Denise Richards’s Estranged Husband Claims She Had Months-Lengthy Affair With Particular Forces Star

In an interview with DailyMail.com, Phypers alleged that the Wild Issues star carried on a months-long affair with a former Particular Forces soldier throughout her time on the truth competitors present — all this whereas he claims she was additionally secretly battling substance abuse points.

Phypers dropped the explosive claims about his nine-year relationship with Richards, which he says started unraveling earlier this yr when he found “107 raunchy texts” between the 54-year-old actress and the 53-year-old former Marine and actuality star, Rudy Reyes.

“I simply had this sense that one thing was off as a result of her habits had modified — she was being sort of cool to me,” he mentioned. “I opened her cellphone — we each know one another’s passwords — so I opened it up after which I went to her deleted texts and there have been 107 of them between her and this man. I went via them and it simply broke my coronary heart.”

In accordance with Phypers, Reyes, who stars on Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at, despatched express messages, shirtless snaps, and even a “graphic” video of himself bare and pleasuring himself. One message from Richards allegedly learn: “I felt a connection as a human being after I met you and you set that potato sack over my head.”

Followers will recall that Richards was on the present’s newest season, the place Reyes served as one of many Marine mentors accountable for main the celeb forged via tough-as-nails challenges, testing each their bodily and psychological power.

Issues got here to a head, in accordance with Phypers, over the July 4th weekend when he says he confronted Richards about an alleged second secret meet-up with Reyes at a neighborhood resort.

She even smashed up his cellphone, Phypers claimed within the interview, as a result of he had purportedly taken footage and video of her alleged conversations with Reyes.

“I run as much as her and I’m going, ‘What the f–k did you do that for?’ And he or she goes, ‘I didn’t do something to your cellphone,'” he informed DailyMail.com. “Simply denied it. After which I am like, ‘So it was Casper the Ghost?’ And he or she nonetheless denied it, so I ran out. I used to be in disbelief, and I took off.”

Phypers says he later discovered the cellphone “smashed to powder” within the trash, buried beneath rubbish and crawling with maggots.

“I am brokenhearted and f–king drained,” he confessed. “Actually, she’s f’d me up. We have been collectively 9 years and for her to do this and to mislead me persistently — I am completely drained and drained.”

Phypers filed for divorce the next Monday at 12:01 a.m., however days later, Richards fired again together with her personal accusations, submitting for a short lived restraining order and alleging that Phypers had bodily abused her and gave her a black eye.

Phypers denies all allegations of abuse, telling TMZ: “Let me be unequivocally clear: I’ve by no means bodily or emotionally abused Denise — or anybody. These accusations are utterly false and deeply hurtful. Denise and I, like many {couples}, have confronted our share of challenges, however any suggestion of abuse is categorically unfaithful.”

The assertion continued, “I’ve at all times tried to method our marriage with love, endurance, and respect. I ask for privateness as we navigate private issues, and I hope that the general public and media will chorus from spreading dangerous and baseless claims.”

He claims the damage in query was from a fall throughout an evening of heavy ingesting, alleging Richards has lengthy struggled with a Vicodin dependancy.

“She’s bought an actual downside,” he mentioned. “She mixes it, too, with booze and he or she stays up all night time. She’s there on her pc and taking stuff, then she hides the bottles. It is gotten out of hand, and I am actually involved.”

He alleges Richards takes as much as 25 Vicodin tablets per day, washing them down with tequila. “She buys them in bottles of 500 tablets,” he mentioned. “I do not know the place she will get them from, however she at all times has them.”

Phypers additionally claims that their homelife had gotten uncontrolled, telling the outlet that Richards allowed 15 rescue canine to defecate freely inside the house, with “petrified canine c–p” even discovered underneath one among her daughter’s beds.

“The maids simply sweep it underneath the mattress. It is a stupendous residence however nobody picks up the mess,” he added. Different claims from Phypers embrace: a “semi-nomadic” way of life, with Phypers saying the couple have moved houses six instances in 9 years, in addition to extra claims about Richards’ pets, with Phypers telling the outlet that the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum allegedly owned 58 canine, two pigs, and a Sphinx cat who he says peed in all places.

He additionally claims to have managed her OnlyFans content material and actuality ventures, including, “I do 80% of the work … I edit the images and construct all of the units myself, in addition to managing all her properties.”

Phypers says he finally despatched a heartfelt letter to family and friends, detailing his ache and pleading for help.

“This is not only a relationship breaking down. It is a cry for assist,” he wrote. “Denise wants intervention.” He additionally alleged stalking, claiming an AirTag was positioned on his automobile and that he is been denied entry to private belongings.

“She’s attempting to destroy me,” he informed the outlet. “However I simply cannot be handled this manner anymore.”

Richards has but to publicly reply to the precise claims, however her lawyer Brett Berman issued a robust assertion to PEOPLE that reads: “Along with the repeated abuse perpetrated by Mr. Phypers in opposition to Ms. Richards all through the events’ marriage, Mr. Phypers has continued to harass Ms. Richards since being served with the Short-term Restraining Order by, amongst different issues, disseminating personal info from Ms. Richards’ cellphone and laptop computer, which he stole.”

“These actions proceed to disturb Ms. Richards’ peace… Ms. Richards is not going to be responding to Mr. Phypers’ false allegations in a public discussion board and might be addressing Mr. Phypers’ abuse in Courtroom.”

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