James Kambewa, 26, who is working as a waiter in Durban, had hoped to meet Mercy whom the wealthy star adopted last year but Madonna's spokeswoman Barbara Charone said the child's father was not known.
"The extended family members had no knowledge of a father. The village leadership had no knowledge of a father... the mother was raped and left," the Sunday Times quoted Charone as saying.
Mercy was controversially adopted from an orphanage by the 52-year-old pop star after the Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a lower court that blocked the placement. She is Madonna's second adopted Malawian child.
"There was a three-week window between the oral arguments (in court) and the decision, when the man could have made his claim. Again nothing," said Charone. "Moreover, the Ministry of Gender has recommended that it would be in the child's best interest not to engage with anyone claiming to be a parent or guardian."
The court listed Mercy's biological father as unknown and said that she was born in January 2006 to a 14-year-old mother who died days after giving birth. Kambewa vowed last year to fight the adoption bid, saying media reports had alerted him to the child whom he thought had also died with her mother, with whom he said he had a relationship. The age of consent in Malawi is 14. He told the Sunday Times earlier this month that he was happy the star was looking after Mercy but hoped to meet her one day.
Is he or isn't he? There's only one way to tell and I'm sure Madge doesn't want a DNA test. I don't blame her for denying him access. I can think of a few reasons he would just pop up all of a sudden when he has been conspicuously absent for so long. If he raped the mother, he deserves quite a different fate.
Madonna is very,very wealthy and their will be a lot of worms coming out the woodwork for a handout.
ReplyDeleteThe child is 4 years old for gracious sake...Madonna adopted the 4 year-old 1 year ago.
Where was James Kambewa the first 3years of her life?
Madonna if James want to prove he's the father let him pay for his own DNA test.
As a new adopted mother,[which is in process at this time]the mother gave up our precious little boy but the courts had to inform his father which is incarcerated for drugs abd other crimes...a three time loser, he had to be inform although he didn't have any rights to my son.
I am sure the courts from other countries have stiff laws about Americans adopting children.