Denise Accuses Ex of Abuse

Denise Richards' divorce took a shocking turn on July 16 as she requested a restraining order against her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, and accused him of physically abusing her throughout their six-year marriage.

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In court documents obtained by Us, Richards, 54, alleged that Phypers, 52, would "violently" choke and slap her, gave her "at least three concussions" and "regularly threatened" to "break [her] jaw" and "kill" her. She also claimed he "downloaded everything" from her laptop, including "private text messages," and "transferred" them to his own computer. The alleged abuse came to