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"It&amp;apos;s been nearly nine months since Charlie Sheen trashed his hotel room and held a knife to porn star Capri Anderson&amp;apos;s throat, but up until now, the details of that night have been kept largely under wraps. The actor&amp;apos;s ex-wife Denise Richards -- who was with Sheen at New York&amp;apos;s Plaza Hotel earlier that evening -- opens up about the actor&amp;apos;s epic meltdown in the new issue of Us Weekly (out now).\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Charlie invited me to this dinner with &amp;apos;friends,&amp;apos; and once I realized what these women did for a living, I thought, &amp;apos;It&amp;apos;s one meal; you can suck it up and get through it,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Richards, 40, recalls of dining with Sheen&amp;apos;s porn star pals. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not my place to judge how they make a paycheck.&amp;quot;\r\nRichards goes into further detail in her new memoir, Real Girl Next Door (out now). &amp;quot;After I quieted [our daughters Sam, 7, and Lola, 6] down, I climbed into bed; I had to get up early for my press. About an hour later, I was awakened by sounds outside my door, including walkie-talkies, which is never a good sign,&amp;quot; she writes. &amp;quot;A few minutes later, the cops showed up. Several officers went into Charlie&amp;apos;s room, and a sergeant came into mine.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs the sergeant struggled to make sense of the situation (&amp;quot;Your ex-husband is staying in the room across the hall while you&amp;apos;re in this room?&amp;quot; he asked Richards. &amp;quot;And you went to dinner with him and there were hookers there at the table?&amp;quot;), the actress kept her composure and told him everything she knew.\r\n&amp;quot;Charlie was put into an ambulance, and I rode with the sergeant to the hospital, though I insisted I had to be back at 4:30 a.m.,&amp;quot; she writes. &amp;quot;After making sure Charlie was stable and settled, the nice policeman gave me a ride back.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nGiven her long, dramatic history with Sheen, 45, why does Richards continue to have a relationship with her ex? &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll never cut off contact with Charlie,&amp;quot; she tells Us. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s my girls&amp;apos; dad. As they&amp;apos;re older they&amp;apos;ll deal with him how they can.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Friendly Hollywood exes\r\n&amp;quot;A lot of women can&amp;apos;t relate to being married to Charlie Sheen or divorcing Charlie Sheen,&amp;quot; she adds, &amp;quot;but they can relate to feeling sad, angry, scared and upset.&amp;quot;\r\nFor much more on Richards&amp;apos; relationship with Sheen -- including their first date in 2001, how she finally found the courage to leave him in 2005, and much, much more -- pick up the new issue of Us Weekly, out Wednesday!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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