Prosecutors also obtained an emergency restraining order that prevents Mirkarimi from seeing his wife and young son or returning to their Western Addition home.

But before the stay-away order went into effect, Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, stood by her husband's side and proclaimed his innocence.

"I don't have any complaint against my husband. We are together and we are fighting. We are going to fight this. This is my family, my husband and my son. This is unbelievable and this is completely wrong," she said.

She has not strayed from that position since the police investigation began last week after a neighbor reported that Lopez had confided in her about a New Year's Eve fight that left her with a bruised arm.

... the accusing neighbor is a feminist lawyer and NOW chapter founder, who jokes about crushing political enemies.

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