Denise Richards has denied inviting paparazzi to take photographs of her
with her kids during her divorce battle with Charlie Sheen.
The actress has slammed reports she infuriated her Los Angeles neighbors by
asking paparazzi into their gated community to capture images of her with
her daughters, Sam, three and Lola, who turns one next month.
Denise told Glamour magazine: "Paparazzi were climbing over the fence to try
to get shots of me inside my house.
"I had to hire a security guard to live with me and I kept the shades down
at all times. It was awful.
"Women would come up to me on the street all the time and say, 'I admire you
for conducting yourself so graciously.' A year later when I was dating
Richie Sambora, I was on the cover of every tabloid again. Suddenly the
world hated me. I was called a husband-stealer and a back-stabber in the
press."
The 36-year-old beauty married 'Platoon' actor Charlie in 2002. Denise first
filed for divorce in 2005 but later reconciled with Charlie and announced
they were attending marriage counseling.
However, the couple split again soon after and divorced a year later, after
Denise filed for a restraining order claiming Charlie made death threats
against her.
Denise has since been linked with Bon Jovi guitarist Sambora, whose divorce
with Heather Locklear was finalized last month.
