Vanessa Amorosi’s mother breaks her silence after ugly court battle with her pop star daughter ended with a devastating verdict

Vanessa Amorosi’s mother Joyleen Robinson has revealed that she dreams of reuniting to her family amid a brutal court battle that has seen her daughter evict her from her Narre Warren property. 

The pop star sued Robinson for sole ownership of two properties in 2023 – the rural Melbourne home where Robinson lives, and a second home in Los Angeles, where Vanessa resides – almost a decade after the pair fell out over her music earnings. 

Despite facing homelessness, Robinson told A Current Affair on Wednesday that all she wants is to reunite with her daughter, who she calls her one-time ‘best friend’, and meet her grandson for the first time.  

‘I do care about the house. I do love my house, but I love my daughter more’ Robinson said, adding that she has been left ‘devastated’ by the breakdown of their relationship. 

Robinson explained she has not seen Vanessa, 43, who relocated to America in 2017, in ‘ten years’ but will ‘always love her’. 

Breaking down when asked if she believes her daughter still loves her in return, Robinson said, ‘I hope so, I hope so’. 

Vanessa Amorosi’s mother Joyleen Robinson has revealed that she dreams of reuniting her family amid a brutal court battle that has seen her daughter evict her from her Narre Warren property. Pictured on A Current Affair on Wednesday night 

Offering a message for her estranged child, a tearful Robinson pleaded, ‘Come home. 

‘Come home and join the family again. I’d love to meet her little son. He’s my grandson. I’ve never met him.’

The Absolutely Everybody hitmaker shares son Killian, born in 2016, with her husband, Brazilian martial arts trainer Rod Busby, who she married in 2017. 

When asked why the pair fell out, Robinson blamed the music industry and a brain aneurysm she claims her daughter suffered. 

‘It was after she had the aneurysm. She changed. Apparently, it was a brain aneurysm, and she had to have all this medication’ Robinson said. 

Robinson explained that her daughter stopped speaking to her, which she found ‘strange’ before demanding information on her income from her mum.

‘I got an email one day saying that she wanted to know a little bit about her business. And so my younger daughter and I wrote it all out for her and sent it off’ she said. 

‘I’m a very honest person, right? I don’t take nothing from anyone.’

The pop star sued Robinson for sole ownership of two properties in 2023 – the rural Melbourne home where Robinson lives, and a second home in Los Angeles, where Vanessa resides – almost a decade after the pair fell out over her music earnings. Amorosi is pictured in 2020

Robinson previously told Daily Mail Australia she is convinced her daughter suffered the brain injury more than nine years ago and wiped part of her memory. 

The grieving mum added that she believed Vanessa has someone ‘in her ear’ pushing her to make financial decisions. 

‘I just think people were talking. They sort of were in her ear. Where’s your money? Where’s your money sort of thing?’ she said. 

Amorosi has been deadlocked with her mother after suing her over ownership of properties in Australia and the United States after a dramatic falling out.

Robinson had lived in the semirural property in Narre Warren in Melbourne’s southeast since 2001, while the other house included in the battle is Amorosi’s current California home.

In 2024, Supreme Court Justice Steven Moore ruled Amorosi was entitled to the properties but would have to pay her mum almost $870,000 in restitution.

The matter returned before the court in October last year, after negotiations between lawyers representing the mother and daughter failed.

Amorosi’s barrister Joel Fetter said the singer was putting forward two of three options for a settlement between the pair following the court ruling.

Offering a message for her estranged child, Robinson pleaded, ‘Come home. ‘Come home and join the family again. I’d love to meet her little son. He’s my grandson. I’ve never met him’

Robinson had lived in the semirural property in Narre Warren in Melbourne’s southeast (pictured) since 2001 

In 2024, Supreme Court Justice Steven Moore ruled Amorosi was entitled to the properties but would have to pay her mum almost $870,000 in restitution

In the first, Mr Fetter said Amorosi would allow her mother to stay at the home if she was to be bought out of her stake in the regional property.

Robinson could otherwise elect to sell the property, though the court was told there were disagreements about how and for how much that would occur.

Mr Fetter told the court it was usual for the Real Estate Institute of Victoria to be appointed to find an agent, or else someone with knowledge of selecting real estate agents.

In the second option, a net payment was to be made by Amorosi to Robinson after monies were exchanged on the order of costs between the pair.

The offer was initially made on the eve of the trial and would see Robinson walking away with $350,000 after paying $300,000 to Amorosi.

Supreme Court Justice Steven Moore questioned whether the order was ‘reasonable’, the basis on which he will make his ruling on costs.

‘The ultimate proposition which is a net transfer of $350,000, which is vastly less than what Robinson has an entitlement to by order of the court,’ he said.

The court was told the calculations with which the amount to be paid by Robinson was made were flawed, but according to Mr Fetter the net sum still stood.

Amorosi has been deadlocked with her mother after suing her over ownership of properties in Australia and the United States after a dramatic falling out. Robinson is pictured attending the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne in 2020

Amorosi is pictured attending the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne in 2020

Amorosi launched legal action in March 2021 seeking sole ownership of a trust that listed both women as owners

In his submission, Robinson’s lawyer, Daniel Harrison, also disputed how the figure was calculated and that it had no bearing on the final offer.

‘It is a serious matter, and I don’t suggest there was any intentional or recklessness in the stating of the figure of $300,000, but it was a gross error,’ he said.

‘It was a profound mistake and my learned friend can’t be heard to say, or the plaintiff can’t be heard to say, look, the end justifies the means.’

Amorosi launched legal action in March 2021 seeking sole ownership of a trust that listed both women as owners.

The singer claimed the properties were bought using her ownership and that her mother had been ‘very generous’ with the millions of dollars she earned.

‘She’s the party that earned all the money to buy it, she’s the party that, obviously, with that new-found wealth, would want to buy a house for herself,’ Mr Farrer said.

‘And, she’s the party that acted consistently over the subsequent years, with the position that the house was hers.

‘So, we say that in this offer, wherein Amorosi says you can have half the house, it’s a 5050, that was very generous in my submission, having regard to the prospects.’

When asked why the pair fell out, Robinson blamed the music industry and a brain aneurysm she claims her daughter suffered nine years ago 

The grieving mum added that she believed Vanessa has someone ‘in her ear’ pushing her to make financial decisions. Vanessa is pictured in 2020

In countersuing, Robinson claimed the Narre Warren home was bought for her and they pair had made an agreement in the kitchen of their previous family home.

The agreement allegedly stipulated that if the singer ever hit financial difficulty, Ms Robinson would repay the initial $650,000 purchase price.

In 2014 she paid $710,000 from the sale of their previous home to pay down  Amorosi’s $1.2m California mortgage, claiming the agreement had been fulfilled.

But Justice Moore found the ‘kitchen agreement’ had never happened, with Robinson to be reimbursed the $650,000 plus $219,486 in interest.

The court was told in October last year that Robinson had made claims that were later abandoned that the trust was for the benefit of the whole Amorosi family.

Robinson told A Current Affair that she has not yet been paid, and that her daughter has till the end of the month to make that payment. 

Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Vanessa Amorosi for comment.