Overview

• The Book of Sheen was published Tuesday, with a two-part Netflix documentary, aka Charlie Sheen, set to stream Wednesday and featuring interviews with figures including Denise Richards, Jon Cryer and Sean Penn.
• In a Good Morning America interview, Sheen said he used alcohol to cope with a lifelong stutter, describing it as something that "softened the edges" and gave him "freedom of speech."
• The memoir asserts that heavy use of a street-legal testosterone cream contributed to his volatile behavior around his 2011 Two and a Half Men firing, a self-reported claim he says is not an excuse.
• Sheen recounts having sex with men during drug use and says he paid to keep those encounters private, describing feeling "held hostage" by threats of exposure and extortion.
• He says he has remained sober since 2017 and more present as a father, adds that he has been largely celibate since then, and writes that publicly acknowledging his HIV status brought "tremendous relief."