By Emmanuel Thomas
November 17, 2015 – Hollywood handsome actor, Carlos Irwin Estévez, best known by his stage name Charlie Sheen today admitted that he has tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
The actor made the revelation while on live NBC programme, ‘Today Show ‘anchored by Matt Lauer.
He said that many who knew about his HIV status four year ago, extorted money from him in order to keep it secret, stressing that he appeared to put a stop to those who are capitalizing on his health to make millions.
“I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about the (alleged) threatening the health of so many others, which couldn’t be farther from the truth,” he said.
He said that he revealed the diagnosis to people he thought he trusted, but some of them demanded money to keep the information to themselves.
“We’re talking about shakedowns, I’ve paid those people — not that many”, he said, adding that among those blackmailing him was a prostitute who entered his bathroom, took a cellphone picture of his medication and threatened to sell the image to tabloids.
Sheen became famous after a series of successful films such as Platoon, Lucas, Wall Street, Young Guns, Eight Men among others.