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Aaron Phypers has taken the stand in response to severe abuse allegations made by his estranged spouse, actress Denise Richards — firmly denying any bodily violence throughout their six-year marriage.
On October 8, in a courtroom testimony reported by Us Weekly, Phypers, 53, addressed a number of accusations from Richards, 54, who has alleged a sample of bodily abuse, together with being struck within the face and receiving a black eye.
When requested instantly if he had hit Richards, Phypers acknowledged unequivocally: “Completely not.” He claimed the harm in query got here from an accident, not an altercation: “She had been consuming and advised me she ran right into a pole.”
The testimony got here in response to an announcement from Phypers’ personal cousin, Dr. Kathleen McAllister, who advised the courtroom she had witnessed him hit Richards at his now-closed wellness middle in Malibu. McAllister additionally acknowledged she noticed Richards with a black eye following the alleged incident.
Phypers denied all claims of bodily assault, together with accusations that he grabbed Richards by the hair, choked her, or banged her head throughout separate occasions. “No, I didn’t,” he advised the courtroom when requested about these incidents.
He described Richards as a frequent customer to his wellness middle throughout their relationship. “A number of days per week. She used it for Zoom and different numerous issues,” he stated. “She got here in fairly a bit.”
In the course of the proceedings, the decide stopped Phypers from answering questions associated to alleged substance use by Richards, calling the inquiry “irrelevant.”
Phypers additionally denied the claims made by Richards’ make-up artist, Pamela Brogardi, who alleged she heard him threaten the actress. In courtroom, Phypers rejected the accusation that he threatened to interrupt Richards’ legs, saying: “No. Completely not.”
When questioned if he ever threatened to kill Richards, he once more acknowledged: “No. By no means.” He additionally denied calling her a derogatory identify on July 4: “I by no means known as her that. It’s not true.”
One other declare Richards made in her petition for a restraining order was that Phypers knocked a hat off her head throughout an argument at her townhouse — a cost he additionally denied.
As for allegations of invading Richards’ privateness and stealing her laptop computer, Phypers admitted to taking photographs of messages he discovered on the machine, which he described as “very hurtful and surprising.” Nevertheless, he denied confronting her in anger or waking her as much as yell about it: “I did confront her however didn’t berate her as she claims.”
He additionally pushed again towards the declare that he hit Richards within the rest room as she recovered from surgical procedure in Could, and he refuted the concept he ever induced her to undergo any concussions.
When it got here to claims about proudly owning firearms, Phypers was clear: “I don’t personal any weapons.” As for the alleged bulletproof vests Richards talked about, he clarified: “They’re exercise vests which are weighted.”
In her petition, Richards had described a number of incidents of alleged violence, writing:
“Aaron would steadily violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with each arms, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, 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 categorically denied all of those claims throughout his testimony.
The case continues to unfold, and each events stay beneath public scrutiny as extra particulars emerge. Phypers’ agency denials mark a key second within the ongoing authorized battle between the previous couple, whose tumultuous break up has captivated the media and followers alike.
