Denise Richards is alleging abuse against her estranged husband Aaron Phypers.
“Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, aggressively slam my head into the bathroom towel rack, threaten to kill me, hold me down with his knee on my back to the point where I would have to plead with him to get off me so that he would not kill me and hack into my laptop and phone and download all of my text messages,” Denise allegedly wrote to the court (via Us Weekly).
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“Aaron regularly threatened to ‘break my jaw’ and would cry, beg me to stay, and promise to get help — none of which ever happened,” she continued. “Aaron has caused me at least three concussions. Aaron has told me that he has left recording devices to record me while I was alone in hotel rooms and at my townhouses.”
Then, she alleged that on July 4, “Aaron repeatedly got within two inches of my face and screamed at me degrading profanities, including calling me a ‘c*** w****’ and a ‘piece of s***.’”
“Aaron repeatedly grabbed my left arm tightly.” She then alleged that the next day, Aaron “got within inches of my face and began yelling at me, calling me a ‘c*** w****’ multiple times and with his right hand violently hit the bill of my hat with the back of his hand which caused my hat to fall off my head.”
She continued, “Later that day, Aaron chased me and grabbed both of my arms forcefully and pushed me and dragged me to the ground. I landed on the stairs, causing immense pain. Aaron stole my laptop and sent private messages he had stolen from my laptop without my permission….Aaron threatened that I would ‘disappear’ if I called the police.”
Denise previously listed the date of separation as July 4 on the divorce documents.
She recalled another alleged incident that apparently happened on May 21 when Aaron reportedly went through her laptop and text messages.
He then allegedly said, “You f***ing bitch. I went into your computer and saw your text messages because your laptop were open while you were watching the movie on Netflix. I clicked sync iMessage so that your text messages would appear on your laptop and everything downloaded and I took photo of everything you lying bitch.”
She continued, “Later, while I was on the toilet peeing, Aaron smashed me on the top of my head with the palm of his hand while screaming at me, ‘Give me your f***ing phone.’”
She mentioned, “He has told me multiple times over the course of the last two years that because the guns are unregistered that if he used them, no one would be able to track them.”
Denise also shared that she moved out of their home in 2023 and leased three separate townhouses, all of which she is the sole name on the lease: “Beginning on July 4, 2025, I have repeatedly told Aaron that he is not allowed at any of my townhouses anymore, yet he has repeatedly entered the townhouses unexpectedly.”
In the court filing, she also attached photos of a black eye she alleges is from an abusive incident on January 17.
Denise and Aaron got married back in 2018. They actually got married just two days after announcing their engagement.
If you or someone you love needs help, you can call 800.799.SAFE to reach the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
