Denise Richards granted restraining order amid claims Aaron Phypers ‘threatened to kill her’

Denise Richards of Real Housewives of Beverly claims that Aaron Phypers abused and threatened to kill her, and that he has been given a temporary restraining order.

Denise has made a string of allegations against her ex-husband(Image: Getty Images)

According to Denise Richards, Aaron Phypers threatened to kill her. According to reports in the USA, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills received a temporary restraining order against her ex, giving new details about their breakup.

The pair’s court appearance on August 8 will serve as the restraining order’s expiration date, according to TMZ. According to the publication, he has been told to remain 100 yards away from Denise, her residence, her place of employment, and vehicle.

Following a six-year union, the couple filed for divorce earlier this month. They cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of their split, and listed July 4 as the official separation date. In addition, Phypers is asking the court to grant him spousal support from Denise, 54.

They will still be on Denise Richards &amp, Her Wild Things, their own joint reality show, along with her daughters. Denise claimed that during their marriage, she had been subjected to physical abuse, and earlier this week she requested protection from the court.

Denise claims her ex-husband had threatened to kill her
Denise claims her ex-husband had threatened to kill her(Image: Getty Images for A+E Networks)

New court records now reveal Denise’s claim that she was afraid of dying after Aaron allegedly threatened to kill her. The reality star said, “Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, aggressively slam my head into the bathroom towel rack, threaten to kill me, hold me down with his knee on my back, and hack into my laptop and phone and download all of my text messages.

She continued in the filings, “none of which ever happened” that Aaron would frequently threaten to break her jaw and ask her to stay with him if he needed help.

Aaron has not yet responded to the allegations
Aaron has not yet responded to the allegations(Image: Getty Images)

She continued, “Aaron has at least three concussions. Aaron has informed me that he left recording equipment at his townhouses and in hotel rooms to record me. Denise claimed on July 4 that Aaron repeatedly approached her face, calling her a “c***, w***er” and “piece of s**t.”

She claims that Aaron and his father allegedly hit her on the back of her hat with the back of his hand, causing her hat to fall to the floor after they both got close to her face and yelled hateful words at her once more the following day. Aron has not responded to the accusations made against him.

He claims in his spousal support documents that he has no independent income and estimates that Denise earns more than $250,000 per month from OnlyFans, TV work, brand deals, and public appearances.

The couple filed for divorce earlier this month
The couple filed for divorce earlier this month(Image: Denise Richards/Instagram)

He states in the filing that Denise has been paying them and that they spend on average about $ 77, 000 per month. According to reports, their monthly expenses are estimated to be between £15 000 and £11 000, with an additional $ 15 000 for eating out and $ 15 000 for eating out.

Aaron has requested that Aaron keep both of their property’s assets and liabilities separate. His power tools, a motorcycle, and a sports car are said to be included in the request. More details about their break-up have recently surfaced, with it being claimed that “he divorced her after she last wanted another divorce.”

Aaron “wanted to hurt her,” he has. She’s cutting off his cash flow, according to a source who recently told MailOnline, because he’s the last person who wants to be broke.

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Following the claims, Aaron has since told TMZ the claims are “not true”. He said: “I have all the details. She is creating a story to save her image reporting a conjured up story when I have all the real evidence.”

The Mirror reached out to Aaron and Denise’s spokesperson for comment.

Denise Richards granted restraining order amid claims Aaron Phypers ‘threatened to kill her’

Denise Richards of Real Housewives of Beverly claims that Aaron Phypers abused and threatened to kill her, and that he has been given a temporary restraining order.

Denise has made a string of allegations against her ex-husband(Image: Getty Images)

According to Denise Richards, Aaron Phypers threatened to kill her. According to reports in the USA, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills received a temporary restraining order against her ex, giving new details about their breakup.

The pair’s court appearance on August 8 will serve as the restraining order’s expiration date, according to TMZ. According to the publication, he has been told to remain 100 yards away from Denise, her residence, her place of employment, and vehicle.

Following a six-year union, the couple filed for divorce earlier this month. They cited “irreconcilable differences” as the cause of their split, and listed July 4 as the official separation date. In addition, Phypers is asking the court to grant him spousal support from Denise, 54.

They will still be on Denise Richards &amp, Her Wild Things, their own joint reality show, along with her daughters. Denise claimed that during their marriage, she had been subjected to physical abuse, and earlier this week she requested protection from the court.

Denise claims her ex-husband had threatened to kill her
Denise claims her ex-husband had threatened to kill her(Image: Getty Images for A+E Networks)

New court records now reveal Denise’s claim that she was afraid of dying after Aaron allegedly threatened to kill her. The reality star said, “Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head, aggressively slam my head into the bathroom towel rack, threaten to kill me, hold me down with his knee on my back, and hack into my laptop and phone and download all of my text messages.

