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Denise
Richards Files for Divorce
Former Bond girl Denise Richards has shocked
Hollywood by filing for divorce from her husband
Charlie Sheen, while pregnant with the couple's
second child. Citing irreconcilable differences
for the split, the actress has retained the services
of powerhouse divorce attorney Laura Wasser as she
prepares for a court battle over custody of her
daughter Sam and unborn baby. US news show Celebrity
Justice reports Richards is seeking full custody
of the children, and has asked Sheen be granted
visitation rights. The couple's daughter is a year
old, and Richards is six months pregnant with their
second child. In the legal papers, filed in Los
Angeles on Tuesday, Richards also demands "miscellaneous
jewelry and other personal effects," as well as
"earnings and accumulations of Petitioner from and
after the date of separation". The divorce comes
completely out of the blue for the couple, who seemed
to be perfectly happy when they were recently interviewed
about their new baby news. Richards even joined
her husband on his hit TV show Two and a Half Men
late last year. And in October, Sheen confessed
he had had tattoos lasered off his chest to prove
once and for all he had turned his back on his hedonistic
past. He said, "I had some tattoos lasered off my
chest. They don't represent the lifestyle I thought
I would always have." And just last month, Sheen
made no mention of any marriage trouble when he
told American magazine Us Weekly that he couldn't
wait to become a dad again, and confessed he and
Richards were hoping their second child would be
another girl. The couple were married in June 2002
after meeting on the set of movie Good Advice in
2000 and then fell in love when Richards became
a regular guest on Sheen's sitcom Spin City. Sheen
announced the couple's engagement at 2002's Golden
Globe Awards after proposing to the actress in Hawaii.
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