Denise Richards’ estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, revealed he plans to call her ex-husband, Charlie Sheen, and her former friend Brandi Glanville as part of their ongoing divorce, Us Weekly can report.
On Monday, September 29, Phypers, 53, filed a list of witnesses he plans to call to testify as part of the upcoming hearing next month.
Phypers list included Sheen, 60, with whom Richards, 54, was recently spotted posing on the red carpet for his Netflix documentary. Sheen and Richards were married from 2002 to 2006. The exes had a rocky breakup but appear to be on good terms at the moment.
The list also included Glanville, 52, who was a longtime friend of Richards until drama between the two erupted on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Glanville claimed she hooked up with Richards in season 10 of RHOBH but Richards adamantly denied the accusation.
Phypers said he and his family, including his mother Patricia Phypers, father Steven Phypers and brother Brett Phypers, will respond to Richards’ allegations that Phypers was abusive during the marriage.
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In addition, they plan to talk about Richards’ “lack of fear, phone calls, messages, video she sent, violence by her, breaking Aaron’s phone, trespassing in family members’ rooms” and other topics.
Aaron said he will call Richards to the stand and grill her about her allegations against him, “her unreliability as a witness” and alleged violence against him. He said she will be questioned for one to two hours.
Denise Richards and her family are far from camera shy. The actress first offered fans insight into her life when appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for two seasons from 2019 to 2020. Five years later, in 2025, she peeled back the curtain once again via her own Bravo reality series, Denis Richards […]
Richards’ father, Irv Richards, will also be called to talk about his communications with Richards. Page Six was the first to report the news.
As Us previously reported, Aaron filed for divorce from Denise on July 7, after six years of marriage. He demanded Denise pay him monthly spousal support.
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A couple of days later, Denise filed court docs pleading for a temporary restraining order due to Aaron’s alleged abuse.
The actress claimed, “Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my 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.”
The court granted a temporary restraining order against Aaron.
Denise Richards’ ongoing divorce from Aaron Phypers is turning into a courtroom battle. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum found herself in the headlines when her estranged husband filed for divorce in July 2025 after six years of marriage. Since then, the pair have dropped serious legal allegations against each other in court documents […]
For his part, Aaron adamantly denied the accusations that he abused Denise.
He told Us, “These accusations are completely false and deeply hurtful. Denise and I, like many couples, have faced our share of challenges, but any suggestion of abuse is categorically untrue. I have always tried to approach our marriage with love, patience, and respect. I ask for privacy as we navigate personal matters, and I hope that the public and media will refrain from spreading harmful and baseless claims.”
The judge has yet to rule on Richards’ request for a permanent restraining order.
