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Charlie Sheen hasfiled court documents asking to have his child support paymentsdecreased. The former Two and a Half Men star has filed a motion toreduce the $55,000 monthly child payments that he pays to ex-wife Denise Richards, according to TMZ.
The actor claimsthat he can no longer pay this amount each month as his “income hasdrastically declined.” Two weeks ago, the comedian filed similar courtdocuments asking to reduce the alimony he pays to his other ex-wifeBrooke Mueller for the same reasons.
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Charlie has asked the court to reduce his monthly child payments Photo: Getty Images
In both of thedocuments, Charlie states that selling his Two and a Half Menrights and his mounting health care expenses have led to hisfinancial hardship. The papers reveal that he has gone from earning$613,000 monthly to currently averaging less than $88,000 a month.
Added into the legalpapers, the 50-year-old claims that he spends around $25,000 per month on medical costs to cover his HIV treatments. The star revealed that he is HIV positive in November, during an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today Show.
During an appearanceon The Dr. Oz Show in February, Charlie spoke candidly about his diagnosis as well as about his child payments “[Denise and I] came up with a number along time ago, and I had a great job and everybody was living largeand that's not the case right now, but there's still that expectationto still keep paying this kind of money."
The actor says he can longer afford to pay $55,000 a month to his ex-wife Denise Richards Photo: Getty Images
“At some point youjust can't justify it, especially when there's no gratitude behindit. None. I would send somebody flowers every hour if I got that kindof dough tax free.”
The news comes two months after Denise filed a $1.2 million suit against the father-of-five alleging that has not provided the financial supporttoward the care of their children that he had promised.
