Denise Richards requested a courtroom for cover from her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, whom she accused of bodily abusing her all through their marriage, and Us Weekly can report unique particulars.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, Richards, 54, requested a restraining order in opposition to Phypers, 52, on Wednesday, July 16.
Richards advised the courtroom, “All through our relationship, Aaron would ceaselessly violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with each palms, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, aggressively slam my head into the toilet towel rack, threaten to kill me, maintain me down together with his knee on my again to the purpose the place I must plead with him to get off me in order that he wouldn't kill me and hack into my laptop computer and cellphone and obtain all of my textual content messages.”
“Aaron repeatedly threatened to ‘break my jaw' and would cry, beg me to remain, and promise to get assist — none of which ever occurred,” she stated.
“Aaron has triggered me a minimum of three concussions. Aaron has advised me that he has left recording units to file me whereas I used to be alone in lodge rooms and at my townhouses,” she alleged. She stated on July 4, “Aaron repeatedly acquired inside two inches of my face and screamed at me degrading profanities, together with calling me a ‘c*** whore' and a ‘piece of s***.'”
Richards stated, “Aaron repeatedly grabbed my left arm tightly.” She stated the subsequent day Aaron got here into her townhouse together with his father and “acquired inside inches of my face and started yelling at me, calling me a ‘c*** whore' a number of instances and together with his proper hand violently hit the invoice of my hat with the again of his hand which triggered my hat to fall off my head.”
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“Later that day, Aaron chased me and grabbed each of my arms forcefully and pushed me and dragged me to the bottom,” she stated. “I landed on the steps, inflicting immense ache. Aaron stole my laptop computer and despatched non-public messages he had stolen from my laptop computer with out my permission.”
She added, “Aaron threatened that I'd ‘disappear' if I referred to as the police.”
In her petition, Richards recalled one other alleged incident on Could 21. She claimed that, “whereas I used to be asleep and with out my permission, Aaron went into my settings on my laptop computer and thru my iCloud account synched my iMessages (texts) to my laptop computer and downloaded every little thing from my iCloud (included my non-public textual content messages) onto my laptop computer after which took photos of my textual content messages (which have been then on my laptop computer).”
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She stated Phypers “transferred my textual content messages to his laptop computer.” She stated he woke her up screaming, “You f***ing bitch. I went into your laptop and noticed your textual content messages as a result of your laptop computer have been open when you have been watching the film on Netflix. I clicked sync iMessage in order that your textual content messages would seem in your laptop computer and every little thing downloaded and I took picture of every little thing you mendacity bitch.”
“Later, whereas I used to be on the bathroom peeing, Aaron smashed me on the highest of my head with the palm of his hand whereas screaming at me, ‘Give me your f***ing cellphone.'”
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Richards accused Phypers of repeatedly abusing her throughout their marriage. She stated he owns eight unregistered weapons. “He has advised me a number of instances over the course of the final two years that as a result of the weapons are unregistered that if he used them, nobody would be capable of monitor them,” she stated.
Throughout one other incident on Could 1, Richards claimed Phypers grabbed her by the again of her head by the hair and slammed her into the bottom.
Denise Richards and her household are removed from digital camera shy. The actress first provided followers perception into her life when showing on The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills for 2 seasons from 2019 to 2020. 5 years later, in 2025, she peeled again the curtain as soon as once more through her personal Bravo actuality collection, Denis Richards […]
“You aren't cancelling my flight, I'm going with you and I don't belief you,” she claimed.
Richards pleaded that Phypers be ordered to remain 100 yards away from her and return her laptops and every little thing he downloaded from her cellphone.
Aaron Phypers and Denise Richards Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
In her submitting, she stated she moved out of the household dwelling in 2023 as a result of marital points and leased three townhouses. “I'm the one particular person on the lease to the three townhouses. Starting on July 4, 2025, I've repeatedly advised Aaron that he's not allowed at any of my townhouses anymore, but he has repeatedly entered the townhouses unexpectedly,” she stated. Richards additionally hooked up two images of a black eye Phypers allegedly triggered her on January 17. She claimed Phypers had struck her within the eye.
The courtroom granted Richards a short lived restraining order till a courtroom listening to later this month.
The request for protection comes after Phypers filed for divorce on July 7, citing “irreconcilable variations.”
Should you or somebody you understand is experiencing home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential assist.
