hours after the birth of Chiara. Her daughter, fashion designer Bruno Bianchi, died aged 34. Silvana took care with her granddaughter and went on to fight for custody of Sean.

The case. And Bruna Goldman were married in the United States in 2000. When Sean was 4, she came on holiday in Rio Goldman authorized the trip, but once you reach the city, Bruno decided to separate and obtained custody of Sean in court. Goldman has filed suit asking for the repatriation of the child based on the Hague Convention, which governs international child abduction.

Goldman created the Friends of Bring $ Sean Home site - with sales of mugs and shirts to fund the legal battle. Goldman in talks with a U.S. network the right to exclusive coverage of the case. The mobilization drew the attention of U.S. congressmen and led Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, asking the Brazilian government intervention. "They transformed the future of a child on a policy issue. He was not heard by the courts did not have their right respected. And was forced to cut ties with me, the main reference after the death of his mother, his sister, whom he loves, "she complains.

"Sean is a Brazilian citizen and was not kidnapped," he says. Among the documents stored there by a chef who delivers mail on airfare and lodging Goldman. "One day, he (Sean) will know what really happened," he says.

The final defeat of the Brazilian family was yesterday. The U.S. court refused a request for consular visit - Silvana Brazilian diplomats who wanted to certify that the grandchild is good. "While he was with us, the U.S. consulate sent an employee's home. And we always receive. There is the principle of reciprocity, "he complains.

Christmas. Unlike last year when the Christmas party was canceled this year will be no celebration. "By Chiara." For the first time, Silvana did not buy this for her grandson. "I ordered two Christmas cards registered. Does he get? "

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