The image was alarming. On July 16, a photo of Denise Richards<\/strong> with a black eye made headlines. The pic was part of a request for a temporary restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers<\/strong>, in which Denise accused the former wellness entrepreneur of repeatedly abusing her over the course of their six-year marriage, per report published by People<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cAaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in the 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,\u201d the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> alum, 54, alleged in her filing, adding that the 52-year-old had caused her \u201cat least three concussions\u201d and alleging that he \u201cregularly threatened to \u2018break my jaw\u2019 and would cry, beg me to stay, and promise to get help \u2014 none of which ever happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Following Aaron\u2019s shock divorce filing over the July 4 weekend \u2014 the couple had been vocal about not ever wanting to divorce on an episode of their reality show Denise Richards & Her Wild Things<\/em> not long before \u2014 the split has become an ugly round of he said\/she said. While Aaron called Denise\u2019s accusations \u201ccompletely false,\u201d he launched his own counterattack \u2014 and she\u2019s responded to his volley. \u201cThey are effectively waging war against each other,\u201d an insider tells Star<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a nightmare.\u201d (A source in Aaron\u2019s camp declined to comment.)<\/p>\n Things had come to a head between the former couple over Fourth of July weekend when Denise asked Aaron and his parents and brother to move out of townhouses she owns. Aaron \u201cgot within two inches of my face,\u201d she claimed in court documents, \u201cscreaming degrading profanities,\u201d including \u201cc*** w****.\u201d The next day, during another tense exchange, Aaron \u201cgrabbed both of my arms forcefully and pushed me and dragged me to the ground,\u201d Denise alleged. \u201cI landed hard on the stairs causing me immense pain.\u201d When she threatened to call the police, Aaron purportedly told her, \u201cI would like to see the cops take me away, I will blow everything up if they try.\u201d Denise claims he \u201cowns at least eight unregistered guns\u201d and \u201cmultiple bullet proof vests\u201d and has threatened to make her \u201cdisappear,\u201d adding that she had been \u201cafraid\u201d to report him.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.starmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Featured-2-denise-richards.jpeg\")
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