Denise Richards' Husband Aaron Phypers Files For Divorce After Six Years Of Marriage — As Exes Faced Money Struggles Due To Fraud Lawsuit
Denise Richards' husband Aaron Phypers has filed for divorce.
July 7 2025, Published 2:35 p.m. ET
Denise Richards' husband, Aaron Phypers, has filed for divorce, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Court documents revealed Phypers, 52, filed for divorce on Monday, July 7, in Los Angeles.
He listed "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for ending his six-year marriage with the Bravo star.
It's Over!
Phypers listed the couple's date of separation as July 4, 2025.
Richards, 54, and Phypers tied the knot in 2018 and share no children.
While neither party will be on the hook for child support payments, Phypers has reportedly requested spousal support from the reality star.
The divorce filing comes months after Phypers and his wellness company, Quantum Epigenetics Consulting LLC, were slapped with a fraud lawsuit in January.
Fraud Lawsuit
Richards was dragged into Phypers' legal drama when a creditor sued him for $228,000.
As RadarOnline.com reported, Creditors Adjustment Bureau Inc. alleged in their filing that Phypers and Quantum Epigenetics Consulting LLC owed $228,000 related to a loan.
The legal drama began in 2019, when Phypers' company took out a $190,000 loan, which carried $11,000 in interest. Upon failing to repay the loan, he was sued. The wellness guru claimed the pandemic wrecked his business, resulting in him being unable to make payments.
He eventually settled the case weeks before it went to trial by agreeing to make monthly payments starting in late 2023. But by February 2024, the creditor claimed he stopped sending checks after contributing only $40,000 towards his debt. A judge then approved the creditor's request to continue with a $228,000 lawsuit against Phypers.
Richards' Wages at Risk
While Richards was not named in the lawsuit, the creditor signaled they would go after her wages to pay Phypers' debt.
While Richards was not named in the creditor's lawsuit, the filing claimed the TV star was still on the hook for her now-estranged husband's debt.
According to court documents, the creditor requested an order "attaching the wage earnings and other assets in the name, possession, custody and control of" Richards to pay off Phypers' debt.
In addition to the creditor's lawsuit, Phypers was also sued by Rupert Perry on behalf of his late wife, Elina Katsioula-Beall, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Perry alleged Phypers promised the stem-cell transplant offered at his Malibu clinic "would cure or at least ameliorate" his late wife's sarcoma.
The grieving husband further claimed Phypers was "so confident" in the treatment, he offered a 50 percent refund of the total $126,000 cost if it was unsuccessful.
While Perry and Katsioula-Beall forked paid the $126,000 bill, her tumor grew 25 percent after receiving the transplant.
Perry's filing alleged Phypers never paid the couple $63,000 he promised to give back, even as his late wife was dying.
Phypers Responds
Phypers' attorney argued the creditor had no 'admissible evidence that' his client and Richards were married.
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As for his $228,000 fraud lawsuit, Phypers reportedly requested a judge stop Creditors Adjustment Bureau Inc. from going after the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum's wages.
His lawyer argued the creditor had no "admissible evidence that (Aaron) and (Denise) are actually married."
The lawyer further claimed a news report submitted by the creditor about the couple’s union was "inadmissible hearsay and not competent evidence."
Meanwhile, Phypers and Richards held a wedding ceremony in September 2018 and referred to each other as husband a wife.
Still, Phypers' lawyer argued the creditor had not proven Richards' wages were community property and could be seized to pay off the debt.
He wrote in a filing: "While marital earnings (assuming the two are married) are generally community property, that is not necessarily the case. A married couple can enter into transmutation and other agreements that change the character of assets and earnings.
"By failing to give proper notice to (Denise), (Creditors Adjustment Bureau) precludes her from presenting evidence that would provide an exception to what is generally true."
