Charlie Sheen became a married man for the first time in 1995. That September, he said “I do” to model Donna Peele, whom he had known for just six weeks. “My research and travel has shown me … people who court for a decade usually have a marriage that lasts only a couple of years,” he told the Deseret News. But Sheen’s reasoning didn’t apply to his own marriage. Five months into it, Sheen and Peele announced their plans to divorce. “I couldn’t breathe,” he said on “Entertainment Tonight,” per The New York Times.
He needed a few years to try again. In June 2002, Sheen wed Denise Richards, whom he started dating after she guest-starred on “Spin City” in 2001. They welcomed two daughters, Sam and Lola, in 2004 and 2005. When Richards gave birth, she had already filed for divorce. Following Lola’s birth, Sheen and Richards tried marriage counseling, though they didn’t reconcile. “They are trying to get along for the sake of the kids,” a source told People in June 2005.
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Three years later, in May 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, with whom he welcomed twin sons the following March. But less than two years after exchanging their vows, the couple opted to live separately. “Sometimes when couples are trying to work things out, it’s better if they don’t reside under the same roof,” an insider told People. But it didn’t work, and Sheen filed for divorce in November 2010.
