Celebrity Divorces

The problem with being a celebrity is that they are always in the public eye, so when they get divorced everybody wants to know all the details. Allegations of adultery have always been around in celebrity divorces, but now we also hear about emotional, physical, drug, and alcohol abuse. Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards had one of nastiest divorces that Hollywood has seen in a long time.

After three years of what looked like a happy marriage, Denise filed a petition for divorce in 2005, accusing Charlie of cheating on her, she said that he was addicted to prostitutes and pornography, and that he hit her. Even though their divorce was final in 2006, Denise Richards decided in 2008 to ask the courts for an emergency court order to keep Charlie from seeing their kids. Denise says that there is a very serious problem in Sheen's home, that could negatively affect the children. Liza Minnelli and David Gest filed for divorce after only two years into the marriage, and their breakup got ugly even before divorce papers were filed.

David sued Liza for 10 million alleging that his wife had beat him up so bad during an alcoholic rage, that he suffered long-term neurological damage and severe headaches. Liza counter sued, alleging Gest of stealing around two million when he produced a few of her shows. During the last four years, more allegations came from both sides, Liza said that Gest tried to poison her, David claims Liza hid the fact that she had herpes from him until after the ceremony. Finally in early 2007, Liza and David stopped fighting and decided to go with a no-fault divorce.