Denise Richards Returns to Film ‘RHOBH’ Amid Nasty Divorce from Aaron Phypers

Denise Richards is stepping again into the Bravo highlight — and proper in the course of her messy cut up from estranged husband Aaron Phypers … TMZ has discovered.

Witnesses inform TMZ … Denise filmed scenes for “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” Saturday evening at Madre in Los Angeles. She joined Sutton Stracke and Erika Jayne for dinner, with cameras capturing her dramatic entrance and intimate conversations about her ongoing divorce battle.

As we first reported … there won’t be a second season of “Denise & Her Wild Issues” — however that was at all times the plan. Sources advised us the collection was pitched and handled as a restricted run from the beginning.

Nevertheless, our sources hinted producers may nonetheless loop Denise again into “RHOBH” to unpack her divorce drama — and positive sufficient, she’s again within the combine.

It is nonetheless unclear whether or not she’ll be a full-time Housewife or return in a “pal of” function — however one factor’s for positive … Denise is able to reclaim her diamond.

We broke the story … Aaron filed for divorce from Denise in July after 6 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable variations and accusing her of dishonest — claiming he had textual content messages from her laptop computer as proof.

Denise was later granted a short lived restraining order, alleging bodily and verbal abuse. Aaron then filed a police report over a July 4th blowout, accusing her of assault, vandalism, and theft.