In an interview this morning on NBC’s “Today,” the 50-year-old former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen said he tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
When asked by “Today” co-host Matt Lauer if he had transmitted the disease to others, the notoriously promiscuous Sheen declared it “impossible.”
But according to multiple reports, Sheen is bracing for a wave of lawsuits, as over 35 states make it a criminal offense to knowingly infect someone with HIV.
Sheen said he was diagnosed about four years ago. He said one reason for going public with his condition was to put a stop to shakedowns from prostitutes and others who threatened to out him.
He said he had paid perhaps as much as $10 million to buy their silence and now was seeking to “put a stop to this barrage of attacks and sub-truths.”
Sheen said one prostitute took a photo of the HIV-related drugs in his medicine cabinet and threatened to sell it to the tabloids.
“Are you still paying these people?” Lauer asked him.
“Not after today I’m not,” Sheen said.
The disclosure was only the latest chapter in Sheen’s headline-seizing behavior. Drug and alcohol use led to his being kicked off CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” in 2011 after an explosive meltdown that included calling the show’s producer “a contaminated little maggot.”
His escapades also included the revelation that he spent more than $50,000 as a client of “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss’ prostitution ring. Sheen has bragged in the past of bedding approximately 5,000 women in his life.
Sheen has been wed three times, the first time to model Donna Peele in the 1990s.
He and actress Denise Richards were married from 2002-2006 and have two daughters. Sheen and real estate investor Brooke Mueller wed in 2008 and divorced in 2011; they have two sons. Sheen said he had informed her of his diagnosis.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Going public has a way of ending the money hopes of would be blackmailers.
Charlie should have known better. HIV’s main mode of transmission is through sex. This should also serve as a wake-up call to those who use prostitutes–you may be getting a lot more than you paid for.
The guy is an oversexed maniac. How many people did he infect without their knowledge? No doubt the blackmailers go away, but the infected sex partners will be pounding down his door.
Karmas’s a bitch, Denise needs to get checked. Charlie is a piece of trash. No wonder His brother and father are so quiet when it comes to him. Well now he has to pay the piper and the price is gonna be HIGH! He’s got no where to hide now, and the price for irresponsibility is about to be required of him. I do not wish him well, he deserves all he gets.
Over 15 years ago, the guy who did his lawn work showed another friend, writer Jack Martin, a check that
Charlie Sheen gave to him to have sex. It was a $500 check when Sheen lived at Lake Malibou.
Tigers blood and Adonis DNA and brain the size of a BB!!!
Such a douchebag
Creepy!
Its very sad the fate of Charlie, the goings is always nice but the result is drastic, there seems to be no answer.
Only One solution i know of is its now or never before its too late – repent and no turning back………
The God who gave you life is waiting for you, for he has paid the ransom with his blood and saved you..
there are many Prayer centers where you can get firstly spiritual healing [ your whole perspective of life was wrong therefore you are paying the price of loose living thus the consequences ] God is merciful go down on your knees… you will receive physical healing. “” seek and you shall find”” I have met and listened to testimonies of many persons who have been healed from Cancer and AIDS. PRAYER IS THE ANSWER – search for the light of truth.
May The Lord of Compassion, Grace and Mercy shower his blessings and heal Charlie and all those who are at the cross roads of their life and those who are suffering from incurable diseases. I promise I will pray for Charlie, may he receive wisdom and peace as he has openly confessed for what ever reasons. May he be guided to transform his life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Let us not condemn but express our compassion to all those who are
miss-led and show that we are Humans endowed with an intellect. We are the Creators Master piece.
““MIRACLES DO HAPPEN””
You have a good attitude but God will not cure him on your prayer alone. A person has to repent and mean it. READ 1Corintians 6:9-11, pay attention to verse 11, it gives Hope. This is a person who had the means to live a life most of us can only daydream about but decided to run wild instead. Now READ Romans 1:26,27 I am not preaching BUT are these Warnings True or Not!?