Charlie Sheen: Capri Anderson Tried to Extort $1 Million

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Charlie Sheen fired back at Capri Anderson in a lawsuit, claiming that she sought $1 million from him to remain quiet about the incident last month, when he reportedly trashed his suite at New York's Plaza Hotel.

The lawsuit claims that Anderson's version of events is a fabrication and that she tried to extort money from him after their "casual encounter" at the luxury hotel.

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"This case involves a shakedown and extortion of the internationally known actor and celebrity Charlie Sheen ... by an opportunist pornographic film star and publicity-hungry scam artist," says the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The adult film actress, whose real name is Christina Walsh, "fabricated a sensational tale about being assaulted, battered and held against will" and then threatened to go to the media with "her false tale" if Sheen didn't pay up, the lawsuit claims.

Sheen's filing pre-empted a lawsuit Anderson said she planned to file against the actor alleging battery and false imprisonment.

When Sheen "refused to succumb to Walsh's extortionate and illegal demands," her representatives contacted the Aspen authorities, who prosecuted Sheen in a domestic violence case involving his now-estranged wife Brooke Mueller, and gave an interview to ABC News that that aired Monday.

Anderson told ABC that she was hired for $3,500 to join Sheen for dinner on Oct. 25. According to her, he became increasingly unruly as the evening wore on and the night ended with Sheen turning violent and Anderson locked in the bathroom in fear for her life.

Sheen's lawsuit claims that Anderson told somebody else that the assault never occurred and told New York police that the actor acted "like a total gentleman."

Keith M. Davidson, an attorney for Anderson, told People that the extortion attempt "never happened."

"It's a blatant attempt by them to muddy the waters and confuse the situation," he told the magazine. "They are throwing a bunch of mud at the wall and hoping something will stick."

As for whether Anderson called Sheen a "gentleman" to the police, Davidson added, "At the beginning of the night he was acting as a gentleman, but not at the end when he was threatening to kill her."

Police in New York were investigating the claims and will interview Sheen, but no date has been set.