Nicole Richie failed to correct her lawyer when he referred to Joel Madden as her 'husband' during her restraining order trial. The 28-year-old was in court on November 16 to give her testimony at a hearing, where a judge issued her with a restraining order against two paparazzi stemming from a car accident. During the 15 minutes of her testimony, her lawyer Mark Geragos referred to her partner Joel Madden, 30, as her husband despite the fact that the pair, who have two children together, have never stated that they are married. Richie said in the witness stand that she was 'crying hysterically' when she was rear-ended by the two photographers last month. Geragos then asked her: "Did you call your husband?" She then replied: "Yes."