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denise richards No amount of days spent as a Bond girl could have prepared her for the rough road she would travel to find love.
After appearing in a series of TV shows in the early 1990s, Richards hit the jackpot with a role in the cult classic Starship Troopers, followed by her iconic role as Kelly Van Ryan in the erotic thriller Wild Things.
While Richards established herself as one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, she also became known for her love life. Richards, 54, endured a tumultuous three-year marriage to Charlie Sheen and recently spent hours testifying in court about allegations of abuse at the hands of her estranged husband Aaron Phypers.
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Denise Richards quickly rose to fame as a Bond girl, then made headlines for her difficult relationship with ex-husband Charlie Sheen. (Tommy Garcia via Getty Images)
Her role as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones in the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough garnered both praise and criticism, but also cemented her status as a bona fide movie star.
She met Richards in 2001 when she was a guest star on “Spin City.” charlie sheen. She once said, “My first act was kissing him.” people magazine By the second date, she said, “I knew this was the guy, but I didn’t want to tell him that.”
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“I didn’t want to scare him by saying, ‘You’re my future husband!’ and run him for the hills,” Richards added.
The former couple married in 2002 and gave birth to a daughter, Sami, in 2004. Richards files for divorce She was six months pregnant with her daughter Laura. Shortly after her birth, the couple briefly tried to repair their marriage, but ultimately decided to separate.
Denise Richards played Dr. Christmas Jones alongside Pierce Brosnan in The World Is Not Enough. (Keith Hamsher)
Richards met Charlie Sheen in 2001 and they married the following year. (Jim Spellman/Wire Image)
“He had been sober for about four years and was very committed to getting sober,” Richards said on an episode of the reality show “Denise Richards & Her Wild Things.”
“I never thought that a dedicated person could fail or be in a situation like that again, because at that time I had never really been involved in a situation like that.”
Two years after filing for divorce, Richards and Sheen were deemed legally eligible to marry someone else, but the divorce had not yet been finalized. people.
Richards had struggled for years with the guilt of having separated his family, but knew it was time to part ways with Sheen.
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“I said to myself, ‘Do I want my daughters to marry this man?'” Richards told Caroline Stanbury on the Divorced Not Dead podcast in 2022. “No offense to him, but I think he takes it and understands what I’m saying. That’s when I thought, ‘So why would I accept this?’
The former couple then had a bitter battle over custody of their daughters.
Two years after filing for divorce, Richards and Sheen were deemed legally able to marry someone else. (Getty Images)
Back in 2016, Richards sued Sheen for $1.2 million for failing to provide financial support to her daughters. Sheen allegedly kicked her out of the home he provided for Richards and their two children.
In 2021, a court ruled that Sheen must pay “zero dollars a month” in child support to Richards starting August 1, 2018. person reported.
Ms Richards told Mr Stanberry that she had tried to protect her children from Sheen’s public appearances. fight against drug abuse.
“I protected them well, but then as they started to get to that age of ‘so-and-so says,’ I lied and covered for him,” she said. “Now that they’re starting to grow up, they’re more aware. That’s why I say I don’t know if I did something terrible to them when they were younger.”
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Following her relationship with Sheen, Richards began dating Canadian actor Aaron Phypers, whom she met at his healing center in Malibu in 2017.
Denise Richards met Aaron Phypers at his healing center in Malibu. (Greg DeGuire)
Richards recalled that Phypers was “working with a lot of different people on a lot of different things.” Side dish “We knew a lot of the same people and people with the same interests, so we started talking about different things.”
Phypers proposed to Richards in 2018, shortly after he divorced Desperate Housewives actress Nicolette Sheridan after six months of marriage. They got married on September 8, two days after announcing their engagement.
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”[Aaron] We really wanted to get married on September 8th because 8 means infinity. we called [wedding planner] Mindy Weiss, she did it within 48 hours, and it was beautiful,” Richards said. people at that time.
Fypers was in the process of adopting Richards’ daughter Eloise, who Richards adopted in 2011, but it is unclear whether the adoption was formalized. fipers filed for divorce He is seeking spousal support from the “Real Housewives” star, citing irreconcilable differences.
The ex-lovers were married for six years until Fipers filed for divorce in July. (John Kopaloff)
Initially, Richards had temporary restraining order In July, she filed charges against Fipers for alleged physical and emotional abuse she suffered throughout their marriage, including an alleged violent incident around the time she filed for divorce.
of “Drop Dead Gorgeous” The actress testified in court last week that Phypers tried to tarnish her reputation during their relationship, at one point leaking nude photos of Richards.
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Ms Richards told the judge in court: “The naked photos were particularly difficult for my daughters.” “As a mother, I’m really embarrassed and embarrassed. [My daughter] I couldn’t go to church. ”
Fox News Digital’s Janelle Ash contributed to this report.
