Denise Richards rushed back in court to demand her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, return her laptop and force him to stop leaking photos from the device to the media amid their bitter divorce, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
On Monday, July 28, Richards, 54, asked the court to order Phypers, 52, to turn over the allegedly stolen items and to prohibit him from disseminating any material on her devices.
She accused him of “repeatedly violating the [temporary restraining order in place] by disseminating to numerous new organizations on multiple occasions … private information from my laptop (including text messages and nude photographs of me) that he stole.”
Richards’ motion demanded Phypers return the laptop and all photos, recordings and cell phones belonging to her by the end of today.
In a declaration filed with her motion, Richards explained she obtained a temporary restraining order against Phypers earlier this month. However, the court did not grant her request for the devices. She said she needs the court to step in and help her out now, given Phypers’ recent actions.
Richards said the day after Phypers was served with the restraining order, he gave an interview to a media outlet where he admitted to opening Richards’ laptop and going through her texts.
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star said her lawyer sent Phypers another notice after the interview, warning him to cease disseminating information and material from Richards’ laptop.
A couple of days later, Richards said another story came out which included her private text messages “that were stolen by Aaron from my laptop” and several of her private photos.
She explained that the photos in the story included “a picture of me with my breast completely exposed and another picture of my buttocks. Another picture in the article is a picture of my phone being held by Aaron’s hand with my private text messages.”
Richards said her ex told the outlet that he found 107 “raunchy text messages” on her phone.
“I am in extreme distress and greatly disturbed since Aaron has been repeatedly disseminating private text messages stolen from my laptop after the TRO has been issued and I have warned him numerous times not to disseminate any information from my cell phone or laptop,” she said.
She added, “Aaron accessing my private information on my laptop and disseminating the information is not only abuse and a violation of the TRO, but the disseminating of nude photographs is a criminal act.”
Phypers tells Us, “I absolutely deny the false allegations that I violated the restraining order or stole Denise’s laptop or cell phones. These claims are not only untrue — they are being weaponized to damage my reputation and distract from the truth.”
The judge has yet to rule on Richards’ plea over her laptop.
As Us previously reported, Phypers filed for divorce on July 7, citing irreconcilable differences. He asked the court to award him spousal support.
Days later, Richards asked for a restraining order against Phypers. She accused him of being physical with her during their marriage. He denied the accusations.
The court granted a temporary restraining order. Phypers also filed a police report on June 20 against Richards for alleged vandalism, theft and assault.
Phypers also sent an emotional letter to friends and family claiming Richards desperately needed an intervention.
