Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford, who plays Lily van der Woodsen, claims in her escalating divorce battle that her estranged husband is an ominous, violent man who is bad news for her, not to mention their two-year-old son, Hermes.

Rutherford filed legal papers that the judge will consider tomorrow in a hearing. Rutherford's estranged husband, Daniel Giersch, wants the judge to prohibit his soon-to-be ex-wife from taking two-year-old Hermes to NYC to film the show.

Rutherford claims Giersch has gotten into big arguments with her, in one case allegedly coming at her. She says he's an avid boxer and kickboxer and she's "intimidated."

She also he threatened to "teach her a lesson" by taking the child.

Kelly Rutherford - who is four months pregnant now (fairly obvious in some shots from last night's episode, "You've Got Yale," though not part of the script) says it's gotten so bad she called the cops twice and he's been forced to leave.

Daniel Giersch has claimed the kid is totally stressed out around Rutherford and that she can't be a real mom because her shooting schedule is insane.

She says that's just not the case. No word yet on whether the court's upcoming ruling will impact her schedule for filming Gossip Girl. More to come ...

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