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Christine Quinn's estranged husband Christian Richard has been charged with three misdemeanors over the domestic violence incidents that took place in March, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office told DailyMail.com on Wednesday.

On March 19, the 44-year-old tech founder (real name Christian Dumontet) was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly throwing a bag with a glass bottle in it at Quinn, which instead hit their son Christian, two, who was then transported to hospital.

Despite Quinn's emergency protective order against him, Richard — who has since filed for divorce from the Selling Sunset star — allegedly returned to their Hollywood Hills home the next night and he was arrested for a second time.

He is now facing three misdemeanors for child abuse/endangerment, assault and violation of a protective order. The arraignment date is set for June 4, 2024. 

In a statement to DailyMail.com, Quinn's attorney Jacqueline Sparagna said that they are 'extremely satisfied with the decision' and believe it to be 'a crucial step toward' protecting both Christine and baby Christian.

'We are extremely satisfied with the decision of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office to file three separate charges against Mr. Dumontet,' Sparagna writes.

'He has now been formally charged with child abuse against his 2-year-old toddler, assault against Christine Quinn, and for violating a restraining order.

'We believe this development is a crucial step toward safeguarding the legal and personal interests of both victims and trust that that the matter will continue to be handled with the utmost seriousness it deserves,' the statement concludes.

TMZ reported that the City Attorney took on the case after the Los Angeles County District Attorney determined that it did not meet felony requirements.

The latest development comes weeks after Quinn accused her estranged spouse of purposely evading being served a temporary restraining order.

She 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. 

'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 Californa.

However, that option is unlikely to work in Richard's case due to his alleged lack of communication with his estranged wife.

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.