Christina Ricci has been granted a restraining order against her husband whom she accused of being violent towards her over the years that they’ve been married. 

This is a serious offense against the law, as everybody has the right to be free from torture and every form of violence. People who love each other should never hurt each other. Everyone has a right to liberty and self-respect.

These allegations levied against James Heerdegen, were denied vehemently. He stated that there has been no case of violence between him and Ricci. This has got fans wondering what is actually going on between the two?

Read below for more details about the restraining order.

Christina Ricci is an American actress and producer, born on February 12, 1980, in Santa Monica, California. Ricci started acting in 1990 when she was 10-years-old.

Since she was starred in the movie “Mermaids,” she has been acting ever since, and has starred in several incredible movies like “Speed Racer” and “The Smurfs,” to mention a few.

Ricci is also an award-winning actress with over ten awards, she married James Heerdegen in 2013, and they’re blessed with a son Freddie Heerdegen.

She presently boasts of a $22 million net worth.

Ricci and Heerdegen met each other first in 2011, on the set of ABC‘s series “Pam Am.” Ricci starred in the drama, while Heerdegen was a dolly grip operator. 

The two were blessed with their first child Freddie Heerdegen in 2014, a year after their marriage, the couple were very pleased with their child, Ricci once spoke to “Net-A-Porter’s The Edit” saying “I’m a completely different person than I was before I had my child.”

Before she found love with Heerdegen, she dated actor Owen Benjamin, whom she was engaged to in March 2009, but later called it off in June 2009.

There’s a saying that “some beautiful things ends,” and that’s exactly what happened here. Although, the couple’s relationship looked beautiful on the outside, it’s uncertain what really went wrong in their marriage.

They reportedly started having issues in their marriage and Ricci immediately filed for a divorce from her marriage of seven years.

The “Sleepy Hollow” actress after six months of filling for divorce from her husband filed for a restraining order against him, stating to the court that she doesn’t want him anywhere near her and her son.

The order was granted by the judge however, they are not divorced yet, but with the look of things, they are likely to get divorced very soon.

After Ricci slammed Heerdegen with the accusations, he came out to deny them all. His attorney told TMZ that his client “unequivocally denies all allegations of abuse made by Ms. Ricci as having occurred in 2020.” The attorney spoke about filing charges against Ricci herself.

Ricci says the abuse started when she found out she was pregnant in 2013, the actress in her declaration said this;

“He said the only way he could feel sorry for me is if I were dismembered into small pieces. That night I hid all the knives in the cabin where we were staying. I feared for my life and the life of our son. I slept in a separate bedroom with Freddie, and I locked the door.”

She also spoke about how he tortured her throughout the lockdown and cited that she had, had enough of it.