Overview

• Judge Nicole Bershon issued a July 29 order requiring Aaron Phypers to return Richards’s laptop within 48 hours and prohibiting him from sharing any intimate images or sensitive information.
• Richards filed court documents on July 28 accusing Phypers of violating her July 17 temporary restraining order by leaking nude photos and text messages from the allegedly stolen device to multiple media outlets.
• Phypers denies the theft and TRO violations, asserting that all disputed content originated on his own phone and claiming Richards took and destroyed his device without consent.
• Their divorce, initiated by Phypers on July 7, has featured mutual police reports and counterclaims of domestic abuse, infidelity and vandalism following a July 4 altercation.
• Both parties are awaiting upcoming hearings in Los Angeles Superior Court to address division of assets, enforcement of protective orders and the competing narratives in their high-profile split.