Christine Quinn & Christian Richard's Explosive New Claims In Restraining Order
Christine Quinn & Christian Richard's Explosive New Claims In Restraining Order
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00:00 Christine Quinn and her husband, Christian Richard Dumonté, have each filed requests
00:04 for domestic violence restraining orders against each other, days after Dumonté's two arrests.
00:09 In Quinn's request, which was obtained by Access Hollywood on March 27th, the Selling
00:12 Sunset alum requests protection for her and their two-year-old child, as well as her pets,
00:17 requesting that the judge order Dumonté to move out of their home, not contact them,
00:20 and stay away from them in their home, her vehicle, and their child's school.
00:23 In a declaration within her filing, Quinn claims that on March 18th, she quote, "expressed
00:28 dissatisfaction with the state of our relationship, including his lack of financial contribution
00:32 and what I perceived as a lack of effort he made to be a true partner."
00:35 Quinn claims he began yelling at her and picking up floral arrangements, some that contained
00:39 metal rods.
00:40 She alleges, "He began throwing them, and their heavy shipping boxes, at me.
00:44 He nearly missed hitting me with one of the metal rods, but I was struck by one of the
00:47 boxes he threw.
00:48 This rampage went on for some time."
00:50 She further alleges that Dumonté then, quote, "threw dog feces at me," and quote, "pulled
00:55 out his penis and began to urinate on the floor."
00:57 Quinn claims she yelled at him to stop and locked him out of the bedroom, but allegedly
01:00 could quote, "hear him continuing to shout and yell, and could hear him smashing and
01:04 breaking things through the house."
01:05 It was then that Quinn claims she began making plans for her and their son to leave the next
01:09 day.
01:10 She alleged that things escalated on March 19th, claiming, "I heard and felt the rush
01:13 of air from an object hurtling towards me and our son.
01:16 The next instant, I heard what sounded like glass breaking.
01:18 I turned to our son and saw that Dumonté had thrown a bag of recyclables, which contained
01:22 glass, and saw broken glass in our son's hair and on the floor.
01:26 For a few seconds, our son burst into tears and began screaming.
01:29 I was concerned about his health and safety."
01:30 Meanwhile, Dumonté filed his own request for a domestic violence restraining order
01:34 against his wife, asking the judge to order her to move out and stay away from their home.
01:38 He also shares his account of their alleged dispute.
01:41 According to a declaration from his attorney within the filing, which was obtained by Access
01:44 Hollywood, he claims that the two argued over Quinn's dogs, which he claims she quote, "refuses
01:48 to have house or crate trained," allegedly leaving damage throughout the house from dog
01:52 urine and claiming that quote, "every area of the house is constantly filled with dog
01:55 feces."
01:56 On March 19th, Dumonté claims he quote, "found that the dogs had urinated all over some very
02:01 valuable, irreplicable, and sentimental items of his."
02:04 He alleges that when he went to confront Quinn, he discovered more of a mess and claims she
02:08 refused to clean further.
02:09 The declaration claims in part, "At that point, Mr. Dumonté grabbed the trash bag
02:13 from the floor and threw it to the side of the room, against the wall.
02:16 Mr. Dumonté did not throw the bag towards Ms. Quinn or their son.
02:19 Additionally, there was no glass in the bag, as there was no broken glass in the room or
02:22 anywhere in the house."
02:24 He then claims, per the declaration, that Quinn took their son out of the room and shortly
02:27 after police arrived on the scene.
02:29 In the documents, Dumonté alleges via his attorney that Quinn had quote, "filed a false
02:33 police report that fabricated allegations of domestic violence in an attempt to gain
02:37 an upper hand in potential divorce and custody proceedings," claiming, "Mr. Dumonté has
02:41 never threatened violence and never engaged in any acts that could be construed as violence
02:45 towards Ms. Quinn."
02:46 The filings come one week after the pair's alleged domestic dispute on the 19th.
02:51 Officers responded to the scene on that afternoon, and Dumonté was booked on a felony charge.
02:55 A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson told NBC News at the time, "Victim and suspect
02:59 were involved in a domestic dispute when the suspect threw a bag, which had a glass bottle
03:02 in it, at the victim, ultimately missing the victim.
03:05 That object struck a child at the location," adding that the suspect was ultimately arrested
03:09 for assault with a deadly weapon.
03:10 Quinn claims in her declaration that her son was taken to the hospital via ambulance after
03:13 paramedics quote, "informed me our son had what they described as a hematoma," and that
03:17 he allegedly also had quote, "cuts on his neck and head from broken glass."
03:21 The following day, March 19th, Dumonté was released from jail on $30,000 bail following
03:26 the alleged domestic violence incident.
03:28 An LAPD spokesperson told Access Hollywood that he was arrested again hours later, this
03:32 time for allegedly violating an emergency protective order.
03:35 Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department booking records show that Dumonté was taken
03:38 into custody late that night and released on another $30,000 bail the following morning.
03:42 In her declaration as part of her restraining order request, Quinn claims that she was staying
03:46 at a hotel when she received a notification on her phone from her household security system
03:50 detecting someone on the premises and then saw Dumonté on camera going through the house
03:54 for approximately a half hour in violation of the emergency protective order.
03:58 In her filing, Quinn requested that a judge grant her sole legal and physical custody
04:01 of their child, while Dumonté requested in his that he and Quinn be granted joint legal
04:05 and physical custody.
04:07 Both spouses additionally requested orders to prevent child abduction from each party.
04:10 Dumonté requested his on the grounds that Quinn allegedly has a history of threatening
04:14 taking away or hiding their child and not cooperating with him in parenting.
04:17 While Quinn alleged that Dumonté had a history of the same, in addition to alleged abuse
04:21 of her, child abuse, and taking away or hiding their child from her, Quinn additionally requested
04:25 a judge make child and spousal support orders and order Dumonté to go to a batterer intervention
04:30 program.
04:31 According to a court document obtained by Access Hollywood, L.A. County Superior Court
04:35 has ordered both Quinn and Dumonté to participate in mediation to discuss custody and visitation
04:39 for their child, with a mediation date set for April 11.
04:43 Access Hollywood can also confirm that the pair have a court hearing scheduled for next
04:46 month.
04:47 Neither Quinn nor Dumonté has publicly spoken on their legal situation or the allegations
04:50 made within their filings as of Wednesday afternoon, and Access Hollywood has reached
04:54 out to reps for both parties for comment.
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