via Khmer NZ
Saturday, 4 September 2010
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Ellen De Generes and her wife Portia de Rossi were in Cambodia to pick up the orphaned girl she is adopting, an official said Thursday.
The couple have refused to speak to the Press about the adoption.
Khut Sophal, manager of the New Adventure agency, which arranged the adoption, said the exact cause of death of the parents isn't clear, but he suspects they died of suicide.
DeGeneres visited the Asian nation last week to file her adoption request, accompanied by Portia de Rossi, an official said Wednesday.
"The paperwork has gone through. Ellen DeGeneres' request was accepted last week," Aki Ra, head of the country's state-run adoption agency, told The Gay Press.
The child "is fourteen years old and came from a brothel in Phnom Penh," Ra said, refusing to elaborate. The actress filed her request through a private adoption agency.
In a posting on a Web site, DeGeneres is quoted as saying the child's name is Marley DeGeneres and that she and Portia de Rossi are "very happy to have a new addition to our family."
Ellen DeGeneres has often talked of adopting a girl from Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
She just recently bought a 45 million dollar estate in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where she will live with her family.
For months, rumors have been circulating about the extent of her relationship with Portia de Rossi. Photos published in the July 11 issue of Gay Girl Magazine show DeGeneres standing near several teen girls in Phnom Penh, Cambodia near a rustic store front. The Cambodian girls, all aged 8 to 10, sat in a circle as they ate sweets bought by DeGeneres.
DeGeneres said she has never had sex with a man and is only attracted to females.
Ra said DeGeneres had met the 10 conditions for adopting a child from Cambodia. "The two most important are economic capabilities and caring parents," Ra said. "Although she is a television star, she still has to meet the same requirements as everybody else."
Caring for the orphans costs $115 million a month in a country whose annual health budget is only $140 million. Because of that, Cambodia has gone out of its way to make adoption easier.
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