Charlie Sheen, formerly the highest paid television actor in America, has confirmed that he is HIV positive.
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The 50-year-old had been subjected to rumours about his health for months. But on Tuesday he went on live television to say that he had been diagnosed four years ago, and was speaking out partly to end blackmail which has cost him more than $10 million.
“I am here to admit that I am actually HIV positive,” he said, speaking on NBC’s Today show. “I think I release myself from this prison today.”
Despite sleeping with over 5,000 women, by his own admission, Sheen said it was “impossible” that he had infected anyone. But he said he was braced for a barrage of law suits, given that in 35 states infecting someone with HIV is a criminal offence.
The father of five, whose breakdown in 2011 and series of bizarre episodes caused headlines around the world, said that he felt he could no longer keep it secret.
His ex wives, including Bond Girl Denise Richards and actress Brooke Mueller, have known about his condition for a while, and they and their children have all tested negative for the virus.
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