Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred says she has been contacted by Charlie Sheen’s exes after the actor revealed he had HIV.
Charlie Sheen revealed on November 17 he was diagnosed four years ago.
Gloria Allred confirmed she had been “contacted by women with reference to Charlie Sheen and their rights. I have no comment on what will happen next”.
In the Today show interview, Charlie Sheen said it was “impossible” that he would have passed HIV on to anyone else.
Charlie Sheen, 50, said he hoped the interview would put a stop to an “onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths of very harmful and mercurial stories about threatening the health of so many others, which couldn’t be further from the truth”.
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The actor said when he revealed his HIV status to friends “the truth became treason”, leading to “blackmail and extortion and a circle of deceit”.
Charlie Sheen said he had paid “enough to take it into the millions” to keep people from going public about his illness.
Since the interview a number of his exes have given TV interviews.
Gloria Allred is known for taking on high-profile cases connected to celebrities.
She is currently representing several women who claim they were either drugged or assaulted by the comedian Bill Cosby.
Gloria Allred was involved in cases against OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson.
People with HIV may be prosecuted for intentionally or recklessly infecting another person.
In the US, 67 laws explicitly focused on people living with HIV had been enacted in 33 states by 2011. They cover not disclosing the virus to partners – even if the transmission risk is minimal or nonexistent – donating HIV-infected organs and spitting HIV-infected bodily fluids.
Charlie Sheen’s father, Martin Sheen, has praised his son following the actor’s confirmation he is living with HIV.
“I couldn’t believe the level of courage I was witnessing,” Martin Sheen, 75, said at an event in Florida.
“I hope that this day is the first day of the rest of Charlie’s life as a free man,” Charlie Sheen’s father is quoted as saying by the Naples Daily News.
Charlie Sheen, 50, ended days of intense media speculation by confirming he is HIV positive on NBC’s Today show.
“I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths,” Charlie Sheen told Matt Lauer, adding he was diagnosed in 2011.
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“It’s a hard three letters to absorb,” the actor went on, saying his “shame and anger” at the initial diagnosis led to “substance abuse and fathomless drinking”.
Charlie Sheen said he felt “the responsibility to better myself and help a lot of other people”.
“With what we’re doing today, others may come up and say, <<Thanks Charlie, thanks for kicking the door open>>,” he said in an interview broadcast on November 17.
“He had been leading up to this… for several months, and we kept encouraging him to do it,” Martin Sheen revealed at the Global Financial Leadership Conference on the same day.
“He kept backing away and backing away because it was like going to his own execution, I guess. It was the most difficult thing he’d ever done.”
Martin Sheen, who was appearing at a panel event with House of Cards star Kevin Spacey, said he felt “a great sense of relief” his son had chosen to make his public admission.
“I left him a message, and I said that if I had that much courage, I would change the world.”
Martin Sheen appeared alongside his son in 1987’s Wall Street and again in the 1993 comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux.
Charlie Sheen’s father played a fictional president in The West Wing, a TV drama that ran for seven seasons.
Charlie Sheen is confirming he is HIV positive as he appears on NBC’s Today show.
“I am here to admit that I am HIV positive,” the former Two And A Half Men star said.
The news bring to an end days of intense media speculation.
“I have to put a stop to this onslaught this barrage of attacks and of sub truths,” Charlie Sheen said, adding he was diagnosed four years ago.
Charlie Sheen revealed he had paid “enough to take it into the millions” to keep people from going public about his illness over the years.
The said when he revealed his HIV status to friends “the truth became treason”, leading to “blackmail and extortion and a circle of deceit”.
“I trusted them, they were in my inner circle and thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason,” Charlie Sheen said, adding a prostitute took a picture of his medication and threatened to sell it to newspapers.
“I think I release myself from this prison today,” he said.
Charlie Sheen admitted that his use of drink and drugs was a “bad decision” but said it was “impossible” that he would have passed HIV on to anyone else.
He said he does not feel any stigma attached to the illness.
“I have the responsibility to better myself and help a lot of other people. With what we’re doing today, others may come up and say thanks Charlie, thanks for kicking the door open.”
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Speaking about the time prior to his diagnosis, Charlie Sheen said: “It started with a series of cluster headaches and sweating – I was hospitalized I thought I had a brain tumor – after tests they said this was the situation. It’s a hard three letters to absorb.”
Charlie Sheen rose to fame in the 80s with hit movies including Platoon and Wall Street and, in 2011, was the highest-paid actor on TV thanks to his sitcom role.
He has frequently struggled with drink and drug abuse.
Charlie Sheen, who played a hedonistic bachelor in Two And A Half Men, was fired from the show in 2011 after a downward spiral in his personal life that was often played out in public.
Production had been suspended after he entered rehabilitation for reported drug and alcohol abuse.
Charlie Sheen – the youngest son of West Wing star Martin Sheen and brother of actor Emilio Estevez – has also had a troubled personal life and has been married three times.
He first marriage was to Donna Peele in 1995 but they split up after a year. His second marriage was to former Bond girl Denise Richards, with whom he has two daughters. They divorced in 2006 and he married Brooke Mueller, with whom he has twin sons.
Charlie Sheen was then due to marry Scottine Ross, but the wedding was called off.
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