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25
April 2006
Charlie
Sheen Denies Abusing
Wife
Actor
Charlie
Sheen
has denied that he
abused and threatened to
kill estranged wife
Denise Richards,
accusing her of waging a
"transparent smear
campaign".
His
comments followed the
issuing of a restraining
order forbidding the
actor to go within 300ft
(90m) of Richards and
their two
daughters.
Sheen
said the abuse
allegations were "a
heinous document of
fiction" meant to
"torpedo" and
"discredit"
him.
It
was, he said, "clearly a
departure from sound,
sane
co-parenting".
In
an interview to be
broadcast on Monday on
US TV's Entertainment
Tonight programme, the
40-year-old said he
wanted to "move forward
and focus on my
children".
He
claimed his ex-wife's
charges against him were
"a reaction to a failed
marriage" and were
intended to "undermine
my perception as a
responsible
father".
Sheen,
best known for his roles
in the films Platoon and
Wall Street, met
Richards while filming
in 2000.
The
couple wed in 2002 and
have two children, Sam
and Lola. The
relationship collapsed
in March 2005, shortly
before Lola's
birth.
In
a written declaration
filed last week in Los
Angeles Superior Court,
Richards claimed she
could "no longer accept
(Sheen's) abusive and
threatening
manner".
The
actor has been granted
the right to see his two
daughters under
supervision one day a
week.
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