Sheen's positively huge sex bill
Charlie Sheen, the Hollywood hell-raiser who admitted on Tuesday that he has known for four years that he was HIV positive, spent $1.6-million on prostitutes after his diagnosis, reports claim. Sheen, 50, hired the women in 2013, according to The National Enquirer.The gossip magazine claimed it had obtained 2013 financial reports for his production company 9th Step, which show the sum for "friendly entertainment".A friend of Sheen told the magazine this "was Charlie's shorthand for sex workers".There's no mention of how many women that covered - and whether he told them of his HIV status.Sheen confirmed he was HIV positive in a much-hyped interview on live breakfast television.The thrice-married father of five insisted that all his partners were aware that he was HIV-positive, and that it was "impossible" he had infected anyone else. ..
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