Christina Ricci was seen for the first time since filing a restraining order against estranged husband James Heerdegen on Wednesday afternoon.
The 40-year-old Golden Globe winner stopped to fill up her car with gas in Calabasas, while wearing a bright red sweater, zebra print leggings and checkered Vans.
During her outing, she kept a low profile by wearing a pair of large black sunglasses and a surgical mask amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Pushing through: Christina Ricci was seen for the first time since filing a restraining order against estranged husband, James Heerdegen, as their bitter divorce battle continues
The mother-of-one kept her clutch handbag under her arm as she pumped gas.
Just last week, a judge has denied her ex’s request for a restraining order against her, after he claimed she is a drunk, pops pills and is a danger to their six-year-old son, Freddie.
Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com show a Superior Court of California judge turned down Heerdegen’s request for a temporary restraining order, a change in custody of their son and a change in visitation rights.
The ruling said there was ‘no basis for emergency orders before a hearing’ and that the allegations made will be ‘considered fully’ at a hearing already scheduled for February 11 in Los Angeles.
Filling up: On Wednesday afternoon, the 40-year-old Golden Globe winner stopped to fill up her car with gas in Calabasas, while wearing a bright red sweater, zebra print leggings and checkered Vans
Quick run: During her outing, she kept a low profile by wearing a pair of large black sunglasses and a surgical mask amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Responsible: The mother-of-one kept her clutch handbag under her arm as she pumped gas
Heerdegen had filed a temporary retraining order against the actress last month making blistering claims that Ricci would get into drunken rages in front of him and their son, black out and then forget everything she did when she finally came to.
Heerdegen also claimed he had to check their son’s bottles of breast milk for fear of it being contaminated with alcohol she drank the night before.
His filing came just days after Ricci accused her estranged husband of physically abusing her.
She said she had to hide knives in the house because she feared he could kill her after he allegedly said he would only feel sorry for her if she was ‘dismembered into small pieces.’
Just last week, a judge has denied her ex’s request for a restraining order against her, after he claimed she is a drunk, pops pills and is a danger to their six-year-old son, Freddie
A judge granted Ricci a domestic violence restraining order against Heerdegen in late January, six months after she filed for divorce.
Heerdegen’s attorney Larry Bakman told DailyMail.com in a statement that, though the judge denied the request for a temporary restraining order, he believes the court is ‘more concerned’ by the allegations made by his client than those made by Ricci.
‘Despite the Court’s denial of Mr. Heerdegen’s request for temporary orders, trial has been set on a far more abbreviated schedule than that provided to Ms. Ricci,’ he said.
Bitter divorce: Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com show a Superior Court of California judge turned down Heerdegen’s request for a temporary restraining order, a change in custody of their son and a change in visitation rights
Denied: Heerdegen had filed a temporary retraining order against the actress last month making blistering claims that Ricci would get into drunken rages in front of him and their son, black out and then forget everything she did when she finally came to
‘Trial on Mr. Heerdegen’s request is set for February 11, 2021 wherein Ms. Ricci’s is not set until March 10th.
‘A reasonable inference is that the Court is far more concerned with Mr. Heerdegen’s allegations particularly with respect to the best interest and safety of the couples’ child.’
In Heerdegen’s request filed Friday, he claims he feared his child was being fed with ‘alcohol polluted breast milk’.
‘On those occasions in which I found ”contaminated” bottles, I would have to throw them out to ensure that our infant was not being fed with alcohol polluted breast milk,’ he says in the filing.
Better times: A judge denied Heerdegen’s request for a restraining order against his wife; seen on February 24, 2019
He also includes embarrassing photos of Ricci ‘in a state of severe intoxication wherein she was ”blacked out” and passed around by numerous third parties who seem to find humor in the situation.’
He says the photos ‘severely adversely affected my emotional calm and peace of mind.
The documents include messages between Ricci and Heerdegen where she apologizes for her alleged drunken outbursts.
‘I get it this time,’ Ricci writes. ‘This morning was a huge alert’.
In other messages he labels herself a ‘monster’ and says she’s ‘detoxing.’
Heerdegen claims at one point she was so drunk she fell over while holding their baby in her arms and says she would drive their son in a car while under the influence.
He goes on to claim that Ricci once terminated a pregnancy without his knowledge.
‘I was particularly devastated upon learning of this,’ he said. ‘It resulted in a brief separation as I left the family house in order to contemplate whether I wanted to continue on in the marriage. Ultimately I decided to reconcile with Petitioner and moved back into the family.’
Court documents obtained by DailyMail.com (above) show a Superior Court of California judge turned down Heerdegen’s request for a temporary restraining order
In court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, Heerdegen claims that Ricci would get into drunken rages in front of him and their six-year-old son Freddie. He claims he had to check baby bottles where she pumped her breastmilk for fear of being contaminated with alcohol she drank from the night before
Heerdegen also tells of a time in August 2015 when they traveled to Savannah, Georgia, while Ricci was filming a show for Amazon.
He says they threw a small party for their son who had just turned one. Heerdegen says he left the party and returned to find Ricci drunk which ‘resulted in her launching into a drunken tirade in front of my son, informing me that she had slept with a producer on her show, and calling me the most vile of names and making bizarre threats.
‘The following day [Ricci] claimed to have no memory of what she had said or done. When I inquired about her statement that she had slept with a producer on the show, she stated to me that she most likely said that in order to ”hurt me”.
‘Prior to our separation in June of 2020, [Ricci] would drink to excess on an almost daily basis causing her to engage in emotionally abusive and offensive conduct directed towards me wherein Petitioner during her rants and raves would typically call me a ‘fu**ing cu*t,’ he writes in the filing.
The documents include messages between Ricci and Heerdegen where she apologizes for her alleged outbursts. ‘I get it this time,’ Ricci writes. ‘This morning was a huge alert.’ In other messages Ricci labels herself a ‘monster’ and says she’s ‘detoxing’
Heerdegen claimed Ricci would ‘typically ”black out” after drinking to excess, and upon waking, have no memory of the events and/or abusive conduct that she had engaged in’.
While Ricci claims Heerdegen has been violent with her, he says in the filing that she once attacked him while he was on the toilet.
The actress accused Heerdegen of allegedly beating her, throwing her into a fire pit and mocking her with pig noises before she filed for divorce in June last year.
Ricci’s allegations were included in a request for a domestic violence restraining order against Heerdegen, which a judge approved late on Wednesday.
Photos of bruises on her hands, wrists and arms were included in the court documents, which were obtained by TMZ, as proof of Heerdegen’s alleged abuse.
Heerdegen claims at one point Ricci was so drunk she fell over while holding their baby in her arms and says she would drive their son in a car while under the influence
But in Heerdegen’s filing, he claims any photos she has of her own bruising was caused by her hitting him.
Ricci’s attorney Samantha Spector said in a statement to DailyMail.com that Heerdegen’s filing is ‘nothing more than a transparently abusive attempt to silence my client. It will not work. Christina will not be intimidated by Mr. Heerdegen and his barrage of misleading claims – and she remains determined to protect her family.’
A judge ordered Heerdegen to remain at least 100 yards away from Ricci and their son Freddie. He also cannot have visitations with the boy and must stay away from the family’s dog.
The couple married in 2013 after two years of dating. They met on the set of ABC’s Pan Am.
Ricci filed for divorce in June 2020 citing irreconcilable differences as the reason why she wants to end the marriage.
She is asking for sole custody of their only son.