Back at the end of October Vanity Fairran an article about the custody battle between Kelly Rutherford and ex-husband Daniel Giersch. The article once more painted Rutherford as the eternally suffering All-American victim in the situation and published several of her claims that were disproven in court documents.
The New York Daily News is now reporting that Giersch has filed legal action against the publication in Germany. Vanity Fair now faces up to $275,000 in fines if it "if it continues to assert several disputed statements in the article inside Germany". The claims include Rutherford stating she had filed for divorce (the 2008 papers however show Giersch as the petitioner), her saying she didn't ask for full custody (court documents show this was the very first thing she asked for) and more.
Giersch claims that the article is not just damaging to his reputation but also to his children with Rutherford - Hermes, 9, and Helena, 6. "The children of our client must have an opportunity to grow up in peace and to be shielded from the glare of the public eye," Giersch's lawyer said in a statement. "This means that they should not have to read falsehoods in the press about their father. It also means that they should be kept out of the media spotlight as much as possible."
For what it's worth Giersch has gone to great lengths to prevent the children's images from being in the press in Europe. In fact the only time they seem to be snapped at all while living in the horrific underdeveloped travesty of Earth that is called Monaco is when they are being visited by their AMERICAN Mother.
The source also reports that reps from Vanity Fair could not be reached for comment.
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