What started with an ugly verbal fight has snowballed into a bitter divorce drama laced with financial feuds, reality TV disappointments, and lawsuits.

As shocking court documents surface and sources spill secrets, friends say the truly messy part of the Denise Richards saga is just beginning.

Denise Richards’ six-year marriage to Aaron Phypers officially imploded after a Fourth of July weekend argument turned into a profane farewell.

A close source told the Daily Mail, “They have been having trouble for some time, but they had a row over the weekend where they basically were like ‘f-ck you,’ and he marched off to file for divorce.”

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Although their split is legally recorded as beginning July 4, insiders say the blowout was the final straw in a long-brewing storm.

“All they were doing was fighting. It was very toxic,” the insider revealed. Richards, 53, is now navigating a sea of conflicting emotions.

The insider added, “Denise is both devastated and relieved at the same time. She is mentally exhausted from the fighting, and she is glad that’s over.”

However, peace is far from guaranteed. The source noted, “She is 100 percent not looking forward to the divorce, because he’s made it clear that he won’t go quietly,” the insider added. “And she now has to gear up for a battle, which isn’t what she wants.”

As the court battle heats up, money is becoming a flashpoint.

In his divorce filing, Phypers claimed that Richards earns an estimated $250,000 per month from a combination of OnlyFans, brand deals, television appearances, and public engagements.

He, on the other hand, says he hasn’t earned a dime since shutting down his business, Q360 Club, in October 2024.

In court documents, Phypers states he needs spousal support to cover his $105,000 monthly expenses.

He’s also demanding a 50% split of the couple’s production company, Smoke & Mirrors Entertainment.

Friends of the couple hint that financial tensions were always bubbling under the surface. “Their marriage was based on the philosophy of ‘She earns and he spends,'” one source said bluntly.

Richards’ attempt to reboot her reality TV fame with “Denise Richards & Her Wild Things” hasn’t helped matters.

While she returned to the screen with a bold new show, it was short-lived. According to reports, the series was intended as a limited-run from the start, and it won’t return for another season.

“Aaron was hoping that their reality show was going to catapult him to reality stardom,” a source shared. “No one cares about him on the show. Without her, he has no reality career.”

As the limelight dims, so do Aaron Phypers’ prospects. Once the face behind Malibu’s Q360 Club, he closed the wellness center months before their lease was set to expire.

Sources claim he couldn’t keep the business afloat due to high operating costs and a lack of support from Richards.

“Ultimately, it was too expensive to operate and get the machines he needed and to pay rent,” one insider revealed. “Denise was unwilling to invest in it.”

Things have gotten even messier behind the scenes. Richards’ name has now been dragged into Aaron’s Phypers’ financial chaos.

His wellness business, Quantum Epigenetics Consulting LLC, faced lawsuits, unpaid loans, and even an IRS revocation of its charity status.

Though Richards wasn’t initially listed in the company filings, she was named as Secretary and CFO in 2024, just months before the shutdown.

In one explosive case, the Creditors Adjustment Bureau attempted to go after Richards directly, arguing that Phypers hadn’t paid back a $190,000 loan.

They claimed that because the couple doesn’t have a prenuptial agreement, Richards’ assets could be community property, and therefore fair game.

The bureau wrote, “Judgment Debtors do not claim that such agreement exists between Aaron Phypers and his spouse. If such agreement existed, Aaron Phypers would have unequivocally stated so and would have presented the evidence in his Opposition. However, Judgment Debtor did not produce such evidence because it does not exist.”

Though a judge denied the motion due to technicalities, the case continues and raises the stakes for Richards.

In perhaps the most damning accusation yet, Aaron  Phypers is being sued for fraud and breach of oral contract by the widower of Elina Katsioula-Beall, a former award-winning art director.

The lawsuit alleged that Phypers misrepresented stem cell treatments offered at Q360 as having a 98% success rate and guaranteed refunds.

The patient’s tumors grew by 25% after treatment. When she passed away in May 2024, her husband requested the promised refund, $63,000 of the $126,000 paid, but was allegedly ignored.

Phypers, the lawsuit claims, offered excuses and never followed through.

Now the plaintiff is pursuing a jury trial.

The most recent filing requested permission to publish the lawsuit in The Malibu Times as a form of serving Phypers, after previous attempts failed.