Christine Quinn has claimed that estranged husband, Christian Richard, put hidden, quarter-sized cameras inside their L.A. home to keep her ‘under surveillance’ amid pair’s nasty divorce.
The 35-year-old Selling Sunset alumna — who also alleged that the tech founder, 44, is hiding out to avoid her restraining order — made the latest claim in a court documents obtained by People on Friday.
She further alleged that her estranged husband – whom she tied the knot with in 2019 – also hired a security guard to ‘surveil and occupy’ their $8 million residence.
In the documents, the reality star claimed that she ‘discovered numerous Apple AirTags and battery-operated cameras hidden all throughout the residence, including in my personal office.’
‘I took photos of these camera devices, which were approximately the size of quarters.’
Christine Quinn, 35, has claimed that estranged husband, Christian Richard, 44, put hidden, quarter-sized cameras inside their L.A. home to keep her ‘under surveillance’ amid pair’s nasty divorce; seen in March in L.A.
The Selling Sunset alumna — who also alleged that the tech founder, 44, is hiding out to avoid her restraining order — made the latest claim in a court documents obtained by People on Friday; seen in March 2023 in L.A.
Christine – who shares son Christian Georges Dumontet, two, with her estranged husband – also stated in the documents that he kept her, ‘under surveillance through Apple AirTags without my knowledge or consent.’
Quinn claimed that the software engineer had hired a security guard to both ‘surveil and occupy’ their Los Angeles home.
She alleged that she was not allowed access into their residence by Christian due to ‘refusing to provide my counsel with the gate access code.’
On April 19, the TV personality was finally able to enter and claimed that the security guard had also been living inside the home – which was ‘intentionally left in a hazardous, filthy, and unlivable condition.’
‘I believe the home was completely trashed so that I would be unable to occupy the residence with my son.’
Quinn claimed that inside, ‘There were new pillows at the residence, the shower was wet from having been recently used, and most disturbingly, my underwear had been taken from my drawer and were strewn on top of the bed in the master bedroom.’
Before she was able to gain access to the L.A. home, Christine claimed that the security guard verbally threatened her with ‘remarks’ such as ‘I will be seeing you again’ as well as ‘I’m not going anywhere.’
She further claimed that he had also been ‘observing and stalking’ her.
In the documents, the reality star claimed that she ‘discovered numerous Apple AirTags and battery-operated cameras hidden all throughout the residence, including in my personal office’; seen in 2021 in L.A.
Christine – who shares son Christian Georges Dumontet, two, with her estranged husband – also stated in the documents that he kept her, ‘under surveillance through Apple AirTags without my knowledge or consent’
Last month on March 20, Christian Richard was seen being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon at their L.A. house while wearing a bathrobe.
At the time, LAPD spokesman Jeff Lee told DailyMail.com, ‘A victim and a suspect were involved in a domestic dispute when the suspect threw a bag at the victim with a glass bottle inside of it.’
‘It missed the victim, but that object struck a child. The suspect was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.’ He was later arrested a second time after violating a restraining order just one day after the initial arrest.
Since the incident, both Christine and Christian have both filed restraining orders against each other.
Also in March, the reality star had her West Hollywood hotel room searched for ‘wires and bugs’ and claimed that her estranged husband was ‘monitoring’ her.
Earlier this month, Quinn was granted a temporary restraining order against Christian. Shortly after, he filed for divorce from Christine and cited ‘irreconcilable differences.’
While the tech founder asked for sole custody of their two-year-old son, the TV personality requested for full custody of their little boy amid the divorce battle.
Most recently, Christine is hoping to speed up her temporary restraining order request against her estranged husband Christian Richard as he allegedly evades service.
On April 19, the TV personality was finally able to enter and claimed that the security guard had also been living inside the home – which was ‘intentionally left in a hazardous, filthy, and unlivable condition’
She further claimed that he had also been ‘observing and stalking’ her. In documents obtained by Us Weekly, she alleged that the security guard was Christian’s attorney, Mr. Villicana; seen in July 2023 in Paris
The star filed a request for alternate service of the restraining order on Monday, April 22, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly.
She alleges in the documents that Richard – who has not publicly responded – is in hiding and has been avoiding service of the order.
Quinn’s request, if granted, would offer her ways to prove that she has made enough of an effort to serve her estranged husband after he was arrested in March for assault with a deadly weapon.
‘Respondent should be permitted to serve petitioner via an alternative method of service due to petitioner’s evasion of service of the domestic violence restraining order documents,’ Quinn’s request reads.
Normal procedure requires that the person being restrained be served the documents informing them of the restraining order before it can go into effect, but Quinn’s inability to find or serve Richard means that her order is essentially useless for now.
Persons filing restraining orders usually have to prove that they have tried to serve the target of the order multiple times, and that they believe the restrained person is attempting to evade service.
If the option for alternative service is granted by the judge, Quinn may be allowed to send copies to various work and home addresses that Richard has to show that she has made an attempt to contact him, or she could even publish notification of a restraining order in a newspaper.
Restrained persons can also be contacted electronically, but only if they consent to have the order served via email, according to the Judicial Branch of California. However, that option is unlikely to work in Richard’s case due to his alleged lack of communication with his estranged wife.
Last month on March 20, Christian Richard had been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon at their L.A. house while wearing a bathrobe; seen in March 2022 in L.A.
Most recently, Christine is hoping to speed up her temporary restraining order request against her estranged husband Christian Richard as he allegedly evades service; seen in 2021 in Santa Monica
According to Quinn’s filing, it was an unfortunate ‘two-day delay’ that gave Richard ‘sufficient time and notice to successfully evade service of the order,’ therefore preventing it from being enforced for the time being.
She adds that he would be able to ‘violate [the restraining order] repeatedly without legal repercussions.
According to Quinn, she has not seen Richard since March 20, and he has not been seen at all in public since March 27, though she believes he is currently staying at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills under an assumed name.
Richard has a history of doing so publicly, as his real name is Christian Dumontet, but during appearances on Selling Sunset and in public with Quinn he has used the name Christian Richard.
‘Due to my public image, [he] and I have taken additional security precautions when staying at hotels previously, such as checking in under pseudonyms or booking blocks of rooms to evade detection,’ Quinn wrote in the filing.
‘I believe [Christian] could be employing these methods, or even paying the hotel, to conceal his location.’
She alleges in the documents that Richard – who has not publicly responded – is in hiding and has been avoiding service of the order; seen in 2021 in West Hollywood
Since Richard has allegedly evaded service, she has turned to a process server to help, but they have so far been unable to find the tech founder.
Once the temporary restraining order goes into effect, Richard will not be allowed to have contact with their son, two-year-old Christian Richard Dumontet, and he will be required to steer clear of their home.
Quinn is requesting that the judge allow her to serve the temporary restraining order via Richard’s attorney, who she said has previously claimed she is unable to receive the documents and ‘refused’ to share details about where her client had been staying.
The reality star claims that Richards attorneys have stymied her efforts to find and serve her estranged husband by ‘continually barr[ing]’ her from contact him.
