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Charlie Sheen visited the NBC Today Show on Tuesday, November 17, for a candid conversation about his HIV positive diagnosis.
"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 me, that threaten the health of so many others that couldn't be further from the truth," he told Matt Lauer.
The 50-year old actor said people he trusted with information about his diagnosis betrayed him. He estimates that he's paid out "upwards of $10 million" in hush money.
"What people forget is that it's money taken from my children," he contunued. "I trusted them and they were deep in my inner circle, and I thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason."
Sheen, real name Carlos Irwin Estévez, hoped that by making what had been a secret until today public, it would stop people from trying to extort him for money.
"That's my goal. That's not my only goal. I think I release myself from this prison today," he said.
The former "Two and a Half Men" star has known he was infected for four years. During that time he's continued to have sex, sometimes unprotected. None of his partners have tested positive for the disease.
TMZ reports that in California it's criminal for someone to have unprotected sex when that person knows he or she is infected with HIV. The crime is punishable by up to six months in prison.
If a person has sex with the intention of transmitting the disease they could be sentenced to eight years in prison.
Sheen says that he's been up front with his sex partners regarding his diagnosis.
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