She continued in the filings, “none of which ever happened” that Aaron would frequently threaten to break her jaw and ask her to stay with him if he needed help.

Aaron has not yet responded to the allegations
Aaron has not yet responded to the allegations(Image: Getty Images)

She continued, “Aaron has at least three concussions. Aaron has informed me that he left recording equipment at his townhouses and in hotel rooms to record me. Denise claimed on July 4 that Aaron repeatedly approached her face, calling her a “c***, w***er” and “piece of s**t.”

She claims that Aaron and his father allegedly hit her on the back of her hat with the back of his hand, causing her hat to fall to the floor after they both got close to her face and yelled hateful words at her once more the following day. Aron has not responded to the accusations made against him.

He claims in his spousal support documents that he has no independent income and estimates that Denise earns more than $250,000 per month from OnlyFans, TV work, brand deals, and public appearances.

The couple filed for divorce earlier this month
The couple filed for divorce earlier this month(Image: Denise Richards/Instagram)

He states in the filing that Denise has been paying them and that they spend on average about $ 77, 000 per month. According to reports, their monthly expenses are estimated to be between £15 000 and £11 000, with an additional $ 15 000 for eating out and $ 15 000 for eating out.

Aaron has requested that Aaron keep both of their property’s assets and liabilities separate. His power tools, a motorcycle, and a sports car are said to be included in the request. More details about their break-up have recently surfaced, with it being claimed that “he divorced her after she last wanted another divorce.”

Aaron “wanted to hurt her,” he has. She’s cutting off his cash flow, according to a source who recently told MailOnline, because he’s the last person who wants to be broke.

Continue reading the article.

Following the claims, Aaron has since told TMZ the claims are “not true”. He said: “I have all the details. She is creating a story to save her image reporting a conjured up story when I have all the real evidence.”

The Mirror reached out to Aaron and Denise’s spokesperson for comment.

Switzerland inspired by 2010 World Cup win before Spain quarter-final

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Spain v Switzerland

Date: Friday 18 July Kick-off: 20:00 BST Venue: Wankdorf Stadium, Bern

Pia Sundhage has been using footage of Switzerland men’s historic win over Spain at the 2010 World Cup to inspire her women’s side before their quarter-final against the same opponents at Euro 2025.

Hosts Switzerland, ranked 23rd in the world, scored a stoppage-time goal against Finland in their final group-stage game to squeeze into last eight.

World champions Spain, meanwhile, are the top-ranked team in the tournament and were already favourites to win Euro 2025 before they swept past Portugal, Belgium and Italy to top Group B.

Switzerland boss Sundhage, who has previously managed the United States, Sweden and Brazil, said facing Spain on Friday will be the “biggest ever” challenge of her managerial career.

However, the 65-year-old believes her side can surprise Spain in the same way the men’s team did in South Africa in 2010, when they held on for a 1-0 win after Gelson Fernandes scored in the 52nd minute.

Sundhage said the idea to watch videos of that victory came from former Arsenal and Switzerland defender Johan Djourou, who is part of her staff.

“We tried to share stories, that is what life is all about,” she said. “That was an idea from Johan. He was talking about it in an emotional way.

Swiss defender Noelle Maritz said re-watching videos of the win – the men’s first against Spain – gave her “goosebumps”.

“This is football and we have to score one more goal than the opponent and believe in ourselves. We hope we are able to win against Spain like the men’s team did,” Maritz added.

Against Spain in 2010, Switzerland won despite facing 24 shots against a team that went on to win the tournament.

Asked if her side will need the same luck in Bern, Sundhage replied: “We will not win against Spain if we are not lucky. But you need to create your own luck.”

Spain are ranked second in the world and won the World Cup in 2023, but they have exited the Euros in the quarter-finals at each of the past three tournaments.

With their only better performance being in 1997, where they reached the semi-finals, manager Montse Tome said her side have a chance to “write history” against Switzerland.

“I think it’s a beautiful challenge for the Spanish team, for the staff, for the players,” said Tome.

“It is a challenge, it is big to have the possibility to get to the semi-finals and write history.

‘The last stand for the hosts’

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I am co-commentating on this game, and the disparity between Spain and Switzerland feels like the biggest of any of the four quarter-finals.

Spain are clear favourites here, for a reason. The world champions are going to win and probably score a few more goals, after hitting 14 in the group stage, so Switzerland really just need to try and hold out for as long as they can.

There have already been big celebrations here because the Swiss have got through to a knockout stage of a Euros for the first time.

So, this tournament has already been a success for them on the pitch as well as off it, with record digital viewing figures and the attendances at games.

This feels like the last stand for the hosts because they won’t keep Spain out, but I am going to say the Swiss will score too – that is unlikely to happen, but I really want them to end these Euros with something to smile about.

