Denise Richards’ paychecks are protected from being garnished after a Los Angeles choose dominated in opposition to her husband Aaron Phypers’ collectors’ request, Us Weekly can solely report.
In response to court docket paperwork filed on June 4, a Los Angeles Superior Court docket choose denied a movement filed by debt collector firm Collectors Adjustment Bureau, to which Phypers owes $228,000.
Phypers, 52, who wed Richards, 54, in 2018, was ordered to pay the corporate $228,000 in July 2024.
The authorized drama began in 2022 when Collectors Adjustment Bureau filed the lawsuit in opposition to Phypers and his wellness firm, Quantum Epigenetics Consulting LLC.
The debt collector accused Phypers of defaulting on a $190,000 enterprise mortgage he took out in late 2019.
Phypers admitted he missed funds however blamed the state of affairs on the pandemic.
Denise Richards and Aaron Phypers Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Phypers’ lawyer argued, “These occasions might be neither anticipated nor managed, and the consequences have been past the management of the events and imposed an excessive hardship, expense or issue rendering efficiency inconceivable.”
A short while earlier than the events have been headed to trial, they labored out a settlement, which required Phypers to make five-figure month-to-month funds.
The funds have been to start out in late 2023 and run till February 2025.
Nonetheless, the debt collector claimed Phypers did not make the required funds and defaulted as soon as once more.
The corporate advised the court docket that Phypers did make a few funds totaling $40,000.
UPDATE 1/10/25 2:45 p.m. ET: A supply tells Us Weekly that Phypers “is simply the intermediary who supplied an area for the process to happen.” “The corporate that gives this service is the one that will be offering the refund,” the supply says. Unique story under: Denise Richards’ husband, Aaron Phypers, is being sued […]
In court docket paperwork, the corporate claimed the final fee was made in February 2024.
Collectors Adjustment Bureau requested for the court docket to enter a judgment of $228,000 in opposition to Phypers, which was accredited.
Earlier this yr, Collectors Adjustment requested for permission to grab Richards’ cash resulting from her marriage to Phypers.
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Their lawyer wrote, “Denise Richards presently is, and on the time the debt was incurred was, the partner of Defendant and Judgment Debtor Aaron William Cameron Phypers aka Aaron Phypers aka Aaron W. Phypers and is liable for the group property money owed.”
In response to court docket paperwork obtained by Us, Phypers fired again on the request.
He argued the corporate had failed to supply any “admissible proof” that he was truly married to Richards, who was not named as a defendant within the lawsuit or accused of getting something to do with Phypers’ mortgage.
“Judgment creditor presents no proof that [Phypers] and [Richards’] belongings are group property,” Phypers’ lawyer argued.
“An attachment order or different assortment order that allows restoration from unspecified belongings is inappropriate and overly broad, probably allowing seizure of belongings that aren’t group property.”
His lawyer added, “Whereas marital earnings (assuming the 2 are married) are usually group property, that isn’t essentially the case. Married couple can enter into transmutation and different agreements that change the character of belongings and earnings.”
Aaron Phypers and Denise Richards Michael Tullberg/Getty Photos
Collectors Adjustment responded to Phypers’ argument and requested that his opposition be rejected by the court docket.
A lawyer for the corporate said, “It’s a wholly undisputed undeniable fact that Denise Richards is the partner of [Phypers]. If this competition was not true, Aaron Phypers or his spouse would have merely declared in his opposition that they aren’t married making [their] movement futile. This evident omission speaks volumes and mandates granting the movement.”
“As an alternative of merely denying the wedding, [Phypers] erroneously [claimed] that [Creditors Adjustment] didn’t current enough proof to point out the spousal relationship,” the corporate’s lawyer added.
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“The explanation the opposition by no means even hints at denying the wedding is as a result of they’re in truth married,” the lawyer mentioned.
Collectors Adjustment made the argument that Richards is responsible for her husband’s debt, which ought to permit them to go after her cash to settle the $228,000 owed.
“Given the wedding between [Richards and Phypers] is a routine and frequent matter in social media and created headlines within the leisure world, this truth can not fairly be topic of dispute. The wedding may be corroborated all through social media, information and leisure shops,” the lawyer mentioned.
“Moreover, the wedding may be instantly and precisely corroborated by Denise Richards’ social media,” they added.
On the current listening to, the choose sided with Phypers. The court docket mentioned the debt collector by no means supplied proof that it had served Richards with any discover of the listening to.
Additional, the choose famous, “Furthermore, the movement seeks to connect all wage earnings and different belongings within the title, possession, custody and/or management of Ms. Richards quite than particular wage earnings tied to [Creditors Adjustment Bureau’s] group property argument.”
Phypers is being sued for fraud in a separate lawsuit, in keeping with In Touch. Sources advised the outlet that Phypers denied all allegations of wrongdoing.