Bree Olson was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in porn when Charlie Sheen, then earning $1.8 million an episode, moved her into his mansion and called her one of his "goddesses." Within weeks Warner Bros. fired him and he sued for $100 million.
She walked away from porn that same year. She says she could still go back and make $20,000 in a single week, and refuses.
In the video below, Bree explains what walking away from up to $720,000 a year actually cost her.
She was 24 and had spent 5 years in the adult industry when she met Charlie in early 2011. He had just split from his third wife.
He moved her and a 24-year-old model, Natalie Kenly, into his Hollywood Hills house. He went on TV with both of them and called them his goddesses.
Then the meltdown. Warner Bros. shut down Two and a Half Men and fired the highest-paid actor on television. Charlie took Bree and Natalie on stage with him on his live tour.
In April she broke up with him by text. He announced it to a crowd in Florida.
Charlie sued Warner for $100 million and reportedly settled for around $25 million.
Bree tried mainstream acting. It didn't work. She wrote that porn is the only entertainment industry that pays its talent no residuals, so the videos keep earning and she gets nothing.
Natalie said she couldn't even get nanny jobs anymore. "People Google me and I'm done."
Bree says she now stays home for weeks at a time. People treat her, in her words, like she would somehow be dangerous to children.
Charlie got paid to walk away. Bree paid to walk away.
Should Bree Olson go back to the $20,000 weeks, or is walking away worth more than the money?
Bree Olson was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in porn when Charlie Sheen, then earning $1.8 million an episode, moved her into his mansion and called her one of his "goddesses." Within weeks Warner Bros. fired him and he sued for $100 million.
She walked away from porn that same year. She says she could still go back and make $20,000 in a single week, and refuses.
In the video below, Bree explains what walking away from up to $720,000 a year actually cost her.
She was 24 and had spent 5 years in the adult industry when she met Charlie in early 2011. He had just split from his third wife.
He moved her and a 24-year-old model, Natalie Kenly, into his Hollywood Hills house. He went on TV with both of them and called them his goddesses.
Then the meltdown. Warner Bros. shut down Two and a Half Men and fired the highest-paid actor on television. Charlie took Bree and Natalie on stage with him on his live tour.
In April she broke up with him by text. He announced it to a crowd in Florida.
Charlie sued Warner for $100 million and reportedly settled for around $25 million.
Bree tried mainstream acting. It didn't work. She wrote that porn is the only entertainment industry that pays its talent no residuals, so the videos keep earning and she gets nothing.
Natalie said she couldn't even get nanny jobs anymore. "People Google me and I'm done."
Bree says she now stays home for weeks at a time. People treat her, in her words, like she would somehow be dangerous to children.
Charlie got paid to walk away. Bree paid to walk away.
Should Bree Olson go back to the $20,000 weeks, or is walking away worth more than the money?
Johnny Depp lost a $22.5 million Pirates deal over one article written by his ex-wife. She had promised his entire $7 million divorce payout to charity. The charity got $1.3 million, and $500,000 of it was believed to come from Elon Musk.
In the video below, Heard's lawyer asks a Disney executive if Disney would pay Depp $300 million and a million alpacas to come back. Depp can't stop laughing.
They divorced in 2016. Heard got $7 million and announced every dollar was going to charity. $3.5 million to the ACLU. $3.5 million to a children's hospital in Los Angeles.
In December 2018 she wrote a Washington Post op-ed calling herself a public figure representing domestic abuse. She never used his name.
Days later, Depp says, Disney dropped him from Pirates of the Caribbean. His agent testified the deal for part 6 was closed at $22.5 million.
He sued her for $50 million.
In court, the ACLU's general counsel said it had received $1.3 million in her name. Only $350,000 came straight from her. $100,000 came from Depp himself. $500,000 came from a fund believed to belong to Musk, who she dated after the divorce.
Asked about it on the stand, she said "pledge" and "donate" meant the same thing to her.
On June 1, 2022, the jury gave Depp $15 million. Virginia law cut it to $10.35 million. Heard won $2 million on her countersuit.
Six months later they settled. She paid him $1 million. He gave every dollar to 5 charities.
She promised $7 million and reached $1.3 million with help from two men. He got $1 million and gave it all away.
So who really paid for that article?
Johnny Depp lost a $22.5 million Pirates deal over one article written by his ex-wife. She had promised his entire $7 million divorce payout to charity. The charity got $1.3 million, and $500,000 of it was believed to come from Elon Musk.
In the video below, Heard's lawyer asks a Disney executive if Disney would pay Depp $300 million and a million alpacas to come back. Depp can't stop laughing.
They divorced in 2016. Heard got $7 million and announced every dollar was going to charity. $3.5 million to the ACLU. $3.5 million to a children's hospital in Los Angeles.
In December 2018 she wrote a Washington Post op-ed calling herself a public figure representing domestic abuse. She never used his name.
Days later, Depp says, Disney dropped him from Pirates of the Caribbean. His agent testified the deal for part 6 was closed at $22.5 million.
He sued her for $50 million.
In court, the ACLU's general counsel said it had received $1.3 million in her name. Only $350,000 came straight from her. $100,000 came from Depp himself. $500,000 came from a fund believed to belong to Musk, who she dated after the divorce.
Asked about it on the stand, she said "pledge" and "donate" meant the same thing to her.
On June 1, 2022, the jury gave Depp $15 million. Virginia law cut it to $10.35 million. Heard won $2 million on her countersuit.
Six months later they settled. She paid him $1 million. He gave every dollar to 5 charities.
She promised $7 million and reached $1.3 million with help from two men. He got $1 million and gave it all away.
So who really paid for that article?