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Slovenia bars far-right Israeli cabinet ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, both of the far-right members of the Israeli government, are prohibited from entering Slovenia.

Tanja Fajon, the foreign minister, declared the pair’s personae non-gratae on Thursday, citing a first for a member state of the European Union.

She said, “We are innovating.”

The Slovenian government accused Israel’s Ben-Gvir and Smotrich of using “their genocidal statements” to incite “extreme violence and serious violations of Palestinian human rights.”

Both cabinet ministers “publicly support the forced eviction of Palestinians, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, and the call for violence against the civilian Palestinian population,” the statement continued.

The Israeli government didn’t immediately respond.

For their hard-line stance on the occupied West Bank and the expansion of illegal settlements, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, two key coalition partners in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration, have received international criticism.

Smotrich, who resides in a settlement in the West Bank, has urged the territory’s annexation and support for the expansion of settlements.

International law prohibits settlements. Israel has disputed the International Court of Justice’s ruling from July that Israel’s continued presence in occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful.

Smotrich has previously called for “total annihilation” in Gaza and recommended the destruction of a Palestinian town in the West Bank. Ben-Gvir had a sincere rebuke of Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli who killed 29 Palestinians in Hebron in 1994. Israeli courts have found him guilty of “incitement to racism” numerous times.

Netanyahu depends heavily on the two and their political parties’ support to keep his government together, despite the ministers’ positions.

Natasa Pirc Musar, Slovenia’s president, stated to the European Parliament on May 21 that Israel must “demonize the genocide” in Gaza.

After EU and foreign ministers did not agree on a joint action against Israel over allegations of human rights violations, Fajon stated that Slovenia and Slovenia had decided to take the action at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.

Without going into specifics, she claimed that other measures were being developed.

The two Israeli ministers were accused of inciting violence against Palestinians by the governments of Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada in June.

Wolves induct Jota into club’s Hall of Fame

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Wolves have inducted former forward Diogo Jota into their Hall of Fame “in a tribute that honours both his remarkable achievements for the club and the deep impact his passing has had on the footballing world”.

The Portugal international and his 25-year-old brother Andre Silva, who was also a footballer, died in a car crash on 3 July in the Spanish province of Zamora.

Jota moved to Wolves from Atletico Madrid in July 2017 – in a deal which was initially on a season-long loan and then made permanent – before going on to join Liverpool in 2020.

He scored 44 goals in 131 appearances for Wolves and was a key player when they won the Championship title in 2017-18 to earn promotion into the Premier League.

Wolves players and coaching staff have been among those to have contributed to the vast amount of tributes to Jota and Silva outside their Molineux stadium.

The club have now “moved swiftly to make this rare and heartfelt decision” to induct Jota into their Hall of Fame, which is run independently by a committee.

Wolves said such an honour is “typically the result of detailed discussions over many weeks or months” but, in Jota’s case, it was a unanimous decision considering “the remarkable legacy Diogo leaves behind”.

“There is such a feeling of sadness and disbelief around this awful tragedy that we wanted to make this tribute of our own as soon as we could,” said Wolves Hall of Fame chairman and club vice-president John Richards.

“Like everyone else, we’ve been stunned by events, and we remember what a wonderful player Diogo was for Wolves during that unforgettable promotion season under [manager] Nuno [Espirito Santo] and our early years back in the Premier League.

“So many fans across the game – especially in Portugal after he helped them win the Nations League this summer – are feeling his loss deeply. We saw no reason to delay this decision.

“We hope it will bring a little comfort to those who were close to Diogo and Andre, and we trust Wolves supporters will understand that this gesture is made with real love and admiration, and also fully justified.”

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Inside brand new Elvis Presley show as AI brings King to life

Elvis Evolution combines cutting-edge digital technology, live actors and musicians to transport audiences back in time as it brings The King’s iconic moments to life

Tinkling away at the piano in front of the sheet music for If I Can Dream in a room with every shade of 1960s brown, I am transported back in time to the night of the Return of The King.

I sit at his dressing room table in Los Angeles NBC studios, and try to imagine what Elvis felt like as he waited to go on stage before giving what is considered one of the greatest rock performances of all time.

There is even a glass of whisky at the side for a bit of Dutch courage as the King hadn’t sung in seven years after a stint in the army and appearing in a selection of uninspired films before that pivotal Comeback Special on TV in June 1968.

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68 Special with live musicians on stage at Elvis Evolution

But I’m not in downtown LA – I’m in East London’s Excel exhibition centre, and I am living every Elvis fan’s dream come true as I get a sneak preview of the fully immersive Elvis Evolution which opens to the public today (July 18).

Here, Elvis fans can relive the King’s most iconic moments as cutting-edge AI and holographic technology breathes life into 60-year-old footage of that career-changing night.

