Charlie and Denise Break for Good
Charlie Sheen can start acting like a free man again. Legally.
His marriage to Denise Richards is officially over, according to court documents obtained by E! News. The dissolution papers were filed Nov. 17 in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Not all is said and done, however. Still up in the air are the final division of the pair's assets (Sheen earns $350,000 an episode for Two and a Half Men, so there's even more money in the pot now) and the custody arrangement with their two daughters, Lola, 1, and Sam, 2.
Already off the to-do list is the matter of that pesky restraining order Richards obtained against Sheen in April. In August the duo announced they had "amicably resolved" their issues and the keep-away order was dropped.
A September custody hearing was canceled at the time, as well. Sheen, 41, who is seeking joint custody, had been having supervised visits with his kids since May.
Overall, the breakup proceedings are rivaling the couple's entire courtship in length.
Richards, 35, originally filed for divorce in March 2005 when she was six months pregnant with Lola, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason. The couple tied the knot in June 2002, Sheen's second trip down the aisle and Richards' first.
Sheen followed up three weeks later with his own divorce petition and a straight-up denial to rumors that he had been unfaithful, calling the reason for the split a "private matter" between the two of them.
At about this time last year, Richards and Sheen looked to be on the road to reconciliation, with Sheen showing off his wedding band and telling Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson that things were "really good" between him and the missus.
But Richards was moving ahead with the divorce by January and dating Richie Sambora by June—supposedly after canceling all her shopping dates with Heather Locklear.
"I know what everyone's saying: 'She stole her best friend's husband,'" the Wild Things star told People in August. "She and I were extremely close…I would never, ever pursue my girlfriend's soon-to-be-ex-husband…My friendship with Heather had ended. It ended before Richie and I were together."
Sheen is currently dating 29-year-old Brooke Mueller, an actress and real estate investor, and has more or less given his blessing to Richards and Sambora.
"Well, at least I knew the guy that she wound up with, Richie," Sheen told People earlier this month. "To know that it's somebody decent and smart and a good parent to be around your children, that's a good thing."
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