Aaron Phypers wants half of Denise Richards' $250K-a-month OnlyFans. A judge gave him $5K.

Aaron Phypers wants half of Denise Richards' OnlyFans money, and a Los Angeles court has spent the last year deciding whether he can have it. Phypers filed for divorce on July 7, 2025, and his central demand is a cut of the roughly $250K per month his ex-wife earns across TV, brand deals, and her $25-a-month OnlyFans page. His argument, per TMZ: he took the photos, so he owns the IP.

What actually happened?

Phypers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court exactly one year ago today, listing July 4, 2025 as the date of separation after six years of marriage, per Fox News. The filing alleges Richards grosses roughly $3 million a year, with the OnlyFans line alone estimated at $200K to $300K per month. Phypers, who has reported no income since shutting down his wellness business in 2024, initially asked the court for roughly $150K per month in spousal support.

He got $5,000. The judge issued a temporary support order in April 2026, and coverage from TMZ reported Richards muttered in court that she "can't afford it," citing roughly $105,000 in monthly living expenses. The $5K figure is about 3% of what Phypers asked for. It also has nothing to do with the fight he actually wants to win.

In October 2025, Phypers escalated past alimony into ownership territory. He asked the court for 50% of Richards' OnlyFans revenue on the theory that he took most of the photos posted to the page, per TMZ. Richards' team fired back in January 2026, asking the judge to keep him away from the account entirely. That motion is still open.

Why does this matter for creators?

Because subscription-platform revenue is being treated in court as intellectual property, and the person who took the photos is arguing he owns the ongoing stream. That is a completely different legal shape than an alimony fight. Phypers is not asking for support. He is asking for a piece of the business.

"She is literally making money every single month from my intellectual property in the form of the photographs that I took of her that she has posted on her OnlyFans page."

Aaron Phypers, in a court filing quoted by Reality Tea

That framing is going to travel. Every top-earning creator with a partner, a photographer, a producer, or a manager should read the filings. Ownership of the content library, the account credentials, and the creative IP is no longer a paperwork chore. It is the difference between keeping your platform revenue and splitting it in half in court.

Consider the real-world exposure. A streamer whose partner runs the camera. A gaming personality whose producer is on the payroll but not on the LLC. A fitness creator whose spouse edits every video.

In every one of those setups, a hostile breakup could now come with an IP claim on the subscription revenue that follows. The photograph-ownership argument does not stop at OnlyFans. It travels to Patreon posts, Twitch VODs, and any paywalled asset with a documented capture chain.

Where does this go from here?

This is the first widely covered celebrity divorce where a creator platform is the single biggest asset on the table, and every family lawyer in Los Angeles is watching. Richards launched her OnlyFans page in June 2022 at $25 a month, days after her daughter Sami Sheen joined the platform. Four years later, that account is the number that decides who keeps the house.

The court has already granted Richards' request to seal parts of the financial record. But the underlying question, whether a spouse who documented content can claim ongoing platform earnings, is not going away. Whatever the judge decides, the ruling becomes a template that follow-on filings in California and beyond will lean on.

Richards herself has spoken about the fight only once, in May 2026, calling the divorce "humiliating and painful" and blaming Phypers for refusing to keep the record sealed. The two-year mark will land in July 2027. Between now and then, the OnlyFans revenue ruling is what the family-law bar in California is refreshing the docket for.

What does Fanvault think?

Creator income is real income, and the platforms creators build their businesses on should treat it that way. That means clear ownership of the storefront, the content library, and the account credentials, plus a fee structure that leaves the creator with meaningfully more than half. Fanvault takes 8% per transaction and creators keep 92%, versus 15% at Fanvue, 10% plus $0.30 at Passes, and around 20% at Fanfix. When 92 cents of every dollar lands with the person whose name is on the account, the math of who owns what gets a lot cleaner in every room, including a courtroom.

Denise Richards' OnlyFans page is not a novelty side hustle anymore. It is the biggest single asset in a Hollywood divorce. That is either a milestone for creator economics or a warning shot, depending on whose signature is on the paperwork.