{"id":2104557,"date":"2025-10-21T00:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2104557"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T00:24:20","slug":"denise-richards-ex-aaron-phypers-charges-revealed-after-courtroom-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/denise-richards-ex-aaron-phypers-charges-revealed-after-courtroom-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Richards&#8217; ex Aaron Phypers\u2019 charges revealed after courtroom arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Denise Richards\u2019 estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, has been charged with four felony counts after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/17\/celebrity-news\/denise-richards-ex-aaron-phypers-arrested-in-court\/\">his arrest in court on Friday<\/a> during his restraining order hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Phypers was charged with 2 felony counts of injuring a spouse, and 2 felony counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat, Page Six can confirm. <\/p>\n<p>Three of the charges have an offense date listed as Jan. 17, 2022, while one count of injuring a spouse has an offense date listed as May 3, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Phypers is currently out on bail after posting his $200,000 bond.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Aaron Phypers has been charged with four felony counts following his arrest in court on Friday during his restraining order hearing. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Phypers was charged with 2 felony counts of injuring a spouse, and 2 felony counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat, Page Six can confirm. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Phypers\u2019 rep didn\u2019t immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment on the charges but his lawyer, Michael Finlay, previously told us they expect the criminal complaint to be proven false and for Phypers to be exonerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a criminal case is filed the evidence has not been fully laid out and considered,\u201d Finley said. \u201cCriminal cases get filed all the time, and they get beaten. Just because a case is filed doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re feeling pretty confident that we have shown that her allegations are false in the domestic violence case in the divorce court,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Phypers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/18\/celebrity-news\/denise-richards-ex-aaron-phypers-all-smiles-after-bailing-out-of-jail\/\">appeared to be in good spirits<\/a> after bailing himself out of the Lost Hills Sheriff\u2019s Station Friday night, smiling as he posed alongside a California bondswoman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richards, who has accused her ex of physically abusing her on multiple occasions, was present in court on Friday. <span class=\"credit\">Frederick M. Brown for Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She was seeking to make her temporary restraining order against Phypers permanent. <span class=\"credit\">Frederick M. Brown for celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Richards, 54, was granted a temporary restraining order against Phypers, 53, in July, She\u2019s now seeking to make the restraining order permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Richards\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/07\/celebrity-news\/denise-richards-accuses-ex-aaron-phypers-of-crushing-her-head-in-harrowing-abuse-testimony\/\">testified that Phypers allegedly became violent\u00a0<\/a>with her on multiple occasions, which matches the dates of his new charges.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to an incident on Jan. 17, 2022 that she alleged resulted in her getting a black eye, she also claimed that Phypers \u201cslammed [her] up against the concrete wall and [her] head hit it.\u201d in a second incident that allegedly occurred sometime between March to May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Richards previously accused Phypers of giving her a black eye during an argument on Jan. 17, 2022. <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Phypers has denied Richards\u2019 abuse claims, and also accused the actress of abusing painkillers and alcohol. <span class=\"credit\">deniserichards\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phypers has denied Richards\u2019 abuse allegations and testified that he had no recollection of the black eye. A source alleged Richards\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/18\/celebrity-news\/aaron-phypers-blames-denise-richards-alleged-alcohol-problem-for-her-black-eye-source\/\">gave herself a black eye <\/a>while drinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is consistent with the ongoing untruthfulness of Denise Richards, who is trying to hide her alcohol problem,\u201d the insider claimed to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>Phypers\u00a0has previously accused Richards of abusing\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/20\/celebrity-news\/aaron-phypers-accuses-denise-richards-of-vicodin-addiction-having-ongoing-affair\/\">painkillers and alcohol<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He also claimed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/09\/celebrity-news\/aaron-phypers-dismisses-denise-richards-physical-abuse-allegations-she-bruises-easily\/\">Richards \u201cbruised easily\u201d<\/a> and that he witnessed her getting injured \u201coften.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would bruise her arms, all sorts of stuff. She\u2019d bruise herself while cooking \u2026 falling down,\u201d he testified.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Richards\u2019 estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, has been charged with four felony counts after his arrest in court on Friday during his restraining order hearing. Phypers was charged with 2 felony counts of injuring a spouse, and 2 felony counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat, Page Six can confirm. 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