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Ethics Panel Blasts NBC's 'Checkbook Journalism'

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:49:00 CST

The Society of Professional Journalists has condemned NBC News for practicing "checkbook journalism" by chartering a jet to bring home from Brazil a US man and his son involved in a bitter custody battle. David Goldman granted an interview to Meredith Vieira of NBC's Today show that aired yesterday. "Paying...

David and Sean Goldman, Reunited, Visit Orlando

M. Morris — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:41:01 CST

David Goldman, who was reunited with his son today in Brazil after a 5-year custody battle, has returned to the US with the boy—but to Orlando rather than their home state of New Jersey. A jet chartered by Dateline landed shortly after 6 today, reports WESH, the local NBC...

Sean Goldman Reunited With Dad After 5 Years

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:56:16 CST

David Goldman, the New Jersey man fighting for five years to gain custody of the son taken to Brazil by his mother, was reunited with him today. Sean Goldman, 9, was brought to the US consulate in advance of a 9am deadline by his maternal grandmother and stepfather, but the...

Brazil Judge: Return Boy to US Dad

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:55:20 CST

Brazil's chief justice has ruled in favor of an American man seeking to gain custody of his son. Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes' ruling lifts a stay on a federal court's order for Brazilian relatives to hand over the boy. That puts David Goldman a crucial step closer to being reunited...

Brazil Blocks Release of Son to US Dad

John Johnson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:45:00 CST

Brazil's Supreme Court has unexpectedly blocked a New Jersey man's attempt to bring his 9-year-old son home. David Goldman flew to Rio yesterday planning to pick up son Sean and end a 5-year international custody dispute, after an appeals court ruled in his favor. But a justice on the top...

US Dad Wins Custody Battle in Brazil Court

Kevin Spak — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:49:20 CST

David Goldman is headed to Rio de Janeiro today, hoping to be reunited with his 9-year-old son, Sean, after winning the latest round in his legal battle to regain custody of the boy. A Brazilian federal court has ruled that Sean must be handed over to David, an American citizen...

Father's Quest for Son Strains US-Brazil Ties

Kevin Spak — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:40:01 CDT

President Obama meets his Brazilian counterpart tomorrow, and a likely topic of conversation will be an 8-year-old boy, the Washington Post reports. Sean Goldman’s mother whisked him from Newark to Brazil 4 years ago without telling his father—an act both countries agree violated international law and is a matter...