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"Kelly Rutherford will stop at nothing to ensure her two children with ex-husband Daniel Giersch return to the United States.\r\nThe Gossip Girl actress, 44, appeared on the Nov. 16 episode of NBC&amp;apos;s Dateline to discuss the current state of her custody dispute with the self-made millionaire. Because Giersch&amp;apos;s visa has been revoked, an L.A. judge ruled that Hermes, 5, and Helena, 3, must live in France with their father for the foreseeable future.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Why would you take the kids away from their mother, out of their school, away from their friends and everything they&amp;apos;ve known, and plant them somewhere else?&amp;quot; asked Rutherford, who is based in New York City. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s hard to even believe it&amp;apos;s real.&amp;quot;\r\nThe judge stipulated that Giersch must provide Rutherford with plane tickets, a car and a place to stay in France. &amp;quot;I was on a plane three weekends a month,&amp;quot; the actress said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m being punished for being a good mother and taking care of my children, and he&amp;apos;s being rewarded for having his visa revoked. Our kids are U.S. citizens and they have a right to be raised in the U.S.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe actress openly sobbed during the interview. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s crazy. It&amp;apos;s like, what matters other than your babies? Nothing. What matters is that your babies are okay.&amp;quot;\r\nRutherford and Giersch split in 2009 while the star was still pregnant with Helena; the German entrepreneur later claimed that he only learned of his daughter&amp;apos;s birth via the tabloids. &amp;quot;The truth is he knew that I was in labor and I was at the hospital. I just didn&amp;apos;t want him right there because it was very painful,&amp;quot; explained Rutherford, who acknowledged that she did not put his name on Helena&amp;apos;s birth certificate. &amp;quot;I was very, very hurt.&amp;quot;\r\nGiersch also accused his ex-wife of trying to alienate their children from him. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s like someone declared war,&amp;quot; Rutherford said.\r\nThough Giersch&amp;apos;s attorney would not comment on the status of his visa, he expressed concern over Rutherford&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;aggressive public relations approach&amp;quot; and said his client&amp;apos;s children &amp;quot;are happy and thriving.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBecause the U.S. State Department does not release information regarding revoked visas, Rutherford must simply wait for Giersch to get it restored. &amp;quot;How do you take two young citizens, little kids, out of the country, away from their mother because the father&amp;apos;s visa was revoked?&amp;quot; she asked. &amp;quot;I would think that their rights were being violated.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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