Christina Ricci’s ex-husband, James Heerdegen, was denied emergency custody of their minor son, Freddie.
In accordance with court docket data obtained by Web page Six, the previous film producer filed an emergency order to achieve custody of the 11-year-old after the kid texted his father claiming the “Casper” actress was consuming on their June 16 flight to Canada.
Throughout that flight, “it’s alleged that Ms. Ricci consumed alcohol,” per court docket paperwork. Freddie then texted his father and instructed him that his mother was consuming and the kid “used sure phrases to explain the style by which Ms. Ricci consumed the alcohol after which described Ms. Ricci’s conduct thereafter.”
Two days later, Freddie’s counsel spoke to him concerning the textual content; nonetheless, the pre-teen claimed he “overreacted” in sending these textual content messages to Heerdegen.
The kid additionally mentioned that his “description of Ms. Ricci’s alcohol consumption and conduct thereafter was not as he had described it to his father,” the docs said.
Freddie instructed his counsel that he “had no worry in persevering with to be in Ms. Ricci’s main bodily custody.”
Ricci, 46, requested that the textual content messages her son despatched to his father be sealed. The “Addams Household” star claimed Freddie had been bullied in school and will expertise that once more if the paperwork had been unsealed.
Ricci believes further bullying “could jeopardize” her son’s psychological well being.
The court docket agreed and sealed the messages and likewise denied Heerdegen’s emergency custody order.
Web page Six has reached out to Ricci’s attorneys for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
The previous couple married in 2013, welcoming Freddie the next 12 months.
Ricci filed for divorce in 2020 and it was finalized in December of the next 12 months.
The “Sleepy Hole” actress can be the mom of daughter Cleopatra, 4, whom she shares along with her present husband, Mark Hampton. She and the hairstylist have been married since October 2021.
