Denise Richards Uses Specter Of Sex Abuse In Custody Battle With Ex-Charlie Sheen
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Just when you thought it was safe to read the tabloids, Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen are at it again. In their never-ending battle to one-up each other on who can be more vicious, Denise may have finally crossed into the point of no return. According to the NYDaily News, Denise has enlisted their former nanny in her battle to remove ALL custodial rights Charlie has on their two daughters, 3-year-old Sam, and 2-year-old Lola. According to the NYDN article:
Denise Richards is pulling out all the stops in her custody battle with ex-husband Charlie Sheen. We told you yesterday about Richards’ bid to keep their two daughters — Sam, 3, and Lola, 2 — from staying at Sheen’s house. Among her weapons: the sworn declaration of their former nanny, Diana Alvarez.
Among other allegations, Alvarez raises the specter of whether Sheen inappropriately touched the girls’ “molees” (their nickname for breasts) and their “tushys.” Though she lacks concrete evidence, Alvarez claims to be “concerned.” She’s also “alarmed” by Sheen’s sleeping in the same bed as Sam when his fiancée, Brooke Mueller (above, with Sheen), is in the guest room.
Sheen, who fired Alvarez after accusing her of spying on him for Richards, calls the “diabolical accusations” in Richards’ filing “laughable and inane. … During the 18 months before my request to select my own child care provider, not a single complaint was made … by either Ms. Richards [or the nanny].”
Richards acknowledges in her filing that Sheen had been trying to make amends with her. In an Aug. 24 e-mail, he apologized for “[my] vile attacks on your very soul … A comment about your poor Mom … your professional status … your abilities as a mother, as an actor, all need to be wrapped in shame, and rocketed out into some distant soundless galaxy, where they could flame out.”
When it comes to divorce, short are the rainbows, unicorns and rays of sunshine. If you survive with your dignity intact and a relatively positive attitude towards the opposite sex, well, you’ve hit the jackpot. Divorce just devastates people and lives, yet nowhere is it more prevalent and frivolous as in Hollywood.
Therein lies my most egregious feelings towards celebs and tinsel town in general. I find is APPALLING that these people, whom for whatever reason are idolized and revered, treat relationships and marriage as disposable items to be discarded whenever the chips are down and the infatuation wears off. It’s despicable, deplorable, disgusting so on, and so forth. Truly, this is at the very heart of my disdain (lots of d-words today) and why I rail so hard on celebs. Marriage is a hard enough job, we don’t need those “on high” treating it with like recyclable goods. It’s a job, it requires effort and it shouldn’t be entered into lightly or exited with such little regard.
Throw some custody issues in the mix and you have the makings for plain ugliness.Â
The timing of Denise’s claims are highly suspect. If she was concerned about this, it should have reared its ugly head long ago. While I am certainly not privy to the relationship that exists between Charlie and his daughters, these allegations seem motivated out of spite, rather than some kind of deep concern for the two little girls caught up in the middle of these two knuckleheads selfish behavior.Â
Without a doubt, Charlie’s past is rife with sexual misconduct, but that doesn’t mean he’s a child molester or an abuser of his own children. Obviously, Denise couldn’t resist plucking this low-hanging fruit and using it against him. What she fails to realize in her quest to destroy her ex-husband’s reputation, is that her girls are the ones who will suffer most.Â
Daughters need their fathers. Period. It is essential for a healthy, close and demonstrative father/daughter relationship to be maintained if we want young girls to grow up into mature and responsible women. Our society and its overwhelming need to see something tawdry where it doesn’t exist is why we have so many women with “daddy issues.”Â
Denise, keep it up and those two little girls of yours will be working the stripper poles before you know it, falling victim to men far worse than your ex-husband.
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I can’t comprehend why so many bloggers seem to have it out for Denise…and seem to question her actions. Do you have kids? I know for sure some others who judge her actions harshly do not.
I am the mother of an almost three year old boy, and I can tell you that I have never heard Denise say or do anything that was anything other than a mom legimitely fearing for the safety of her kids. She actually keeps a fairly low profile, and that her court documents are made public is the fault of the media, not her.
On the other hand, Charlie, with his incredibly storied past, which definitely counts for something), has spoken publicly to the media, ranting and raving like an 8 year old.
Finally, regarding your comments on timing, and how it should have been brought up sooner… there was probably no need to, because even the most hardcore child molesters (and I am not saying Charlie Sheen is one of them), will not go near babies. Typically, scary kiddie porn stuff features toddlers, which is the age that the girls have now reached - and it’s obvious THAT is why the concerns are coming up now.
Girls need dads, yes. But girls need GOOD fathers, or they are probably better off w. out them.
-A mom supporting another mom
Comment by joanne — September 29, 2007 @ 10:15 am