David Goldman saw his son Sean today for the first time in four and a half years. The visitation was a success. Out of respect for the Brazilian courts who have asked that details remain private, we will defer to the media accounts of the visitation. Below is a list of media outlets we expect to report on the story…
We need all of your help making sure House Resolution 125, which was introduced last week by Congressman Chris Smith, gets the support it needs in Congress. All House members can co-sponsor it, but the most important co-sponsors are the other reps from New Jersey and the other members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Let’s make sure these…
As many of you have now heard, David was granted visitation rights after a five hour hearing in Brasilia. He will be able to see Sean in Rio within a relatively short period of time, possibly as early as Monday, assuming all parties cooperate. Congressman Chris Smith will accompany David on this visitation and Embassy staff will be there as…
This all happened very fast and we admit we weren’t planning on announcing it quite yet, BUT, David is on his way to Brazil. SEE BREAKING NEWS SECTION BELOW VIDEO US Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District saw the NBC Dateline story on Friday night and contacted David for a meeting. The Congressman promised to do all he could…
Please let us know your thoughts on the Dateline Report which aired Jan 30 on NBC. You can also visit the Dateline “newsvine” and Producer’s Blog at the links below. Thank you to Dateline for a job well done. The full video of the Dateline story is available here, in six parts, on BringSeanHome, minus some of the copyrighted music.…
BARACK OBAMA: I didn’t know about this until Sunday but one of our members got in touch with Barack Obama just before the election and received a personal response. I’ve added it to the Media and Documents page. We will be reaching out to President Obama and as soon as we have updated contact information, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham…
The interview of David Goldman by Greta Van Susteren of Fox News Channel’s “On the Record” was aired on Tuesday 1/13. You can view her blog and comment on the story at the following link: http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2009/01/14/a-fathers-quest/#comment-3803225
Good article today in Toronto’s National Post reporting the intricacies of pursuing child abduction cases in Brazil. The revolving doors of Brazil’s justice system have not stopped turning. The article discusses the cases of Francois Larivee of Montreal, Canada who also has been trying to get his son returned from Brazil for four years and David Goldman. Brazil’s record on…
The following article was published in Consultor Jurídico Magazine on December 15 and relates to a recent development in the case in which the STJ Judge, Minister Luis Felipe Salomão, has recommended a mediation hearing between David and João Paulo Lins e Silva. As far as we are aware, there has never before been a similar ruling in a conflict…
We had a great event today in New York City today supporting David’s efforts to bring Sean home. Thank you to all of you who volunteered and helped make this a successful event. Your support and enthusiasm was tremendous. Please click on the ABC News report below. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6553199