'RHOBH' Star Denise Richards And Husband Sued For Trashing Their Rental Home
By Mike Walters on January 18, 2020 at 9:04 AM EST
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'RHOBH' star Denise Richards and her husband Aaron Phypers are being sued for allegedly trashing a rental property the couple lived in together.
According to legal documents, obtained by The Blast, Denise and Aaron leased a Los Angeles home together on July 22, 2018, and signed a lease including a specific clause about what pets they can have inside of the house.
The lawsuit claims, according to the lease, Denise agreed there "would house no animals on the property other than two pot-bellied pigs and three dogs." Also, they would "properly use, operate, and safeguard the property, keeping it clean and sanitary, would pay for all damage to the property caused by tenants or pets."
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Also, the lawsuit says the contract was specific, the couple "would not, and would not permit guests, to disturb or annoy neighbors, and upon vacating the premises defendants would return the surrender the property to plaintiffs empty of all personal property, and would remove all debris, return the property in the same condition as at the commencement of the lease."
The owner of the property says that didn't happen, and instead he claims the couple, "breached the foregoing written contract through causing significant damage to the leased property, and knowingly and willingly violated the Pet Addendum."
In the lawsuit, the owner does not specify what issues he had with the family pets, or what kind of damage they may have caused. But, the owner of the property says they have "sustained damages, monetary and otherwise."
So....How bad is it?
The owner says the couple knew what would happen with their extended pet family and says, "the intentional misrepresentations engaged in by defendants, and each of them were done with malice, oppression, and fraud. Further, said conduct was despicable in that it was so vile, base, contemptible, miserable, wretched, and loathsome it would be looked down upon and despised by ordinary decent people."
The "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star has had a rough few days, she just said goodbye to one of her dogs she adopted over 10 years ago.
Last week, Richards announced the death of her beloved dog, Louie, by posting a bunch of photos from her home life with him.
In one photo, Denise Richards is seen giving her puppy a kiss on his head, and the other three photos are close-up pics of her doggie's face.
"Heartbroken?. Came home from Spain to say goodbye to our Louie.... did everything to keep him here. Sadly for us, it was his time to cross the rainbow ? bridge," she wrote in her post.
She continued,"We rescued him 10 yrs ago and he’s one of the funniest & most animated furry babies. I’m so grateful he waited until I got home so I could be with him. I know he’s now with some of his siblings & his nana (my mom) but it still hurts. Louie you are so loved & will be missed terribly. Thank you for blessing us with your unconditional love & effervescent beautiful spirit my ❤️."
