(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Taylor Armstrong reportedly kept photographic evidence of her abuse, it is being reported.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star had accused her late husband Russell Armstrong of harming her when she filed for divorce last month.

Russell committed suicide two weeks ago by hanging himself and was said to be distraught about the end of his marriage and a spiraling financial crisis.

RadarOnline are reporting that Taylor started to take photos of what she alleged was proof she was being physically abused by him.

She apparently started taking the images months before she decided to file for divorce from Russell.

"Taylor kept the photographs to document what was going on in her marriage," a source told the site. "She didn't plan on including the pictures as part of her divorce proceedings."

"Taylor was too ashamed to do so. She began taking the pictures in the spring of this year, and there are recent pictures of a badly beaten Taylor.

"The most recent pictures were taken about a week and a half before Russell's death."

The insider added that Taylor kept on thinking Russell would change and that she could help him.

Her priority now is said to be raising their five-year-old daughter Kennedy. (C) Cover Media