Charlie Sheen avoided disclosing HIV status to sexual partners

Seven months after revealing his HIV positive status, Charlie Sheen recently opened up about his sexual relationships.

Ahead of the release of an expose-style documentary focusing on his sexual history, the 50-year-old actor said that though he did not always disclose about his HIV to his sexual partners, he was careful enough to use condoms in those cases, reports News.com.au.

The 'Two and a Half Men' star revealed that there were two times when he did not tell partners he was HIV positive.

"There were two examples, but protection was always in place, and it was for the right reasons, because everyone that I had told up to that moment had shaken me down," he said.

Sheen's ex-fiancee Brett Rossi, however, claimed that the actor had unprotected sex with her and did not disclose his HIV positive status.

Reportedly, a representative for Rossi told, "Charlie's story is just that, a story, told by a talented actor to convince people that he is a victim.

Unfortunately, it's just not true and he created a lot of potential victims."

Regardless of Sheen's reasoning for not disclosing his diagnosis, California law says that once a person knows they are HIV positive they must alert a sexual partner before engaging in sexual activity, otherwise they could be charged with a misdemeanour.

Even, according to California Health and Safety Code 120290, "Any person afflicted with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease who wilfully exposes him/herself to another person (and any person who wilfully exposes another person afflicted with the disease to someone else) is guilty of a misdemeanour."

Further during the interview, Sheen admitted of not using a condom several times after his diagnosis, but maintained the women who he had unprotected sex with knew about his diagnosis.

"I regret not using a condom one or two times when this whole thing happened," he told.