Denise Richards' estranged husband Aaron Phypers addressed his courtroom arrest for alleged spousal abuse.
“We will verify that Aaron Phypers was, actually, arrested close to the tip of the household legislation court docket day on October 17, 2025, and was later launched on bail,” his spokesperson completely advised Us Weekly on Saturday, October 18.
Their assertion continued, “We've not seen the legal grievance, however we consider that it's most definitely based mostly upon the a number of the identical false accusations that Denise Richards has introduced in opposition to Mr. Phypers within the household legislation home violence continuing, which she claims occurred almost 4 years in the past. In that case, we anticipate that the proof will show Mr. Phypers' innocence and that he will probably be acquitted.”
Us reported that Phypers, 53, was taken into custody at a Los Angeles courthouse on Friday, after he and Richards, 54, each testified throughout a listening to in regards to the RHOBH alum's request to increase a restraining order (TRO) in opposition to her ex.
“He's been arrested exterior the court docket and brought down a close-by escalator. [He] didn't come again into [the] hallway,” an eyewitness revealed to Us. “Denise is right here. She's calm and speaking to her workforce.”
Us additionally discovered that Phypers and his attorneys have been initially “confused” by the surprising flip of occasions and “didn't appear to know that he was about to get arrested.” Phypers was ultimately launched on $200,000 bond and even took {a photograph} together with his bailperson upon his launch.
Richards went public with home violence allegations in opposition to Phypers in July whereas looking for a TRO in opposition to her estranged partner. In court docket filings, she accused Phypers of being abusive all through their eight-year relationship.
“Aaron would continuously violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with each fingers, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head,” Richards alleged in court docket paperwork. “[He would] aggressively slam my head into the lavatory 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.”
Phypers vehemently denied that he'd ever been violent with Richards, telling Us that her accusations have been “conjured up.”
Aaron Phypers and Denise Richards in August 2024. Elyse Jankowski/Selection by way of Getty Photos
“I've the true proof,” Phyphers advised Us in a July assertion. “I need to deal with latest rumors and hypothesis which have surfaced relating to my relationship with my spouse, Denise Richards. Let me be unequivocally clear: I've by no means bodily or emotionally abused Denise — or anybody.”
Previous to Phypers' arrest, the pair testified in court docket on Friday about Richards looking for a everlasting restraining order. The listening to included testimony from Aaron's mom, Patricia Phypers, about allegedly witnessing Richards throwing “a can opener” at her son throughout one argument just a few years in the past.
Throughout her testimony, Patricia denied ever seeing Aaron get bodily violent with Richards or threaten her in any manner. No choice has been made about extending the TRO, because the presiding choose requested an extra listening to on November 7.
Teddi Mellencamp and Erika Jayne apparently have some ideas about Denise Richards' estranged husband, Aaron Phypers. “Did you see the opposite ones that bit the mud?” Mellencamp, 44, shared throughout the Friday, July 11, episode of her iHeartRadio “Diamond within the Tough” podcast. “She stated, I assume, like, six months in the past that she would by no means […]
Richards and Phypers began relationship in 2017, following the latter's divorce from actress Nicollette Sheridan. (Phypers and Sheridan have been married for 3 years.) They tied the knot in September 2018 in a Malibu ceremony that was filmed by Bravo for The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Richards was beforehand married to Charlie Sheen between 2002 and 2006. They share two daughters — Sami, 21, and Lola, 20 — and Richards additionally adopted daughter Eloise, 14.
In case you or somebody you understand are experiencing home violence, please name the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential help.
