By Joshua Haigh
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Aaron Phypers — who filed to divorce Richards in July following an explosive fight — has insisted that any claims of abuse are untrue.
He’s also claimed that he was in fact the one being abused by Richards.
On Monday, Phypers filed a response to Richards’ July 17 domestic violence restraining order, according to court documents obtained by People.
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Richards requested that Phypers abide by several orders, including no-contact, an order to pay expenses caused by the alleged abuse, an order to provide spousal support and an order to enter batterer intervention program.
Phypers has since filed documentation stating that he does not agree to any of the requested orders, and intends to fight them in court.
“There is no need for such orders, as I have not abused her and will not abuse her,” he said.
The reality star 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.
Phypers also claims that Richards has “attacked” and “harassed” him “many times.”
He then recalled one incident where the former Bond star arrived at his residence to pick up her dogs following their split.
“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.”
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He went on to claim that Richards “should be paying” his expenses and not the other way around.
“If anything, she should pay my expenses, as I did not abuse her and she is the abusive one. She has prevented me from earning income, so she is the only one with income. She should support me.”
The fitness trainer has also requested that Richards coughs up money to pay for his lawyer fees and court costs.
“Denise did not initially request spousal support, but later modified her papers to request that later,” he said. “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.”
Phypers and Richards tied the knot in 2018 in a beachfront wedding that aired on Bravo.
