Christina Ricci filed a restraining request against her husband James Heerdegen, which a judge granted on Wednesday.
Ricci, who filed for divorce from Heerdegen in July due to allegations of abuse, provided new details about the alleged abuse, reports TMZ.
The 40-year-old “Casper” star claims that Heerdegen’s abuse started in December 2019, when she told him she wanted a divorce, although when the COVID-19 blockade started in March, she “found herself stuck in a home with a violent abuser. ”
Her lawsuit claims Heerdegen attacked her twice in June 2020, allegedly dragging her around the house and throwing coffee and a chair at her. Another detail revealed in his last lawsuit: James told Ricci “the only way he could feel sorry for me is if I was broken up into small pieces” in late 2019, “something that made me think that [he] could kill me. “
Judges order Heerdegen to keep at least 100 yards from Ricci and the couple’s 6-year-old son Freddie and have no contact with them. She is also seeking a formal court order preventing him from returning home, where he has already moved.
Ricci is also trying to prevent Heerdegen from releasing unspecified audio and video that she fears he will use to extort or “humiliate and embarrass her” and wants him to deliver the material.
Through his lawyer, Larry Bakman, Heerdegen told TMZ that he “unequivocally denies all allegations of abuse made by Ricci as having occurred in 2020” and told the website that he plans to file his own restraining order against Ricci “detailing his conduct abuse fueled by alcohol and substance abuse.
“Her papers will also include documentation that Ms. Ricci advised the police in December 2019 that there were no previous incidents of domestic violence between the couple, which undermines their credibility.”
Ricci and Heerdegen met in 2011 on the set of Ricci’s ill-fated series “Pan Am” and were married in 2013.