Denise Richards is breaking her silence about one of the painful experiences of her life.
The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, 53, opened up concerning the emotional toll after express pictures of her have been allegedly leaked by her estranged husband, Aaron Phypers. In response to Denise, the scandal hasn’t simply affected her personally — it’s additionally had a devastating impression on her three daughters: Sami and Lola Sheen, whom she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, and her youngest, Eloise, whom Aaron adopted.
“It’s been tough for my daughters, particularly with the bare pictures,” she advised the choose throughout courtroom proceedings on October 6, 2025, per Fox Information. “I’m so embarrassed and shameful as a mother. [My daughter] couldn’t go to church.”
Her daughter Lola, who’s been lively in her church since her baptism earlier this yr, has reportedly discovered it significantly onerous to take care of the general public publicity.
The allegations in opposition to Aaron got here to gentle in courtroom paperwork filed on July 28. Denise accused her ex of violating a short lived restraining order by leaking her non-public pictures and textual content messages to the media. She claimed he stole the content material from her private laptop computer and requested the courtroom to order him to return her units and cease sharing her non-public data.
Though the courtroom granted Denise a restraining order, her request to get her laptop computer and different belongings again was denied. She’s since stated recovering them is extra necessary than ever.
The day after the order was issued, Aaron gave an interview during which he admitted to accessing her laptop computer and studying her messages. Her authorized workforce rapidly despatched a warning, demanding that he cease sharing her private content material. However simply days later, one other article surfaced exhibiting express photos and messages Denise says have been “stolen by Aaron.”
She described the leaked pictures intimately, saying they included “an image of me with my b**** fully uncovered and one other image of my b******. One other image within the article is an image of my telephone being held by Aaron’s hand with my non-public textual content messages.”
Denise added that Aaron allegedly advised the outlet he discovered 107 “raunchy textual content messages” on her telephone.
“I’m in excessive misery and drastically disturbed since Aaron has been repeatedly disseminating non-public textual content messages stolen from my laptop computer after the TRO has been issued,” she stated. “Aaron accessing my non-public data on my laptop computer and disseminating the knowledge just isn’t solely abuse and a violation of the TRO, however the disseminating of nude images is a prison act.”
Aaron filed for divorce on July 7 after six years of marriage, citing “irreconcilable variations.” Court docket information present the couple separated on July 4.
