Two and a Half Men: The money Charlie Sheen has left after leaving the series

Charlie Sheen was the main star of the series Two and a Half Men, his departure was full of controversy and now that several years have passed, his money has been running out and he has had to ask the prosecutor’s office for help to reduce his expenses.

charlie sheen He was in his day one of the most profitable actors in Hollywood. In the 1980s he rose to fame with Platoon, which won the Oscar for best picture, and Wall Street. The fact that he comes from a family of actors has not diminished his fame. Charlie’s first break into television was his role in the series “Spin City,” for which he won the Golden Globe for Best Male Actor in 2002. Sheen’s life has taken many turns that no one imagined.

From 2003 to 2011, he starred in the series “Two and a Half Men“. At the height of his career, the fortune of charlie sheen It was estimated at $150 million according to The Money magazine, but this amount plummeted due to the secrets he kept about his health, separations, child support and much more.

In 2015, charlie sheen he announced on the Today show that he was HIV positive and had known it for about four years before announcing it publicly. He told very few people about his illness, but He claims that several people close to him used that knowledge to extort up to $10 million from the actor over years to keep him quiet.

“People forget that they are taking this money from my children […]. I trusted them, they were part of my neighborhood and I thought they could help me. Turns out they betrayed my trust,” Sheen said.

The star admitted that a prostitute he slept with took photos of his antiretroviral drugs and threatened to sell them to the tabloids. Although charlie sheen has said that he disclosed his HIV-positive status to his female partners, Radar reported that many women say the actor did not tell them. According to TMZ, an anonymous ex-girlfriend has sued the actor, accusing him of infecting her with HIV. Sheen settled out of court, agreeing to pay him $120,000 in monthly installments of $10,000 over the course of a year.

Although the settlement and extortion reduced his bank account, the other exploits of charlie sheen they caused him to lose acting roles and consequently his net worth dropped considerably. In his last year as an actor in the television series Two and a Half Men, Sheen was earning $1.8 million per episode. Unfortunately, after making disparaging comments about series creator Chuck Lorre, his character was ruined and he was left without a job.

Since then, The actor has stated that he is on Hollywood’s blacklist and has had little work, which is why he has requested a reduction in the alimony he pays to his ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller. According to court documents, charlie sheen He said he has less than $10 million left and is in a “serious financial crisis.” Even after the end of Two and a Half Mena studio executive said that Sheen had become “uninsurable”.