GoT actress Josephine Gillan says her baby has been ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli social services

Game of Thrones actress Josephine Gillan claims her baby has been ‘kidnapped’ by social services in Israel while she was being looked after by a friend

  • Game of Thrones actor Josephine Gillan confirms her baby was taken away 
  • 8-month-old Gloria was in care of a friend when she was taken by social workers
  •  Distressing video shows the moment the child was taken in middle of night 
  • Gillan said she and her friends are left ‘heartbroken’, set up a GoFundMe page 

Game of Thrones actor Josephine Gillan has confirmed her baby was taken by social services in Israel. 

British-Israeli actor Gillan, who stars as Marei the prostitute in GoT, alleges her eight-month old daughter was taken away in the middle of the night by social workers. 

The child was in the care of her friend, while she underwent therapy for postnatal depression on the orders of social services, when the distressing incident occurred. 

A video uploaded by Gillan shows Gloria being taken away by a woman under the supervision of two men in uniform. 

Game of Thrones actor Josephine Gillan has confirmed her baby was taken by social services in Israel

A video uploaded by Gillan shows baby Gloria being taken away by a woman under the supervision of two men in uniform

A video uploaded by Gillan shows baby Gloria being taken away by a woman under the supervision of two men in uniform

Josephine Gillan (pictured), who stars as Marei the prostitute in GoT, alleges her eight-month old daughter was taken away in the middle of the night by social workers

Josephine Gillan (pictured), who stars as Marei the prostitute in GoT, alleges her eight-month old daughter was taken away in the middle of the night by social workers

The person filming the incident can be heard arguing with the social workers, but to no avail.  

The group then get into a waiting car with the baby and make off into the night. 

Gillan confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying she had been left heartbroken. 

Gillan (pictured with her daughter) confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying she had been left heartbroken

Gillan (pictured with her daughter) confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying she had been left heartbroken

Gillan confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying she had been left heartbroken

Gillan confirmed the incident on Twitter, saying she had been left heartbroken

‘The disturbing moment that the #Israeli #socialservices kidnapped my baby! At 12:30pm at night on Sunday! My friend pleaded! But was threatened to jail if she did not hand over my baby! me & loving friend and her family! We are all heartbroken!’ she said. 

The GoT actor added: ‘Nothing but sick twisted #socialworkers #socialservices trying to ruin lives and separate a baby from its mother that hasn’t done anything wrong! They kidnapped my baby!!!’

Gillan first appeared in the second series of the hit HBO series as an unnamed character. 

She was recalled for season three and her character was subsequently given the name Marei. 

She reappeared in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth series. 

Marei has since set up a GoFundMe page to help bring her baby back. 

'I am Josephine Gillan and I'm an actress from the HBO series game of thrones, I'm not currently working as it's finished now and I've been busy with motherhood,' she wrote on the GoFundMe page

‘I am Josephine Gillan and I’m an actress from the HBO series game of thrones, I’m not currently working as it’s finished now and I’ve been busy with motherhood,’ she wrote on the GoFundMe page

‘I am Josephine Gillan and I’m an actress from the HBO series game of thrones, I’m not currently working as it’s finished now and I’ve been busy with motherhood,’ she wrote on the fundraising page. 

‘3 nights ago the social services came in the night at 12:30am! With the police and kidnapped my daughter and took her to another family! I’m not allowed to see her or have contact! I have no idea where she is!! I was not there at the time and was not aware of what they had done!’

She added: ‘I have not done anything wrong and neither has my friend who was caring from her!’

 

 

 

 



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