"Gossip Girl" Star Involved in Messy Custody Battle

"Gossip Girl" star Kelly Rutherford, who filed divorce papers last month, fears her estranged husband will vanish with their son.

The star is seeking to bar David Giersch from leaving America with their 2-year-old son, Hermes.

Meanwhile, Giersch has filed papers in Los Angeles alleging the actress, who is pregnant with the couple's second child, once threw a laptop computer at him in a rage.

Both parties are seeking sole physical custody of their son with monitored visitation.

Filing emergency papers at the end of last week, the actress asked court officials to bar Giersch from traveling outside the United States with their son.

In a declaration, she said, "I feel there is some risk that he will leave the country with Hermes and I will not know where they are."

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Madonna and Guy Ritchie Settle Custody

Now that Madonna and Guy Ritchie have acted their age and agreed on joint custody, will the former power couple be able to swallow their bitterness for the sake of their kids?

"The good news is that they spared the children the pain and suffering of a protracted custody battle," says Amy J.L. Baker, a developmental psychologist with an expertise in children and divorce. "The real challenge now is if these two people, who have a lot of hostility between them, can figure out how to co-parent these kids. It's enormously difficult, and very easy to get it wrong."

Gloves Are Off in Aussie's 007 Custody Battle

Australia's James Bond, George Lazenby, has cranked up his bitter child custody battle with estranged wife, former tennis champion Pam Shriver.

Queanbeyan-born Lazenby, who played 007 in On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969, has asked the US judge handling the case to order psychological tests on himself and Shriver to determine if they are fit to be parents.

"He wants it because he has nothing to lose," Lazenby's lawyer Marina Korol said.

The couple, who have three children, four-year-old George and two-year-olds twins, Kaitlin and Samuel, have waged a public war in the past week.

Lazenby, in court papers filed yesterday, accused Shriver of consuming "a cocktail of prescription painkillers, Ambien sleeping pills and rum or vodka each night and during the day".

Shriver, who won 22 Grand Slam doubles titles with Martina Navratilova, has alleged her husband of six years offered beer to their children, was anti-Semitic and threatened to kill her.