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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A Brazilian family delivered a 9-year-old boy to his American father in Brazil on Thursday, ending a five-year custody battle. Sean Goldman was brought into the U.S. Consulate by his maternal grandmother and his stepfather, making it into the compound's front door. His father, David Goldman, was waiting for him inside. Ref. USAToday
It was heartbreaking seeing this child in tears when his grandparents and stepfather dropped him to the US consulate. He was literally clutched to his stepfather. It was a was a very, very traumatic moment and I hope everyone involved, specially Sean gets therapy because he will need it.
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I just read that the US embassy offered the grandparents of Sean the possibility of bringing him to the embassy through a secure area (through a garage) but they rejected the offer and instead chose to park their car a block and a half away from the embassy and walk with Sean in the middle of a storm of journalists and paparazzi. I was very disappointed to read that.
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