{"id":70038,"date":"2025-07-17T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70038\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T13:55:08","slug":"denise-richards-accuses-estranged-husband-aaron-phypers-of-trying-to-kill-her-during-violent-outbursts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/70038\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Richards accuses estranged husband Aaron Phypers of trying to kill her during violent outbursts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Richards was granted a restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after accusing him of abuse.<\/p>\n<p>In court documents filed Wednesday, the \u201cWild Things\u201d actress details several alleged violent altercations she has had with Phypers, including him threatening to kill her and himself if she ever reported him to the cops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout 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,\u201d Richards wrote, according to court docs obtained by Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>Denise Richards has been granted a restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after she accused him of abusing her. Aaron Phypers\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>In court documents filed Wednesday, the \u201cWild Things\u201d actress details several alleged violent altercations she has had with the \u201cLeap\u201d actor. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d alum, 54, also claims Phypers, 52, bruised her eye during one of his attacks in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Richards alleges in the docs that, at the time, she and her ex were at his Malibu, Calif., workplace, when he \u201cbecame paranoid\u201d that the plants he purchased \u201ccontained listening devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mom of three then claims Phypers called her a \u201cf\u2013king bitch\u201d while hitting her in the eye with the palm of his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout 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,\u201d Richards wrote in the docs. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d alum also claimed Phypers bruised her eye during one of his attacks in 2022. Clint Brewer Photography \/ A.I.M \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>She shared images of her bruised face in the documents. Superior Court of California<\/p>\n<p>During another incident, Phypers allegedly became violent after Richards suggested he didn\u2019t accompany her on a work trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAaron grabbed me by the back of my head by my hair and slammed me into the ground and screamed, \u2018You are not cancelling my flight, I am going with you and I do not trust you,&#8217;\u201d she claims in the docs.<\/p>\n<p>Richards also included photos of her bruised face, which she alleges came from her estranged husband.<\/p>\n<p>Phypers has been ordered to stay 100 yards from Richards and her property, including her home and car.<\/p>\n<p>In another incident, Richards claims Phypers allegedly slammed her to the ground after she suggested he didn\u2019t accompany her on a work trip. Broadimage\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Phypers has been ordered to stay 100 yards from Richards and her property, including her home and car. Superior Court of California<\/p>\n<p>Their next restraining order hearing is scheduled for Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/17\/denise-richards-aaron-phypers-domestic-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a> was first to report the news.<\/p>\n<p>These new bombshell claims come less than two weeks after Phypers <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/07\/celebrity-news\/aaron-phypers-files-for-divorce-from-denise-richards-after-6-years-of-marriage-requests-for-spousal-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed for divorce<\/a> following six years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>He listed their separation date as July 4 and cited \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d as the reason for their split. <\/p>\n<p>Phypers also requested that the court grant him spousal support.<\/p>\n<p>As Page Six previously reported, Phypers filed for divorce on July 7 after six years of marriage.  Getty Images for Robert Gillings Productions \/ JOPR<\/p>\n<p>A source told the Daily Mail last week that Richards and Phypers were \u201ctoxic\u201d and constantly fighting. Aaron Phypers\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Days after filing for divorce, Phypers was seen running errands without his wedding ring on. Clint Brewer Photography \/ A.I.M \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>A source suggested to the Daily Mail last week that their split was a long time coming because Richards and Phypers <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/11\/celebrity-news\/inside-denise-richards-aaron-phypers-fight-that-led-to-their-divorce-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were \u201ctoxic\u201d and constantly fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been having trouble for some time, but they had a row over the weekend where they basically were like, \u2018F\u2013k you,\u2019 and he marched off to file for divorce,\u201d the insider claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Days after filing for divorce, Phypers was seen <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/11\/celebrity-news\/denise-richards-estranged-husband-aaron-phypers-ditches-wedding-ring-in-first-sighting-since-filing-for-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running errands without his wedding ring on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reality star and Phypers <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/09\/09\/rhobh-star-denise-richards-marries-aaron-phypers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tied the knot\u00a0<\/a>in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denise Richards was granted a restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, after accusing him of abuse.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[567,9056,570,571,572,172,36304,49302,32551,171,175,11873,177,6337,49303,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-70038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-abuse","9":"tag-bravo","10":"tag-celebrity-divorces","11":"tag-celebrity-exes","12":"tag-celebrity-marriages","13":"tag-celebrity-news","14":"tag-denise-richards","15":"tag-domestic-abuse","16":"tag-domestic-violence","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-real-housewives","19":"tag-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills","20":"tag-reality-stars","21":"tag-reality-tv","22":"tag-restraining-orders","23":"tag-tv","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114868920195668807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}