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Aaron Phypers was ordered by a Los Angeles court to pay Denise Richards over $25,000 in sanctions as part of their ongoing divorce proceedings. The sanctions were imposed because Phypers failed to respond adequately to legal requests from Richards’ team regarding evidence and discovery matters. This ruling comes amid escalating disputes between the couple, who have been involved in a bitter legal battle since the start of their divorce.
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Aaron Phypers, former husband of Denise Richards, has been ordered to pay over $25,000 in sanctions to his ex-wife during their contentious divorce proceedings. The ruling came from a judge at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, Calif. on Wednesday, when it was revealed that Phypers had not adequately responded to questions posed by Richards’ legal team, resulting in the initial penalty of $10,987. In addition, due to another request for a protective order filed by Richards on June 26, Phypers was ordered to pay an additional $14,775, bringing the total sanctions imposed on him to $25,762. The exact reason for this second penalty is not detailed in the court documents provided.
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Aaron Phypers was ordered to pay more than $25,000 in sanctions to Denise Richards as their bitter divorce battle continues to rage on, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
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The five-figure court victory came amid the estranged couple’s ongoing fight over discovery, which is evidence, according to court papers exclusively obtained by Page Six.
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The court found that Phypers had failed to properly respond to a series of written questions from Richards’ legal team, per the docs filed at Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday.
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For this reason, he was ordered to pay $10,987 in sanctions.
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Separately, Phypers was hit with an even heftier penalty in a separate matter during the hearing.
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According to another document, Richards had filed a request for a protective order on June 26, and the parties reached a stipulation regarding that request in open court.
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The judge then ordered Phypers to cough up an additional $14,775 in sanctions to Richards within 10 days.
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The two penalties bring the total amount Phypers was ordered to pay the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum to a whopping $25,762.
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Notably, the one-page court filing does not specify why the additional sanction was imposed or reveal the terms of the parties’ protective-order agreement.
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A separate motion seeking to compel Phypers to provide responses to Richards’ first demand for production — a formal request for documents or other evidence — was not resolved Wednesday.
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Instead, Puente pushed the matter to Dec. 2 and ordered Richards and Phypers “to meet and confer to resolve discovery disputes” and file a joint statement with the court “after conferring,” another court filing states.
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Another motion to compel was also continued until Dec. 2, with the judge similarly ordering the parties to attempt to hash out their discovery issues beforehand.
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The latest courtroom developments come as Richards and Phypers remain embroiled in an increasingly contentious split.
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In April, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star scored a legal win when a judge ruled that her wages and other assets could not be seized to satisfy Phypers’ debt.
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Richards adopted Eloise, now 15, as a single mother in 2011.
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She also shares daughters Sami Sheen, 22, and Lola Sheen, 21, with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, to whom she was married to from 2002 to 2006.
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Reps for Phypers and Richards did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
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