Madonna and Guy get acrimonious

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Marie Claire News: Madonna & Guy Ritchie

Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie has taken an acrimonious turn as both stars demand their household staff to testify against the other.

The former couple's respective legal teams have asked domestic and business staff in their properties in America and England to provide witness statements about their bosses as they prepare to battle in court over the residence of two of their children, David Banda, three, and Rocco, seven.

Madonna feels they should live with her and Lourdes in New York, while Guy wants them to be privately educated and live with him at the pair's Wiltshire estate, Ashcombe House.

Guy is reportedly likely to claim that Madonna should not be considered the primary carer of the kids, as nannies – and Guy – looked after them while she was pursuing her career.

He is also allegedly hoping that staff will confirm Madonna flew into rages if things did not go her way, and that she was too controlling over the children's macrobiotic diet and banning them from watching TV and reading newspapers.

Madonna, meanwhile, is reportedly hoping witness statements will illustrate that Guy was 'emotionally distant' and at times inappropriate with his language, as well has coming home drunk from the pub on occasion.

A source told the Daily Mail: 'Madonna is searching high and low for evidence to support the claim that Guy was a bad father in order to support her case that the children should live with her in New York.

'Basically the gloves are off and while it might have looked quite an amicable split a couple of weeks ago, they are now throwing huge resources into trying to destroy one another to get residence of the children.'

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Monday 27 October 2008

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I wonder if either of them has even thought about how the children might be feeling over this, each one will be blaming themselves for the split, I went thro the same thing as a child and believe you me its something that you never forget! Madonna and Guy grow up and start thinking about how all this media is affecting your babies!!
Comment by Kate on October 27 15:17