Social Media Praises Charlie Sheen after Admitting HIV Positive, but Ex Partners will Sue

After revealing that he is HIV-positive, Charlie Sheen is now facing lawsuits from former sexual partners for not informing them of his real condition regarding the disease, but he is getting much praise from the Social Media for the admission.

CNN reported that the social media rallied on Tuesday around Sheen after he admitted he is HIV-positive. He revealed this truth to Matt Lauer on the "Today" show. Twitter users praised the actor for going public.

He said, "And I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about the (alleged) threatening the health of so many others, which couldn't be farther from the truth."

Meanwhile, Daily Mail reported that the actor will be facing a number of lawsuits from his former partners for not informing them about his conditions when they were still together. One of his ex-girlfriend Bree Olson appeared on The Howard Stern Show after Sheen's revelation, but she has a different story to tell. In a separate interview, she even called the actor "a monster."

Another former partner Natalie Kenly also appeared in the show, saying Sheen didn't tell her that he was HIV-positive. However, there are reports stating that the actor didn't know he was positive until May 2011, which was when he was no longer dating Olson. However, he was still dating Kenly that time.

TMZ reported that there are at least six women who are planning to sue Sheen for intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual battery, and fraud. A famous Los Angeles lawyer said 6 women have already contacted him and there are four more that have set an appointment with him. According to a source, Sheen had some 200 partners in the past 2 years, which means the number of women planning to sue him will definitely increase.

In California, having unprotected sex with a person with the intent to infect them with the disease and not informing them about being positive is a crime punishable by up to eight years imprisonment.