Gina Kirschenheiter Claims Her Estranged Husband Matt Chocked, Hit And Threatened To Kill Her While Their Kids Were In The House!

Gina Kirschenheiter claims her estranged husband Matt choked and hit her during a fight at the couple's home. According to documents obtained by The Blast, the Real Housewives of Orange County star claims that after returning home from a night out over the weekend.

Matt reportedly showed up at her home around 2:00 AM, "pounding at the door." She says when she went downstairs, he had already entered the house. She says he then "threw me down on the couch and threw some furniture around" and claimed he was "screaming in my face and saying he was going to kill me."

She continued, "He ripped my bra off, then took a pillow and hit me on the side of the head with it hard. I begged him to stop...to calm down...but he kept hitting me." Eventually, she says, "He started to hit me on the side of the head with his open hand. When I tried to get up off of the couch, he threw me back down and began choking me. Then he started to hit me all over my body."

Gina says she ran out of the house screaming to the neighbors and rang the doorbell. She says Matt came after her and "grabbed me and dragged me on the cement back into the house. He threw me back on the couch started hitting me again telling me he was going to kill me. His eyes were black and nothing I could say would bring him back to reality."

The Bravo reality star says in the documents she pleaded with him to stop as the couple's children were in the home at the time. In the documents, Gina also claims that Matt contacted her after his arrest, saying, "The officers allowed (Matt) and I to talk quickly before they took him away. He was still very angry and blamed me for getting him arrested. After he got out of jail, he called me again and continued to blame me," reports The Blast.

Gina also claims that this isn't the first violent incident between them. "There are other incidents that have scared me in the past. Too many to remember. At this point, I have to protect me and our children. Respondent and I had attempted reconciliation in hopes of keeping our family together, but I now realize it's better for us both to move on for the sake of our children. I am heartbroken for all of us. Matt needs professional help, which is more than I can give him."

The news comes after Gina filed a restraining order against her estranged husband, Matthew Kirschenheiter on Monday, June 24. Two days earlier, the businessman was arrested in the O.C., according to jail records. The Blast reported that Matthew was arrested on suspicions relating to domestic violence, but he has yet to be officially charged with a crime. Matthew was released on Sunday, June 23, at 1 a.m. His bail was $0.

Photo Credit: Bravo, Orange County Sheriffs Department