In all our recent stories about the custody madness surrounding Charlie Sheen’s four year-old twin boys with his ex, Brooke Mueller, we’ve expressed relief that Denise Richards is caring for them. Both Charlie and the boy’s mother, Brooke Mueller, are drug addicted a-holes who are probably incapable of taking care of a pet, not to mention two little boys who need them. So at least Denise Richards, a single mom to three daughters, was willing to take on two more and to welcome them into her family.
In Charlie’s weekened rant against Brooke, and against the California Department of Child and Family Services for granting Brooke unsupervised visits, he mentioned that the twins were having behavioral problems. Charlie said that after spending time with their biological mom, Brooke, the boys have been acting out and may be kicked out of their school. Brooke claims to be sober after her 21st stint in rehab and is trying to gain back custody and take Charlie to court for threatening her. She may have a point, but I really doubt she’s sober and I don’t think she should ever be granted unsupervised visits.
Unfortunately Denise Richards recently filed papers with DCFS stating that she can no longer care for Max and Bob. She details changes in their behavior which are disturbing, abusive, and could seriously harm her daughters and her dogs. These behavioral changes coincide with the boys’ increased visits with their mother. You can read Denise’s letter in its entirety on Radar Online. It really breaks my heart. Here’s a long excerpt with more at the source:
With a heavy heart I must inform you that I can no longer be Bob and Max’s caregiver. This has been an extremely difficult decision because I have so much love for the boys. I have always cared for them as if they were my own children. Unfortunately, I have seen them get worse with increased contact with their mom and I am unable to obtain for them proper assessments and professional help. I have seen the boys’ continuing violence towards animals, their sisters and adults. This recent decision means the girl’s can’t continue their relationship with their dad. I believe I have no choice coming to this difficult decision for the reasons I explain below.
I know these boys to be very kind and loving. Bob loves to draw and play the drums while Max loves sports. They think of my dad as one of their grandfathers and my youngest daughter Eloise as their sister. They look up to their big sisters and really enjoy Eloise looking up to them.
At the time of placement Bob was very anxious, biting his nails. Max was very emotional and aggressive towards his brother. Nighttime was difficult. Prior to placement they didn’t have a bedtime. It was very inconsistent. They were often up until 4am. They had no boundaries, manners, didn’t know how to share, and weren’t respectful of other children. Shortly after placement Bob stopped biting his nails, they learned to play with my daughters and other children, they did very well with a regular bedtime routine. Their school commented on the noticeable positive change. They were very respectful and had good manners. They seemed very calm and content and happy at our home.
About two months into it, their visits with their mom were increased and I saw changes. They displayed a violent anger that was uncontrollable. As you are aware NAME REDACTED, their therapist, started working with the children about a month after placement. I gave her a history of their behavior over the 10 months prior to placement and the first month after. The boys adjusted very well right after placement. I voiced my concerns to their therapist. I reminded her that they transitioned on and off prior to placement between the both of us. What I started to see in the boys was very different and disturbing at times.
The boys started to have extreme violent mood swings, often times out of nowhere. They would be calm, playing and turn on a dime. The boys would grab anything they could get their hands on as quick as possible. Toys, picture frames, any object within arm’s reach, they can pick up they would throw. They violently threw these things at me, my daughters, anyone near them, as well as at the windows and walls. They have broken iPads, cellphones, flipped small furniture and break it, along with many toys. Bob threw a remote at the tv so hard he cracked the screen. I had to take many things out of their room because they would destroy it. I have had to put things up out of their reach. Things that normally would be appropriate for a 4yr old, have to be put away. After they break things many times they say that I broke them or their sister did. Mine and Charlie’s daughters have been strangled, kicked in the head and stomach, scratched, bit, slapped, punched in the face and head, and spit on. Myself and anyone around them have also experienced this. My daughter Sami had to be taken to the doctor after getting hit in the eye with a toy when Bob came home with from a visit with his mom.
The boys have also been waking up with nightmares. Bob wakes up more often than Max, screaming and crying and it’s usually more than once in a night. The nightmares started about two months ago, then went away. Recently they have returned. Bedtime has become incredibly challenging because of the nightmares and Bob especially is very scared to go to sleep.
It goes on, including details of how Charlie has been a helpful, loving father, and how Denise has fought to get assessments for the boys so they can get help. Brooke blocked Denise’s attempt, told her that the boys could no longer go to their pediatrician, and did not provide another pediatrician for them to see.
Even though these poor boys seem to have been severely affected by having to spend time with their mother, it looks like they will soon have no other place to go.
Charlie is ratcheting up the crazy in response, he’s said and tweeted a bunch of hyperbole and is quoting Apocalypse Now (which his dad starred in) to describe how he’s going to go after Brooke and DCFS. In his addled brain, he probably understands that Denise has gone above and beyond for him and how she’s at the end of her rope and has no other option than to give up the boys. Her letter says as much, and she continually says how much she loves them and wants to help them, but doesn’t want her girls to be harmed.
This story is just so sad, it makes my stomach hurt. Who will be there for those little boys? Their mom is harming them somehow, and it’s so bad they’re acting out. They have no other option but to go back to her at this point. I hope that changes, I hope there’s some incredible turnaround for them. I hope DCFS is forced to revoke Brooke’s visitation rights. At least Charlie is making a huge stink about it, as messed up as he is he does love the boys and will fight for them. I just don’t know where they can go now except with Brooke.
Denise Richards is shown with Max and Bob and her daughters in July. Denise Richards and the boys are shown in October, 2011. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com
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