Former RHOBH star Denise Richards’ husband Aaron Phypers is sued for fraud over Malibu wellness center
Aaron Phypers is being sued over an alleged botched treatment at his wellness center in Malibu, California.
A lawsuit has been filed against the husband of former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star Denise Richards – who this month revealed that her breast implants ruptured during the filming of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test – on November 13, 2024, according to documents obtained by People.
The 52-year-old Phypers is being sued by Rupert Perry for fraud on behalf of his late wife Elina Katsioula-Beall, who was treated for cancer at the Phypers wellness center in 2023.
Perry claims that Phypers offered to refund half of the money spent on treatment for his wife’s cancer, but after this apparently failed to improve her condition, Phypers has reportedly refused to honor the verbal agreement.
According to the lawsuit, Katsioula-Beall, who was diagnosed with sarcoma in 2019, heard about a “stem cell treatment” that Phypers’ facility was performing on patients she hoped to try to treat her cancer.
Perry claims that Phyper said the treatment would “cure or at least improve Ms. Katsioula-Beall’s condition.”
Denise Richards’ husband, Aaron Phypers, 52, is charged with fraud related to a treatment offered at his Malibu wellness center; pictured on January 3 in LA
Rupert Perry is suing Phypers on behalf of his late wife Elina Katsioula-Beall. She was treated for cancer at his wellness center in 2023 with a “stem cell treatment” that Phypers said had a “98 percent success rate”; seen in August 2024 in LA
Phypers reportedly boasted of a “98 percent success rate and was so confident in it” that he offered to refund half the cost of the treatment if it failed.
Perry says he and his wife paid $126,000 for the stem cell treatments from July through September 2023, but Katsioula-Beall got bad news in December of that year when she was reportedly told her tumors had grown by 25 percent.
Feeling that the treatment did not live up to Phypers’ hype, they wrote to him asking for a refund of $63,000.
But the lawsuit claims that ‘[Phypers] ignored her request and instead suggested she undergo another round of treatment.”
Perry claims that he and his late wife later requested the $63,000 refund on February 8, 2024, and again on March 7 and 29, with Phypers allegedly ignoring the requests each time.
Katsioula-Beall died of her cancer just under two months after the last request, on May 21, 2024.
“On June 28, 2024, Mr. Perry spoke with [Phypers] by telephone, who acknowledged the debt but provided a series of excuses for his failure to pay the $63,000,” the lawsuit alleges.
Since there was no sign that his wife’s condition had improved after undergoing the stem cell treatment at the Phypers wellness center, Perry claims he owes her estate the 50 percent refund.
Perry says Phypers was so confident that he offered to refund 50 percent of the $126,000 for the treatment if it did not cure his wife or significantly alleviate her symptoms; seen on January 3 in LA
But after her condition worsened, Perry asked for the refund multiple times, and he claims Phypers repeatedly turned him down. Hife died in May 2024
Perry then accuses Phypers of “misconduct,” which he claims was “willful and intentional and that the intent was to deprive the plaintiff of property and/or legal rights or otherwise cause injury.”
“This despicable conduct subjected Plaintiff to cruel and unjust hardship in conscious disregard of his rights,” he added, asking for the case to be tried before a jury.
So far, Phypers has not commented on the lawsuit and reportedly has not yet filed a response to it in court.
It’s also unclear if his wellness center is even still in operation, as the location is listed as “permanently closed” on Google Maps and Yelp users have also reported that it is no longer active.
A website for the facility listed on its Instagram page also appears to be offline.
Phypers had previously said on The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills during his wife Denise Richards’ brief stint on the series that the center used allopathic – or alternative – medicine as a treatment, although it is unclear whether evidence-based medicine is also part of the treatment of patients. treatments.
Phypers, who had a small role as an actor in the 2010s, met his future wife Denise at his center.
During a 2020 episode of RHOBH, the cast members inquired about his company.
Perry accused Phypers of “misconduct” and wants him to transfer the money to his late wife’s estate. It is unclear whether the Phypers wellness center is still active as it is listed as closed in online guides; still from RHOBH
Phypers was married to Nicolette Sheridan from 2015 to 2018, and he married Richards shortly after his divorce was finalized after an engagement lasting less than two days; seen on January 3 in LA
“Everything you’ve been taught about how diseases progress and things like that work is not true,” he began, via People , before Denise urged him to “be careful” about what he might say.
“Traditional is not traditional,” he explained. ‘It’s allopathic. And allopathic means alternative medicine. Look it up.
‘It’s all a measurement of the electromagnetic spectrum frequency. I’m breaking things down so you can heal all of you –” he continued, before clarifying that he “didn’t heal anyone himself,” but would instead have cleared “blockages, discord.” [and] information.’
He made more bizarre claims in the episode as he gave his theory on why cancer develops.
‘Do you want to know why cancer comes in? Because it protects you from an infection that your immune system didn’t respond to and you would have died within 12 hours,” he said. “It’s your best friend who protected you from something shooting you in the head with a bullet.
That’s what cancer is,” he said, despite his words being far from accepted definitions of what cancer is – abnormal cell growth that can spread through the body and cause damage – he claimed he could ‘prove it all day long’ .
‘We can split an atom with sound, cause a nuclear explosion, kill people. Don’t know if it’s cancer?’ Phypers said to Denise’s fellow players.
He has been married to the actress since 2018.
Richards shares two daughters with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen, as well as a third daughter, Eloise, whom she adopted in 2011. Phypers later adopted her as well
The lovebirds will return to reality television this year with the E! reality series Denise Richards And The Wild Things, according to Deadline; seen on January 3
Phypers previously married actress Nicolette Sheridan in December 2015, but split in June of the following year.
She filed for divorce in July 2016, citing irreconcilable differences, and their divorce was finalized in August 2018.
Phypers and Richards’ relationship began when he was divorced but still legally married as of December 2017.
They married less than a year later on September 8, 2018, less than two full days after Phypers proposed to the former Bond girl.
Richards was previously married to Charlie Sheen, with whom she shares two daughters. She also adopted a third daughter in 2011, who Phypers adopted after their wedding.
According to Deadline, the couple will star in a new reality series titled Denise Richards And The Wild Things for E!, debuting sometime this year.