Update: Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards at odds over custody
Actors Charlie Sheen, 41, and Denise Richards, 36, are in the news again over the custody arrangement of their two daughters, Sam, 3, and Lola Rose, 2.
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Update: Entertainment Tonight has passed along to us new quotes from Charlie Sheen on the situation. Tune in to ET on Tuesday evening for more from Charlie’s exclusive interview.
What I am doing is pursuing a relationship with my daughters that is unpolluted.
On rumors of sperm donation (see below original post), which Denise has denied, Charlie says,
They are true. There is documentation that I’ll showin court revealing the request for my ‘donation.’ I’m good enough toprovide DNA but I’m not good enough to hire my own child care provider?
Outlining the specific custody issues he wants changed, Charlie reveals,
I want an extra weekend per month, the ability tohire my own nanny or child care provider and no phone calls to thehouse unless there is a medical emergency. If there’s a problem thencall, but otherwise I don’t want to interrupt my time with the girls torun to the phone. As far as this nanny business, I can’t be monitoredanymore. The type of household that Brooke and I provide, we should beable to decide if we need help or not.
Originally posted 1:30 pm: Page Six of the NY Post is reportingthat Charlie wants to take Denise back to family court to seekvisitation with his daughters that won’t require him to be supervised.A friend of Charlie told Page Six,
She’s doing everything she can to keep his visits supervised by her nanny, because her nanny spies for her.
As for reports that Denise and Charlie’s fiancee’ Brooke Mueller, 29, have spent time together recently, with Denise sending the couple congratulatory flowers to celebrate their recent engagement, the friend says,
Denise set it up. Brooke never got the flowers, but she did get a callfrom Denise saying, ‘It’s an emergency, come meet me now.’ When Brookemet her, there were four paparazzi waiting to take their picture. Afterthe pictures were done, Denise told Brooke, ‘It’s been taken care of.’
Denise denied the claims and told Page Six,
This is disgusting. He is doing this now because he’s not happy with me and the custody arrangement.
She then provided counterpoints to Charlie’s friend’s claims, refuting them one by one.
My mom is going through chemotherapy and I askedCharlie if my mom could see the kids before she got really sick. That’sa valid request. He doesn’t stick to the schedule he has with the kids– that’s not my fault.I did ask both Charlie and Brooke to lunch to see the kids — he hadn’tseen them in two weeks — but only Brooke took me up on it. Thepaparazzi were already following me, as they do every day, and took apicture — and I have the bill for the flowers I sent from Mark’sGarden. Brooke even showed my nanny the flowers.
Denise also commented on the reports that have circled recentlyregarding her wanting another child — rumors even say she askedCharlie to father one — saying,
I don’t want another child right now. I have my handsfull and am focusing on my children, my mother and my career. I thoughtI was past all this stuff.
A rep for Charlie said he does not comment on his client’s personal life.
- Posted on Aug 6, 07 at 2:42PM
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
i don’t know what to believe in this case. Honestly, I have never been a Charlie fan and there has to be a reason his visits are supervised. I hate to see fights like this when it comes to the children. I hope its all just rumors.
August 6th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I thought he had to have supervision cause of some racy phtos on his computer or drug issues? I’m not saying that is fact…I’m just aking is that why?
August 6th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I hope they can work it out, for the sake of the kids. I believe Denise though, I don’t think she wants Charlie or anther child with him. She was the one who ended the relationshop when she was 7 months pregnant, because of his behavior. So I don’t think they will get back together. but hopefully they can agree on a decent custody agreement.
August 6th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
This is sad, I thought they were past all this and getting along. For the sake of those two gorgeous little girls I hope they get it together and start moving as a cohesive parental unit. Seeing that they have at least 17 or so more years of raising kids together before the girls can make choices independent of them, I hope that happens sooner rather than later.
August 6th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
all comments by denise sound plausible and honest to me.
August 6th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
so sad!
August 6th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
I have a lot of respect for Denise. I know she gets a lot of crap for always being in papparazzi shots, but hey, at least in all those pictures she is holding her daughters and spending time with them. She seems like a hands-on mum who puts her girls first… I don’t know about Charlie though, I know he’s had his issues, but from the sounds of it, those girls are not his first priority.
