=== Animal welfare work ===Richards has worked with Best Friends Animal Society on several projects, including its Pup My Ride program, which transports small dogs from high-kill animal shelters to other parts of the US where there's a greater demand for small dogs.
=== Težave s paparazzi ===8. novembra 2006 so v kazino River Rock v Richmondu, Britanska Kolumbija, kjer je Denise Richards snemala film, poklicali policijo.