Actress Denise Richards said she unknowingly covered the salary and severance of a woman she alleges was having an affair with her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers. Richards made the claim during an Oct. 13 appearance on “The Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg Show,” according to Fox News.
Richards said the woman worked with Phypers. She also said she learned after she and Phypers separated about the alleged relationship and what she described as multiple other affairs. The source did not provide a response from the woman identified by Richards.
The allegation is part of a wider and ongoing divorce and legal conflict between Richards and Phypers. The source reports that Richards was granted a five-year restraining order against him on Nov. 7, 2025, following a court dispute involving her claims of physical and emotional abuse. The order is scheduled to expire Nov. 7, 2030.
Phypers was arrested in court in October 2025 on spousal-abuse charges tied to two incidents alleged to have taken place in 2017 and 2022, according to documents cited by Fox News. The article does not report the outcome of those charges. It says Phypers denied Richards’ abuse allegations in a statement to People.
During court proceedings, Richards accused Phypers of trying to harm her reputation after their relationship broke down. She also alleged that he took her laptop and leaked nude photographs of her. Richards told the judge that the photographs had affected her daughters and described feeling ashamed as a mother. These statements are allegations reported from court proceedings; the source does not establish them as findings by a court.
In documents filed July 16, Richards described alleged acts of violence and threats, including choking, striking her, and threatening to kill her. She also alleged that Phypers accessed her electronic devices and downloaded her messages. Richards further claimed that he caused her at least three concussions. The supplied report does not state the year of that July filing.
Fox News said representatives for both Richards and Phypers had not immediately responded to its request for comment on the latest affair-related claims. The source presents Richards’ account and Phypers’ denial of the abuse allegations, but does not include a response from him to her claim about the employee’s pay.
