Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford was granted a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband Daniel Giersch in L.A. this week. According to court documents, Rutherford alleged that Geirsch repeatedly harassed both her and their nanny. Rutherford and Giersch have two children, Hermes and Helena.

Giersch is now ordered to stay 100 yards away from Rutherford, her mother, the nanny, and Rutherford’s home, job and vehicle — “except for brief & peaceful contact as required for court-ordered visitation.”

Rutherford argued that Giersch “has harassed [my nanny] with questions about me virtually every time he sees her … last week Daniel’s harassment of [the nanny] led to an actual threat that he is going to file a lawsuit against her.” According to Rutherford, the nanny then quit.

The former couple just settled their custody battle last month, with both of them agreeing to attend co-parenting counseling sessions and to share joint legal and physical custody of the two kids. Since the initial divorce filing in December 2008, Rutherford and Giersch have continually fought over the children. The public mud-slinging seemed to end with the recent settlement.

Appearances were apparently deceiving. And now they’re back in court. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a motion to modify the custody arrangement filed soon.

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