Posted on 01/04/2006 7:17:32 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
ACTOR Charlie Sheen and actress Denise Richards had decided to get a divorce, a spokesman for Sheen said.
The announcement ended a highly publicised effort at reconciliation that became fodder for television talk shows and supermarket tabloids.
Sheen spokesman Stan Rosenfield confirmed a report in People magazine yesterday that the couple were divorcing but declined to give any details.
People said lawyers for both Sheen and Richards asked in a filing that the case be removed from Los Angeles County Superior Court and handed over to a private divorce arbiter to arrange the details.
The magazine said that until the filing, the pair, who split last northern spring when Richards was seven months pregnant, seemed to be patching things up.
It said that after the couple's daughter, Lola, was born last June 1, Sheen and Richards spent more time together, including a 65th-birthday party for Sheen's actor father, Martin, on August 7, where the couple shared a loving kiss.
Sheen, 40, even made appearances on television talk shows to discuss his efforts at reconciliation with Richards, 34.
He also was reported to have given her a large diamond ring to "show her how much he wanted things to work out", People said.
Rumor has it that Charlie Sheen met Denise when she was working for Heidi Fleiss.
If Denise Richards can't keep Charlie in line, he's a bigger hound than even Bill Clinton.
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