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Denise Richards’ estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, is dealing with critical new allegations involving each his ex-wife and his cousin.
In response to Us Weekly, Phypers has been accused of stopping his cousin, Kathleen McAllister, from talking out about his alleged abuse.
Us Weekly studies that prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a felony grievance and arrest warrant on October 15, detailing 4 felony counts that led to Phypers’ arrest on October 17. The publication obtained the submitting, which reveals Phypers, 53, was charged with “two felony counts associated to injuring a partner and two felony counts associated to dissuading a witness by power or risk.” A type of counts reportedly includes his cousin, who labored with him at his former wellness middle in Malibu, California.
In response to prosecutors, the alleged witness intimidation occurred on January 17, 2022, when Phypers “knowingly and maliciously” dedicated an act “accompanied by power and an categorical and implied risk of power and violence” in opposition to McAllister and Richards, 54.
In a restraining order petition filed in July, Richards described a disturbing scene that very same day at Phypers’ wellness middle. “Aaron introduced a number of potted vegetation into the middle and have become paranoid that they contained listening gadgets,” the submitting acknowledged. She added {that a} close by police officer “approached the door after listening to yelling” however left shortly after.
As soon as the officer left, Richards claimed, Phypers “resumed screaming, then used the heel of his palm to strike her within the eye whereas calling her a ‘f***ing bitch.’” Richards mentioned her member of the family current witnessed the assault and “instantly retrieved frozen meals to cut back the swelling.” She additional alleged that Phypers informed her to lie about the reason for her damage, insisting she say she “walked into a bit of apparatus saved on the constructing’s balcony, which was unfaithful.”
Prosecutors say one of many felony spousal damage prices stems from that January 17, 2022, incident. One other pertains to a separate occasion on Could 3, 2022. In court docket, Richards testified that Phypers induced her to undergo “a minimum of three concussions” on account of alleged abuse, together with a black eye after he “slammed” her in opposition to a concrete wall, inflicting her head to hit it between March and Could 2022. Phypers, nonetheless, has adamantly denied the allegations on the stand.
Richards obtained a short lived restraining order on July 16, days after Phypers filed for divorce. The 2 later testified in court docket throughout Richards’ try to safe a everlasting restraining order. Phypers was taken into custody on October 17 after testifying and was launched on $200,000 bond. If convicted, he faces as much as 4 years in jail.
Phypers’ lawyer, Michael Finley, confirmed the arrest to Us Weekly on Saturday, October 18. “We will affirm that Aaron Phypers was, in truth, arrested close to the top of the household regulation court docket day on October 17, 2025, and was later launched on bail,” Finley mentioned. He added, “We’ve not seen the felony grievance, however we consider that it’s more than likely based mostly upon the identical false accusations that Denise Richards has introduced in opposition to Mr. Phypers within the household regulation home violence continuing… In that case, we count on that the proof will reveal Mr. Phypers’ innocence and that he shall be acquitted.”
