Charlie Sheen has had a lot of ups and downs in his life. One of those was his contentious divorce with his first wife Denise Richards.
Sheen was married to Richards from 2002 to 2006, after they met while filming Good Advice in 2000. “Everyone told me not to go out with him, but I didn’t want to judge him based on the tabloids,” says Richards told People. “I judged him as the man I met. I said ‘Well, unless he murdered someone, I can’t judge him for the past.’”
The two share daughters Sami and Lola, but their divorce was a major battle for the Two and a Half Men star. “Despite everything we went through, we can have a sense of humor about all the s–t we went through,” she told the outlet.
Why Did Charlie Sheen & Denise Richards divorce?
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards divorced due to the actor’s substance issues. “He had been sober for about four years and very committed to his sobriety,” Richards said during an episode of Bravo’s Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, “and I never thought someone that committed could fall off and fall back into that because I, at the time, hadn’t really been around it.”
She also recalled that one “awful” night led her to pack up her stuff and led her to file for “divorce in between dropping them off at the hotel and a table reading.”
The two attempted to reconcile in 2006, but things became worse amid a nasty custody battle, and the actress accused her husband at the time of “inappropriate behavior … and conduct,” including “his attraction to underage women and his sexual explicitness on the internet, including revealing his private parts.”
Sheen countered in a statement: “Clearly the mother of my children has no interest in responsible co-parenting when it comes to my relationship with our girls.”
Richards also claimed that Sheen told her “”I hope you f—ing die, b—ch,” when he was caught looking at several porn sites. She subsequently filed a restraining order and a judge ordered him to stay 300 feet away from her and their daughters.
They finally reached a divorce settlement in Nov. 2006 with their reps saying, “Denise and Charlie are working with the Courts to privately resolve their differences regarding their children. They hope to resolve this matter outside of the public forum and will both continue to make every effort in this regard.”
The former couple was also embroiled in a $1.2 million legal battle in 2016, after alleging that he hadn’t been abiding by the terms of a trust he set up for their kids. However, by the end of the year, they seemed to clear the air. Richards posted a photo from a family dinner with Sheen, Sami, Lola and Eloise, writing, “We’ve had a colorful year …at the end of the day we’re still a family.”
The two have a very cordial relationship today, and Richards invited Sheen to her nuptials with her new husband Aaron Pyphers.
On his documentary’s film premiere, Richards posed on the carpet with her ex. She captioned an Instagram post, “We both looked at each other on the red carpet and just laughed. Charlie asked, “Is it 2002?” and I said, “It sure feels like it.” Who would have thought? What a journey we’ve had- so many ups and downs. But when life gets tough, deep down we both know we can count on each other. I’m so proud of him, and truly honored he asked me to be part of his story. Congrats, Charles ❤️”
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