Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards agree to divorce

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Charlie Sheen and actress
Denise Richards have decided to get a divorce, a spokesman for
Sheen said on Wednesday, thus ending a highly publicized effort
at reconciliation that became fodder for television talk shows
and supermarket tabloids.

Sheen spokesman Stan Rosenfield confirmed a report in
People magazine on Wednesday that the couple were divorcing but
declined to give any details.

People said lawyers for both Sheen and Richards asked in a
filing that the case be removed from Los Angeles County
Superior Court and handed over to a private divorce arbiter to
arrange the details.

The magazine said that until the filing, the pair, who
split last spring when Richards was seven months pregnant,
seemed to be patching things up.

It added that after the couple’s daughter, Lola, was born
last June 1, Sheen and Richards spent more time together,
including a 65th-birthday party for Sheen’s actor father,
Martin, on August 7, where the couple shared a loving kiss.

Sheen, 40, even made appearances on television talk shows
to discuss his efforts at reconciliation with Richards, 34.

He also was reported to have given her a large diamond ring
to “show her how much he wanted things to work out,” People
said.