Overview
- Outside the Van Nuys courthouse, Phypers compared Richards to Nick Reiner and urged a drug test, referencing the recent Reiner murders case.
- He reiterated denials of assault, calling Richards’ claims “all show” and likening the situation to the Me Too movement.
- He waived his Friday arraignment, moving it to Monday, and said his lawyer was absent because he has not been paid, with funds “locked up” until January 7.
- Phypers faces two felony counts of injuring a spouse and two counts of dissuading a witness, while Richards holds a five-year restraining order granted in November.
- Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, is held without bail, and has an arraignment set for January 7, 2026.