The Moment
Denise Richards and Aaron Phypers’ divorce just took a very 2026 turn: we’re now fighting over OnlyFans money and emergency spousal support.
According to recent court filings in Los Angeles, described in a new report that cites those documents, Phypers is asking a judge to order Richards to start paying him temporary spousal support immediately while their divorce plays out. He says his income has been upended since late 2024 because his business operations and infrastructure were disrupted, leaving him without stable earnings.
In those same documents, he argues that temporary support is about need and ability to pay, not about who’s allegedly at fault in the relationship or how the property will be finally split. In other words: don’t look at the drama, look at the bank accounts.
Complicating this, there’s still an open criminal case tied to a domestic-violence arrest reported to have happened at a courthouse in October. Phypers has pleaded not guilty and stresses there’s been no conviction. Richards, meanwhile, previously obtained a permanent restraining order against him in November, according to prior legal filings summarized in the same coverage.
On the money front, Phypers is also claiming he’s owed 50% of Richards’ OnlyFans earnings – income he has previously suggested could reach up to about $300,000 a month – plus compensation for photos he says he took for her account and a cut of production income from her reality show, Denise Richards & Her Wild Things. He says he hasn’t been paid or even properly accounted to.
The Take
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if your marriage ends with a fight over OnlyFans revenue, it was never going to be a quiet uncoupling.
This is what happens when old-school divorce law crashes into modern influencer economics. Spousal support was built around salaries, pensions, and maybe a small business. Now we’re arguing over subscriber paywalls, thirst-trap photo credits, and whether the ex-husband gets a cut of the bikini pics he allegedly snapped.
From Phypers’ side, the pitch is clear: he says he helped build the brand, is now broke, and just wants temporary support and the share he believes he’s entitled to. From Richards’ side – at least based on her prior court response asking a judge to deny his bid for half her OnlyFans earnings on technical grounds – the vibe is more: you missed your paperwork deadline, and you are not entitled to my subscription money.
Layered on top of that is the domestic-violence arrest and ongoing criminal case. Phypers insists he’s pleaded not guilty and hasn’t been convicted of anything, and the law does say temporary support is supposed to be about finances, not moral judgment. But let’s be honest: in the court of public opinion, it’s hard to sell “I’m broke, please fund my lifestyle” when your estranged spouse has a permanent restraining order against you and your family reportedly launched a GoFundMe that she called “outrageous.”
The whole thing feels like watching a couple argue about who owns the Netflix password while the house is literally on fire. Yes, the OnlyFans and reality-show money matters – big time – but the surrounding chaos (eviction, restraining orders, criminal charges) makes the cash grab look that much messier.
My read: there probably is a real question about how much a spouse can claim from a content-based business they say they helped create. But trying to scoop up half of the OnlyFans haul, the photo credit, and the reality-show backend all at once, while asking for emergency support, risks coming off less like fairness and more like a full-court press.
Denise Richards’ ex Aaron Phypers begs judge to order actress to pay him spousal support immediately https://t.co/R0FbCPikxz pic.twitter.com/iF8hZrPgIb
— Page Six (@PageSix) February 21, 2026
Receipts
Confirmed (by court filings and public records as described in recent reporting):
- Phypers has filed in Los Angeles court requesting immediate temporary spousal support from Richards, arguing that his income became unstable after business disruptions in late 2024.
- He is facing an open criminal case related to a reported domestic-violence arrest in October; he has pleaded not guilty, and there has been no criminal conviction to date.
- Richards obtained a permanent restraining order against Phypers in November, according to prior court documentation.
- In January, Richards asked a judge to deny Phypers’ bid for half of her OnlyFans earnings, citing a missed deadline for him to update his income and expense declaration.
- Phypers’ family members launched a GoFundMe fundraiser in January; Richards publicly labeled that fundraiser “outrageous,” per the same report.
- The former couple reportedly married in 2018, separated in 2025, and were evicted from a shared rental home in Calabasas in December.
Unverified or one-sided claims (from Phypers’ filings or accusations, not independently proven):
- That Phypers is entitled to 50% of Richards’ OnlyFans income, which he has previously claimed could reach up to roughly $300,000 per month.
- That Richards is currently earning money from photographs he took for her OnlyFans account without paying him.
- That he was supposed to receive 50% of the production income from her reality show, Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, but has never received profits or an accounting.
- That his current financial situation is as dire as described; the details come primarily from his own declarations to the court.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
For anyone who hasn’t kept up since the Wild Things era: Denise Richards is an actress and model who became a reality staple on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Aaron Phypers, an actor and wellness-focused entrepreneur, married her in 2018. They were a very visible couple for a while – red carpets, reality TV, podcast chatter – before things reportedly cracked in 2025. Since then, their split has spiraled into restraining orders, a domestic-violence arrest, an eviction from a rental home, crowdfunding by his family, and now a brawl over OnlyFans and TV money.
What’s Next
The immediate next move will likely come from the Los Angeles judge handling their case. At some point, the court will have to decide whether Phypers gets temporary spousal support while the divorce drags on, and whether his requests for a slice of Richards’ OnlyFans and reality-show income have any legal legs – or get kicked down the road for a full trial.
On a separate track, the criminal case stemming from the reported October domestic-violence incident is still pending, with Phypers maintaining his not-guilty plea. Any developments there could shape public perception, even if they don’t technically control the money decisions.
For now, this is one of those Hollywood divorces that doubles as a test case: how far can an ex go in claiming a cut of a partner’s digital brand and subscription income? As more celebrity (and non-celebrity) couples build businesses around content, you can bet plenty of lawyers are watching.
Where do you land on this – should a spouse who helped create the image behind an OnlyFans brand get a big piece of the pie after the split, or is that a line you wouldn’t cross?
Sources
Details in this piece are drawn from recent Los Angeles divorce and support filings and related criminal case records as described in publicly available court summaries and a February 2026 entertainment news report, as well as prior descriptions of a January 2026 family fundraiser and Richards’ January 2026 legal response.
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