State senator accused of violence by estranged husband

<p>The estranged husband of state Sen. Renee Unterman has accused her in a civil complaint of striking him, threatening his life and firing a gun, according to court documents.</p><p>A Gwinnett County judge barred Unterman, 50, from her family's Loganville home and from having contact with her family, pending a hearing.</p><p>The first-term Republican is unopposed for re-election in November.</p><p>Dr. Marc Unterman, a Lawrenceville cardiologist, filed the domestic violence petition in Superior Court on Aug. 23, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday.</p><p>Judge Mark A. Lewis had the case file sealed but unsealed the documents Thursday at the request of attorneys for the newspaper, the report said.</p><p>The senator released a statement Friday saying she was "being treated for depression that was partially brought on by my husband's requesting a divorce."</p><p>Unterman chastised the Journal-Constitution for going to court to ask that sealed documents "in a divorce-related case" be made public.</p>