August 6th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Very strange….(about the sperm donation)
August 6th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
I believe Charlie; he has proof Denise asked him to donate his sperm for another child..Denise neighbors are tired of Denise calling the Paparazzi just to snap her pic being a mom. Who does that; a attention seeker..Denise lives in a gated community Paparazzi are just not showing up she is inviting them to show up. You can tell Brook was not prepared to have lunch that day with Denise; she was summoned to the mall for a emergency’s. That was a total set up by Denise so paparazzi can take their pictures of a happy family.I do not blame Charlie who wants a ex-wife calling every two seconds or a nanny who spies on them… The allegations against Charlie have never been proven by Denise..Charlie has always been a loving parent…Denise needs to go away and leave the new couple to their visitation with Sam & Lola who they love very much..They don’t feel the need to call Paparazzi to show they are holding there kids hand..Denise go away no one cares about you!!!!
August 6th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I think that this whole situation is so sad, and unfortunately, similar to my own. I left my husband (who had an horrible addiction to drugs and was a very mean husband and father) when my daughter (now 3) was tiny. In court, he has been awarded supervised visitation every other Saturday from 8-noon (which he has never done) and has yet to ever see his daughter after we left. I am so happy with my life with my daughter, and I would LOVE to have more children, but it’s really tough being a working, single parent, and trying to make time for a love life, too. I’ve thought before that I wish I could have a sibling for my daughter that would be a blood sibling (via a donation), so I can understand Denise saying that, but I also believe that it would be very unfair to bring another child into the world with a father the same as my daughter (or Denise’s) but not have him have custody. (I’m assuming that Denise would have him sign something saying that he gave up any parental rights to a baby in the event of pregnancy from a “donation.” And then, how would that child feel with the same father as Sam and Lola, but not be loved, etc. by Charlie?)
August 6th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I don’t know about the rest of the facts, but I do know without a doubt that she calls the paparazzi ALL the time. One of my friends is a friend/neighbor of hers and Denise is known for this. Yes…she is always holding her girls in the photos because she knows they look good for her image. I’m not saying she doesn’t love them, but she knows that the public’s perception of her is important.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I think he should have unsupervised visits if there are no grounds for abuse. He is their father and should have the same rights as their mother. I can imagine it to be impossible to be yourself with your children if someone that is paid for by your ex is with you all the time.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
It has been out there for MONTHS and MONTHS that she calls the Paps to tell them where her and the girls are gonna be swimming or playing at so they can snap pics of her being a good caring doting mommy.
I believe every word of this!
After the weird way she broke up with Charlie I ll betcha it is all her fault…
August 6th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I agree with tink, there has to be a real proven reason that he has supervised visits.
I have a friend who is locked in a bitter custody battle with her abusive ex-husband, and she has been trying for years to get supervised visits, but the courts make it really difficult to prove abuse. Even now that their little girl is four, and can speak for herself, they won’t believe her (they claim she is coaching her daughter to say these things).
I don’t think they put restrictions on visits without serious proof, especially a guy who has fame and lots of money for lawyers to fight the custody arrangement. He must be up to something sketchy IMO. Maybe it’s his past (current?) drug abuse or maybe it’s the underage porn they allegedly found on his computer. Either way, if the guy is rich and can’t get unsupervised visits, something is afoot.
August 6th, 2007 at 9:53 pm
pressi- Where did you hear that? To me, that sounds like something that you’d find in a tabloid, or something Charlie said to make her look bad.
Personally, I believe that she really IS a good mommy, since the girls never look uncomfortable with her (true, we rarely see them smiling, but I’m guessing that’s probably due to the paps getting in their faces all the time) and I simply have no reason to believe otherwise. And just because she broke up with him, rather than him breaking up with her, doesn’t mean the break up is “her fault”. Like a previous poster stated, she broke up with him because he was doing some not very good things.
Anyway, I believe Denise, not Charlie.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
All of it is he said she said. I do know that if two small children had to go regularly back and fourth between their mom’s house and their dad’s house I think it would be better if they had the same nanny at both houses. Some kind of constant in their lives.
August 7th, 2007 at 12:01 am
Annonymous? you have to email me for that info as CBB wont left me post things at times (which I totally accept!)
August 7th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I believe Charlie Sheen!
August 7th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
it’s not just rumor that denise calls the press to tell them where she’ll be with her kids – i’m in the entertainment industry here in LA and EVERYONE knows she does it. it’s not gossip. this doesn’t mean she’s a bad mom, but apparently she’s very much the “take our photo, now i’ll hand them off to the nanny” sort.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I THINK CHARLIE IS AN IDIOT..hes ugly and no one wants him..denise is gorgeous!
August 8th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Why would she ask him for a sperm donation?