Another Chunk of Scandal for Charlie Train Wreck

By Elizabeth Yun Posted Oct 26th 2010 02:07PM

Today's news that Charlie Sheen was found drunk, angry and naked in a New York hotel room was amusing, but far from surprising. The star, who was born into show business and became famous in his own right with major movie roles in the '80s, has been no stranger to scandal.

When it comes to the golden sombrero of personal strikeouts, Sheen is really swinging (and missing) for the fences. The film and television star has become more infamous for his revolving door trips to rehab and the county jail than his successful acting career. But, to his credit, his behavior would have you think that he's determined to overshadow all his professional accomplishments with epic feats of stupidity, in which case, we'll label him a wild success.

Whether it's his well-documented penchant for class A drugs and prostitutes, or attacking his wife on Christmas, Sheen got a fast start as a delinquent. One of his earliest missteps came in 1990 when he accidentally shot his then-fiancee Kelly Preston. According to his side of the story, he had forgotten about a revolver he put in his pants pocket and it went off while Preston was moving clothes in the bathroom. The bullet struck the toilet and Preston's arm was grazed by shrapnel. Not surprisingly, they called off the engagement soon after.

Hey Charlie, is that a revolver in your pocket or are you just ... oh, never mind.

He still managed to keep it together through the early 90s even though his reputation as a drug addict and womanizer was becoming common knowledge. He had a short-lived marriage to model Donna Peele in 1995, the same year he was called to testify in Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss's trial where he admitted that he was a regular customer. When the judge asked him why he would pay for sex, Sheen reportedly responded, "I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave." Priceless.

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In 1997, Sheen was involved in his second domestic violence incident when his girlfriend Brittany Ashland accused him of attacking her when she refused to have sex. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation and a $2,800 fine. But his most serious ordeal happened the following year when he was rushed to the hospital with a drug and alcohol overdose. He checked into rehab soon after he was released. It was his second stint since he entered a facility in 1990 for exhaustion.

His life seemed to take a positive turn when he married Denise Richards in 2002. The couple had two daughters together, but their relationship went sour four years later when Richards filed for divorce while she was pregnant with their second child. The break-up got even more bitter when she got a restraining order against him. By the time the dust had settled, she had accused him of everything from relapsing into drug abuse to cheating to threatening to kill her to being addicted to gay and kiddie porn--she probably also blamed him for global warming and the national debt at some point there too.

However, accusations of kiddie porn addiction don't have any effect on a celebrity's romantic mojo. He met real estate investor Brooke Mueller shortly after through mutual friends Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart, and she became blushing bride number three in 2008. With a starring role on the hit sitcom 'Two and a Half Men' and the birth of their twin sons Max and Bob in the spring of 2009, we were once again lulled into the false hope that Sheen had put his reckless ways behind him for good. But that image was promptly shattered when news broke that he had been arrested for attacking Mueller and threatening her with a knife...on Christmas Day, no less. The incident landed him in rehab for the third time as a "preventative measure." Too bad someone forgot to tell him that "preventative" implies doing something before the fact, not after.

He was charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief, but he reportedly copped a plea that dropped the felony charge and landed him 30 days in jail. On top of that, a judge granted him permission to serve the time in a rehab facility instead.

But clearly rehab didn't do him much good. In October 2010, he was carted off to a hospital after police found him drunk, belligerent and wearing nothing but his birthday suit in his Plaza Hotel room, which was as trashed as he was. The star had reportedly flown into a rage when he thought his paid escort-who was also naked and, not to mention, terrified-stole his wallet. He was reportedly treated for an adverse allergic reaction to medication...medication that probably resembled a fine white powder dusting his nostrils.

But if fellow actors Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke can teach us anything, there is hope for embattled stars to make comebacks in the face of adversity, and as much as Sheen's mistakes have offered an enduring source for tabloid fodder, we're rooting for him to turn things around.

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Tuesday 26 October

By decidesomething

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Thank you Charlie Sheen for your message to Obama re: 911......you have questions. I hope we all have questions! It looked like a controlled demolition to me.

I wish you the best, and I hope you can get a better handle on the drugs and alcohol. I really enjoy the show, Two and a Half Men.

By ttinman23

Another staunch supporter of the left. I think Bush caused his problems in more way than one

By Jeannie

I like Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, don't know much about how he is personally, just rumors. Give the guy a break,he is trying to do better.

By freedom

pasta rasta your a hipocrit or however u spell it. You go charlie show us all how to enjoy life and cheers to two and a half man. You rock Bro! thanks for all the entertainment.

By Sombeach

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Charlie makes Mel Gibson look like a saint. Sadly no actor or crew will boycott his next acting job. Reason: Liberal left of Hollywood ignores faults of it's own, but judges anyone of a different view.

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

You're a big boy now, Chuck. Drinking and drugging, and throwing temper tantrums and destroying property are going to get you nowhere but prison. Try throwing one of your tantrums in there, spoiled rich boy.

By sipp12

Guys like Charlie and Mel Gibson are constantly blurring the lines between their on screne personas and their real lives. They don't have a real strong grasp of who they really are so they define themselves by playing roles and taking liberties with other peoples characters whenever it suits them. Sadly, when the other person doesn't want to play along with the script as they see it, then often times we see their explosive and uncontroled behavior acted out in periodic episodes of binging, violent tantrums and dangerous escapades. They don't really want to change or grow up because that would spoil their fun. It is too rewarding for these stars to act out and to give the public good stories and let's face it....we love watching these stories they create so who really cares that they are spoiled brats with character disorders. It's all part of Hollywood and the entertainment business.

By teenagemoustache

i'm often drunk and naked in my hotel room. Isn't that what a hotel room is for?

By 3081c133

What a piece of S--t exceuse for a man.Maybe he should just eat a gun barrel so we dont have to hear about him anymore

By john

Loser.period!

By mableseymour

Oh, just stop!!! How does anything Mr. Sheen do affect your life?? His show 2&1/2 Men is tooooooo funny. That is what they pay him for.

By barbara

Watch your show every week love it please get whatever help you need

By RAYMOND CARANO

HE IS SICK IN THE FUC ING. HEAD .

By David

No matter how you paint it, he's a loser. Will wind up dead some day, laying in a cheap hotel room with empty bottles of booze at his feet. I stopped watching his career. I feel sorry for any child he has stuck with his fatherhood.

By Ronnie Rickel

to all of you jerks dogging MR Sheen let the first one of you jerks that have never sinned or made a mistake cast the first stone. oh thats right you have all made mistakes and sinned and probley still are so shut your pie holes and get a life you disgusting numbnuts!!!!!!

By Marie Di Via

Leave him alone..good god!!!

By Teresa

I think it's sad we spend so much time judging ,We need to start praying for Charlie and his family It's a very sad situation that only god can fix! God Bless .

By Abby

Sheen always seems to have issues during the holidays. Maybe Santa didn't get his letter and he's acting out? Charlie Shame and Lindsay Loserhan should share a room in rehab.

By Visitor

But, who cares? Other than Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, and other family members, is anybody concerned about Charles Sheen?

By Bob

Rock on Charlie, you do it with that famous smirk on your face!!!

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