Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford has revealed she was scared to leave her husband because he's so "litigious". The actress was three months pregnant with her second child by Daniel Giersch when she decided to leave the German businessman after a series of professional problems put a strain on their marriage.

New mom Rutherford, who is now in the middle of a messy divorce and custody battle with her estranged husband, tells Life & Style magazine, "I found out I was pregnant, and I thought, 'Oh, maybe things will be nice, maybe it will be calm, but it wasn’t. Things only got more intense. He (Giersch) was very litigious. He says he’s an entrepreneur, but I think he just sues people. It was very angry (behavior). I was kind of scared to leave."

The actress, who gave birth to baby daughter Helena Grace last month, started scheming with a close friend and the pair planned her "escape".

And now she's more than happy to be a single mom to her two kids: "A lot of great men, presidents even, were raised (only) by their mothers under those conditions. The most important thing is that the children have love and stability in their lives, whether that comes from a mother or a father."

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