Denise Richards’ Ex Aaron Phypers Files Response Refuting Her Domestic Violence Claims (Exclusive)

Aaron Phypers is responding to Denise Richards’ claims of domestic violence, alleging that she is the “abusive” one in their relationship.

On Monday, Sept. 15, Phypers filed a response to Richards’ July 17 domestic violence restraining order, according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE. 

At the time, Richards, 54, requested a temporary domestic violence restraining order against Phypers, 52, who she alleged “repeatedly abused” her throughout their six-year marriage, per previous court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Richards requested that Phypers abide by several orders, including no-contact, an order to pay expenses caused by the abuse, an order to provide spousal support and an order to enter batterer intervention program, to name a handful. To each of the orders, he checked the box that he would “not agree to the requested order” and refuted her claims.

Along with the various denials, he adds, “There is no need for such orders, as I have not abused her and will not abuse her.” He also claims that Richards has been “frequently” calling and messaging him and his father. “As well as asking other family and friends to ask me to call her so often that it should be considered harassment, demonstrating that she is not afraid of me and that she is the aggressive one,” he alleges in his response.

He provided screenshots of his call history, sharing that Richards called him on Aug. 15, 17 and 21 — the latter of which showed nine missed calls. She also allegedly called six times on Sept. 2, and four times on Friday, Sept. 12. 

Phypers goes on to allege that Richards has “attacked” and “harassed” him “many times.” Adding, “I found an AirTag tracker on my vehicle 7/6/2025 and she admitted putting it there.”

He claims that on Aug. 3, she said she went to his residence to pick up her dogs, but did not have enough room in her Corvette to take more than one of her animals. 

“She barged aggressively and forcefully into other family members’ living spaces, including my brother’s room (which he recorded), violating his privacy rights and looking through his personal property,” the filing continues. “Denise violently smashed my cell phone, placed it in a trash can buried under bags of trash, and then lied about, claiming she had not taken my phone.”

Regarding paying expenses caused by the alleged abuse, he wrote, “If anything, she should pay my expenses, as I did not abuse her and she is the abusive one.” Adding for the spousal support, “She has prevented me from earning income, so she is the only one with income. She should support me.” He also requested she pay for his lawyer’s fees and costs.

“Denise did not initially request spousal support, but later modified her papers to request that later,” Phypers claims. “That is ridiculous and she clearly intends it as way to harass me, because she knows that she is preventing me from earning money by refusing to allow me to pick up my expensive and sensitive equipment that would be my primary method of earning income.”

“In fact, I believe that this entire domestic violence proceeding is merely a ruse to try to cut me off from being able to obtain spousal support.”

Additionally, Richards alleged on Sept. 9 that Phypers took her phone and laptop, and requested an order to have Phypers return the items to her. But he denies the claims that he took the devices, alleging that “Denise has extremely messy living habits, so it is not a surprise when she cannot find things.”

He says he took photos of her open computer. “She left open [her computer] with messages between herself and a man [redacted] planning an affair. That is all I have from that computer: pictures that I took of the computer screen before I left that place.” 

He also claims that the other photos she is requesting be returned to her possession were photos he took, and he holds the copyrights to. “So there was no need for me to obtain them from her. I was the primary photographer for her OnlyFans account, so I took many professional photographs of her and I hold the copyrights to all of the pictures that I took.”

The recent filing follows the Sept. 8 ruling that Richards can access one of the couple’s residences on Sept. 13 to “retrieve her mother’s and her own personal property, including the dogs,” according to court documents obtained by PEOPLE.

Phypers was ordered to stay 100 yards away from the home as stated in the temporary restraining order. He was permitted to retrieve his personal property from their townhouse and office on Sept. 15.

Phypers filed for divorce from the actress on July 7. He listed their date of separation as July 4 and cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split, according to documents obtained by PEOPLE. However, Richards listed their date of separation as “TBD.”

PEOPLE reached out to Richards’ representatives.

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