Christina Ricci’s estranged husband seeks a restraining order against the actress, accusing her of excessive drinking and domestic violence.
Again, a petition for a domestic violence restraining order comes days after Ricci, 40, filed a restraining order against him, according to court documents obtained by Page Six on Friday. Her order was granted.
In his order, according to the Daily Mail, Heerdegen claimed she would go into a drunken rage in front of herself and their son Freddie. He claimed she would have no idea what happened when she finally sobered up again and that at one point he had to check Freddie’s bottles while she was breastfeeding.
“This filing is nothing more than a transparently abusive attempt to silence my client,” Ricci’s attorney, Samantha Spector, told us in a statement. “It won’t work. Christina won’t be intimidated by Mr. Heerdegen and his barrage of misleading claims – and she remains determined to protect her family.”
Ricci and Heerdegen married in 2013 and welcomed their son Freddie in 2014. The actress filed for divorce in July 2020 following an alleged incident involving a domestic battery.
Ricci filed for primary legal and physical custody of Freddie, 6, as part of their divorce. She also asked the court not to grant Heerdegen visiting rights.
In her own documents filed in opposition to his request on Friday, Ricci told the court she believed Heerdegen had filed for the warrant in retaliation for her order, submitted earlier in the week and that it was not necessary. At the time, she provided the court with photos of the injuries she allegedly sustained as a result of Heerdegen’s abuse, some of which she said had occurred in front of their son.
She also added an audio clip from June 25, 2020 of an alleged incident between the two in which, according to court documents, “James can be heard terrorizing Christina, spitting and screaming at her, admitting to violence, following her from room to room, chasing her. and then violently assault her, before the recording ends abruptly with her crying that she’s calling the police. Shockingly, this recording also captures Christina attempting to lead the minor child – who is present – away from the escalating scene. “
“It is expected that James will accuse Christina of physical abuse against him for defensive actions she has taken to evade his attacks on her,” the document read. He may also try to portray Christina as someone who admits to be responsible for their fights against others. The foregoing is to be expected in cases where serious domestic violence has no control over it in a household … but there is no doubt that James is the primary aggressor and perpetrator of domestic violence to be held responsible for his heinous behavior. “
Heerdegen denied Ricci’s allegations to TMZ earlier this week.