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The continued drama between Denise Richards and her estranged husband Aaron Phypers has taken a critical flip, with Richards accusing Phypers of violating a brief restraining order she obtained towards him.
In courtroom paperwork filed on July 28 and obtained by PEOPLE, Richards, 54, calls for that Phypers, 49, return her laptop computer and chorus from sharing any info discovered on her digital gadgets. The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum insists that Phypers “return to me all photos, recordings and cell telephones of mine” and that he “be prohibited from utilizing, delivering, copying, printing, or disclosing any textual content messages, emails, images, notes or different content material from my cellphone or laptop computer or every other of my digital gadgets.”
Richards additional requests that Phypers ship the objects to her legal professional’s workplace for assortment, citing a number of cases the place she claims he “has repeatedly violated” the restraining order “on a number of events” by sharing “non-public info … that he stole” with the media because the order was issued on July 17. In line with Richards, this habits is “disturbing to my peace.”
The paperwork reference current interviews Phypers has given the place he claimed to own images and textual content messages allegedly proving Richards had an affair and bodily abused him.
Richards’ divorce legal professional, Brett Berman, strongly denies Phypers’ accusations in an announcement to PEOPLE, calling them “false.” Berman additionally accuses Phypers of violating the restraining order by “disseminating non-public info from Ms. Richards’ cellphone and laptop computer, which he stole.”
“Now we have warned Mr. Phypers in writing to not disseminate any info from Ms. Richards’ stolen cellphone and laptop computer however, he continues to take action,” Berman added.
Phypers pushed again, saying “Nothing was stolen, and nothing is lacking — besides, maybe, Ms. Richards’ ethical compass.” After Richards’ newest courtroom submitting, he issued an announcement denying the claims: “I completely deny the false allegations that I violated the restraining order or stole Denise’s laptop computer or cell telephones.”
He additional acknowledged, “These claims should not solely unfaithful — they’re being weaponized to break my fame and distract from the reality.”
Phypers alleges that it was Richards who took his telephone with out permission and bodily assaulted him when he tried to retrieve it, later discovering it “smashed and hidden in a black trash bag.” He described the gadget as “my private property, and it contained years of personal recollections, messages, and proof of our life collectively.”
Including context to their relationship, Phypers stated, “We shared all the things — telephones, iPads, laptops” throughout their marriage, noting that Richards “usually insisted on transparency” between them.
He concluded his assertion by warning, “Her authorized staff’s efforts to twist the narrative and create false proof are deeply unethical and may have critical penalties. Every part being claimed could be disproven. And I belief that the reality will come to mild.”
Phypers initially filed for divorce on July 7 after six years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable variations” and itemizing their separation date as July 4.
Simply ten days later, Richards was granted a brief restraining order towards Phypers, accusing him of home violence.
In her courtroom paperwork, Richards revealed she was “afraid” to report Phypers to the police, alleging he had “repeatedly threatened to kill himself and me if I reported him to the police, amongst his different threats of hurt to me and himself if he’s reported for his abuse to anybody.”
The actress alleged Phypers induced her “a minimum of three concussions,” that he “owns a minimum of eight unregistered weapons” and “a number of bullet proof vests,” and that he “threatened that I might ‘disappear’ if I referred to as the police.”
Phypers firmly denied these allegations, calling them “baseless claims” in an announcement to PEOPLE.
“Let me be unequivocally clear: I’ve by no means bodily or emotionally abused Denise — or anybody,” he stated. “These accusations are utterly false and deeply hurtful. Denise and I, like many {couples}, have confronted our share of challenges, however any suggestion of abuse is categorically unfaithful. I’ve all the time tried to method our marriage with love, persistence, and respect.”
