Madonna has purchased a New York apartment using her maiden name - sparking further fears her marriage to Guy Ritchie is in trouble.

The Holiday hitmaker bought the flat directly above her existing home near Central Park for $7 million using her maiden name, Ciccone. It is believed the 49-year-old will knock through the building to make a “super duplex” apartment.

The couple’s marriage came under intense scrutiny last month when the director failed to show up at New York’s Rock + Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, where his wife was honored.

This was the latest of several events the couple had failed to attend together, prompting scurrilous reports they’d split.

Madonna attended the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival last night in NYC. Her film, ‘I Am Because We Are’, which she wrote/executive produced, was premiered at the festival. The documentary, directed by Nathan Rissman and produced by Madonna, is about Malawi orphans who have lost their parents or siblings to AIDS.

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