The mercurial actor wants a sit down and a talk with his former wife

Mar 22, 2014 11:56 GMT  ·  By

The clock may be ticking on Denise Richards' stay in Charlie Sheen mansion, but at least the actor is willing to sit down and have a talk face to face and is not letting the matter be handled by lawyers.

As previously mentioned, Sheen has been recently trying to cut down on the $55,000 (€39,887) monthly child support he pays Denise Richards for their daughters, Sam and Lola, and also wants her and the girls out of the mansion in which they are currently living and which happens to belong to him.

Radar is now saying that Sheen is reaching out to Richards for a private mediation that will be handled by a retired judge, by which he hopes to cut down child support expenses.

As part of this effort, Sheen's team of lawyers has already “formally notified Denise and her lawyers that they will be headed to private mediation next week to try and get the child support reduced,” says an insider.

The details of the meeting are explained by the same source “The mediation will be handled by a retired judge who has handled various issues for the former couple over the years since their divorce. It looks like this will go down early next week. Wednesday by the latest.”

The reason why Charlie has all of a sudden decided that he pays Denise too much child support is because the actress has been denying him time with their daughters. He seems to be forgetting that Denise was issued sole physical and legal custody of the girls some time ago.

The conflict between the two escalated and Sheen took to Twitter to vent his frustration that peaked over the holidays, when Denise didn't allow him any time alone with the girls but claimed that he was more than welcome to join them on their vacation.

The funny thing is that Charlie might actually fail in his attempt to lower the child support and also, according to insiders familiar with the case, there is a possibility that the entire thing backfires and the judge actually ends up raising his child support.

“Charlie could be taking a huge gamble by taking Denise to the mediator. Remember everything Denise has done for Charlie! She became the temporary guardian of his twin sons, Bob & Max, with Brooke Mueller,” explains the insider.

There are also some issues with the case that may impact his contract with FX over the series “Anger Management,” according to the same insider. “She could have asked for more child support during that time and didn’t. There is a chance that the judge could actually increase the child support to Denise because of his lucrative Anger Management deal with FX. This could be a can of worms Charlie might wish he never opened.”