Unlike the two-hour hologram concert ABBA Voyage, this isn’t an AI-generated Elvis singing his greatest hits, it’s an immersive theatre experience which takes fans down memory lane using actors and incredibly realistic scene settings.

“It’s all based on meticulous research,” says Andrew McGuinness, founder and CEO of Layered Reality which created Elvis Evolution, having previously worked on Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds: The Immersive Experience.

The virtual reality and live theatre company’s experience charts Elvis’s rise from dirt-poor Mississippi roots and his rags-to-riches story – and centres around the 1968 performance, and uses video footage and photography from Elvis Presley’s personal archives at Graceland.

“The story behind the ’68 special is a fascinating one,” says Andrew, and explains how Elvis’s manager, Colonel Parker, was against the idea of a TV special and wanted the singer to do a cheesy Christmas show instead.

“Most people have only really seen the ’68 special as grainy images,” says Andrew. “We’ve used AI technology to transform that to be something that really gives you a sense of what that performance was, and we use AI and hologram effects to create scenes that we know happened, that were well documented but were not captured on film.

 The Mirror’s feature writer Sanjeeta Bains takes a look behind the scenes at an immersive show, Elvis Evolution
The Mirror’s feature writer Sanjeeta Bains takes a look behind the scenes at an immersive show, Elvis Evolution(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)

Unlike the 2022 Baz Luhrmann directed Elvis film which was told from the perspective of the Colonel, Elvis Evolution is told from the viewpoint of Elvis’s childhood friend Sam Bell who leads the audience through the story.

There is also interview footage from the real-life Sam Bell who died in 2021 talking about his relationship with Elvis how devastated he was at his friend’s untimely passing aged just 42 in 1977.

Sam is one of a cast of 28 actors playing characters, including record producer Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis in 1954.The man who directed the Comeback Special and was instrumental in revitalising Elvis’s career is also acknowledged.

In front of me at the piano, attached to the music sheet for If I Can Dream, is a card which reads, “Steve, Something like this? E.” “Steve is Steve Binder, who directed Elvis’s show,” explains Andrew. “Elvis and Steve both wanted him to do something authentic. And really, the moment of the ’68 special was when Elvis rediscovered his musical self and got back to his soul. And I Can Dream is a big part of that”

Elvis was rejigging the format of the song written by Earl Brown, especially for his Comeback Special. It echoed Martin Luther King’s 1963 I Have A Dream speech – after he was assassinated just two months previously.

On top of the piano, I spot the Life magazine tribute issue to the Civil Rights campaigner. There is also a whisky at the side of the piano – for Dutch courage.

(Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)

Elvis was very nervous, there is no doubt of that,” says Andrew. “He had been doing movies for the last seven years, but he was desperate to get back to his musical roots.”

The Elvis Evolution begins at Bob’s Burbank Diner opposite NBC Studios where the ’68 special was filmed. The menu offers a peanut and banana milkshake in homage to Elvis’ love of the peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Then the experience starts, and NBC execs played by actors rush into the diner desperately in need of audience members.

“That really happened,” says Andrew. “The Colonel was responsible for ticket distribution, but as he was against the show, he didn’t do it, so people had to be invited at the last minute. It created a raw, unfiltered performance which led to the likes of MTV Unplugged.”

Elvis's childhood best friend Sam Bell  in an interview before he died in 2021 features in  the immersive show, Elvis Evolution, a high-tech homage to the king
Elvis’s childhood best friend Sam Bell in an interview before he died in 2021 features in the immersive show, Elvis Evolution, a high-tech homage to the king (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)

From there visitors become part of the show – enjoying a pre-show drink at one of three themed bars including the Blue Hawaii.

A voice over the tannoy tells me that someone will be along shortly “to take you into the studio where tonight’s Elvis show will be filming. In the meantime feel free to look around you might spot some signs of what’s coming in tonight’s show.”

“We want the audience to rummage around the room as it has lots of Elvis bits of stuff discarded from the set,” says Andrew.

That’s where I spot a cardboard cut-out and I feel All Shook Up standing that close to a semi-naked Elvis on a surf board.

After listening to Mystery Train, I am taken to a real-life replica of a mystery train featuring more historical footage and actors to bring Elvis and Sam’s early years to life.

The Elvis gift shop
The Elvis gift shop (Image: Tim Merry/Staff Photographer)

The centrepiece of the experience comes towards the end with the original footage of the Comeback Special. “It’s the first time people will see the performance like this, it’s completely digitally remastered,” says Andrew.

“I wanted to help people to understand the King’s vulnerability with this experience, but visitors also get to celebrate the musical legacy and party. There was no one like Elvis,” says Andrew.

I decide to let loose in the All Shook Up After Party bar before deciding it’s time I left the building.

• Elvis Evolution is now open at Excel London.

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