SHEEN HITS BACK AT RICHARDS ON TV

Last updated: Monday, April 24, 2006

SHEEN HITS BACK AT RICHARDS ON TV

CHARLIE SHEEN is going public with his distress after estranged wife DENISE RICHARDS won a temporary restraining order against him last week (21APR06).

The actor has taped an interview with US news show ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT in a bid to clear his name, which was tarnished in new legal papers, filed by Richards last week (20APR06).

In the documents, the WILD THINGS actress claims Sheen gambled daily during their three year marriage, popped painkillers and surfed the internet for questionable porn sites. The actress alleges that when she confronted her husband about his problems, he hurled abuse at her and threatened her life if she went ahead with plans to expose the extent of his obsessions.

But now Sheen is hitting back in a new TV interview. In the exclusive chat, which will air later today (24APR06), he states, "I'm deeply saddened because this is clearly demonstrating a wanting and willful attempt at what I describe as a radical and transparent smear campaign and, clearly, a departure from sound, sane, responsible co-parenting.

"It is a reaction to a failed marriage, a reaction to some twisted desire, real or imagined, to hurt, to punish, to discredit, to completely torpedo, to undermine my perception as a responsible father... a guy who would give his life for his children.

"(Richards is) the only one entirely culpable for putting these radical allegations out for public consumption... my children included. And I find that as unacceptable as anything I've ever encountered."

| Monday, April 24, 2006

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