Aaron Phypers arrested in Los Angeles amid Denise Richards abuse allegations

Aaron Phypers has been arrested.

On Friday, Oct. 17, two days after the State of California issued a criminal warrant against Phypers, 53, he was taken from a courtroom in Los Angeles and put in jail. During a break at a meeting about his ex-wife Denise Richards’ restraining order against him, he was arrested.

“I have not seen the criminal complaint yet; however, based upon the little that I have been told, it appears to be the same allegations we’re already fighting and I think proving to be false in the domestic violence case,” Phypers’ lawyer tells PEOPLE. “So, we expect it to also be proven false and for him to be exonerated.”

Richards, 54, was given a temporary protection order that was extended until November 7. She will now rest for the day.

Records that PEOPLE received show that Phypers was charged with a crime on Thursday, October 16, at the Van Nuys Courthouse. The complaint was eight pages long.

He is being charged with two counts of hurting a husband, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend, or child’s parent, as well as two counts of intimidating or forcing a witness to lie. Three of the claimed events that led to the charges happened on January 17, 2022, and one happened on May 3, 2022.

“When a criminal case is filed, the evidence has not been fully laid out and considered,” he says. “People are charged with crimes all the time, and they are beaten. It doesn’t mean that a case will win just because it was filed. Aaron is someone I trust, but I don’t trust Denise or her witnesses. In the divorce court case concerning domestic abuse, we are confident that we have proven her to be dishonest.

The Los Hills Sheriff’s Station, which is near Malibu, California, booked Phypers just after 5 p.m. on October 17. He is being held on $200,000 bail at this time.

Earlier this month, Richards said in court that her ex-husband had abused her physically and “caused me at least three concussions” during their marriage. She also said that she found out about them because Phypers reportedly used equipment at his wellness center on her several times after she complained of headaches, “not feeling good,” and “feeling sick.”

There were two concussions, Richards said in court. The first one happened on January 17, 2022, and the second one happened between March and May 2022. He is said to have given her a black eye when he “slammed me up against the concrete wall and my head hit it” in the carport at his health cen