The judge has not yet ruled on the issue, per the outlet. Representatives for both Richards and Phypers did not immediately respond to requests for comment, as Page Six reported.
Denise Richards begs judge to deny ex Aaron Phypers’ request for half of her OnlyFans money https://t.co/Q8bnQLINW7 pic.twitter.com/UWCGSQwXQC
— Page Six (@PageSix) January 28, 2026
From ‘Wild Things’ to OnlyFans Empire
For anyone who remembers renting “Wild Things” on DVD or watching Denise stir up drama on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” the idea of her as an OnlyFans powerhouse feels like a very twenty-first-century plot twist.
Phypers, 53, filed for divorce from the “Wild Things” and “Starship Troopers” star, 54, in July after six years of marriage. In legal documents obtained by Page Six in October, he claimed that he helped build Richards’ OnlyFans presence and that he holds the intellectual property rights to most, if not all, of the photos featured on her subscription page.
Richards launched her OnlyFans account in 2022. In Phypers’ telling, that decision turned into a serious moneymaker. He estimated in his court filings that Richards’ subscription-based site pulls in between $200,000 and $300,000 per month.
Richards herself has stayed vague on the exact numbers. In a People interview in February 2025, she described the venture only as “quite lucrative” without confirming any specific monthly amount.
Inside Aaron Phypers’ Money Claim
In his October filings cited by Page Six, Phypers painted the OnlyFans project as a business partnership, not just his ex-wife’s solo hustle. He alleged that he had effectively been cut out of what he called joint income.
Phypers claimed that his estranged wife “has cut me off from accessing that joint income that we earned together”. They asked the court to give him “half of the OnlyFans income that is our joint income that we built and earned together, since I took the photographs and own the intellectual property rights.”
He went even further in drawing a line between standard divorce support and what he believes he is owed from the platform. “I do not believe this constitutes spousal support, but a property right to half of the jointly-earned OnlyFans business income,” he added in the documents.
Richards’ recent request, cited by TMZ, goes straight at that claim. By pointing to what she says is a missed financial disclosure deadline on Phypers’ side, she is urging the judge not to grant him half of the OnlyFans earnings at the center of their fight.
Eviction, Empty Accounts, and a Deleted Fundraiser
Phypers has not just argued that he deserves a cut of Richards’ online income. He has also described himself as broke and overwhelmed.
In the October court papers, he said he was out of money and “financially desparate [sic],” claiming that he had fallen behind on rent and other expenses. That picture seemed to align with what happened to the couple’s home life. Richards, who had already moved out of their shared rental in Calabasas, and Phypers were officially evicted from the property in December over unpaid rent, according to the filings cited by Page Six.
Family members then stepped into the spotlight. Earlier in January, Phypers’ mother, Patricia Phypers, launched a GoFundMe fundraiser for her son, which was later deleted.
“My son, Aaron Phypers, has been destroyed by false allegations, Hollywood power, and a system determined to silence him,” Patricia wrote on the now-defunct page, as quoted by Page Six. She also said that the deepest wound for her son was the alleged loss of his relationship with Eloise, Richards’ 14-year-old daughter.
Richards adopted Eloise as a single mother before marrying Phypers. According to Page Six, Patricia wrote that Aaron is fighting for custody of Eloise, claiming that he raised her as his own during the marriage and that Richards failed to file adoption papers.
“No income. No home. No ability to fight back. And no access to the daughter who needs him,” Patricia claimed in the fundraising plea before it was taken down.
Phypers has repeatedly denied Richards’ allegations of abuse during the marriage, as noted in prior coverage, and his family’s now-deleted fundraiser framed him as a man battling both the court system and Hollywood power players.
Denise Richards Fires Back Over Her Daughter
If the fight over OnlyFans money sounds harsh, it is the mention of Eloise that appears to have cut Richards the deepest.
Richards addressed the GoFundMe on “MisSpelling,” Tori Spelling’s podcast, earlier in the month. She did not hold back on how she felt about her ex’s family bringing her youngest daughter into a public plea for cash.
“Say whatever you want about me, which they have, I’ll deal with that after the divorce,” Richards said on the podcast, according to Page Six.
“But when you cross a line and bring my youngest daughter into trying to get money from strangers, it’s outrageous,” she continued. “That is wrong.”
In a divorce already packed with accusations, counterclaims, and financial distress, Richards drew a clear boundary. She could live with her own reputation being attacked, she suggested. What she would not tolerate was her child being leveraged to raise money from the public.
OnlyFans, Old Hollywood, and a Very Modern Divorce
There is something almost surreal about seeing a star forever linked in pop culture to “Wild Things” and “Starship Troopers” now locked in a legal war over an OnlyFans account. It is a collision of late-90s fantasy and new-era digital hustle, complete with subscription tiers, intellectual property disputes, and a mother-in-law posting a viral fundraiser.
The stakes, though, are painfully real. On one side, a working actress and former “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member says a family fundraiser crossed an unforgivable line by invoking her daughter. On the other hand, an ex-husband claiming he helped build a lucrative business, is now broke, and deserves half of the income he insists they earned together.
The judge has yet to decide how, or if, that OnlyFans money will be divided. Until then, the images on Richards’ page remain behind a paywall, while the most dramatic scenes of this story unfold in filings, courtrooms, and podcast microphones rather than on screen.
In a town built on carefully crafted fantasies, this battle over who owns the rights to a star’s most profitable pictures might be the most revealing storyline of all.
