By Amber Goodhand - Breaking Celebrity News News Editor

Shocking photos of Adrienne Maloof with numerous red welts on her back surfaced earlier this week but a source close to the one-time couple exclusively tells Breaking Celebrity News there's no way Dr. Paul Nassif caused the bruises to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star.

The photos were posted online by Adrienne's long-time personal chef, Bernie Guzman, who wrote, “Now you know….Everyone else needs to know. It's a secret I have kept….he must be stopped."

But according to the source, Paul has never laid a hand on Adrienne and false conclusions about how she got the bruises are being drawn.

"Paul and Adrienne had their fair share of disagreements, but the furthest it ever went was verbal altercations," the insider told Breaking Celebrity News.

"Paul just isn't the kind of guy who would hit Adrienne."

And with the third season premiere of the hit Bravo show airing on November 5, the source claims it was very convenient timing for the photos to come out.

"Bravo had absolutely n