Denise Richards 'Saddened' by Situation with Daughters, Says Source: She 'Wants to Protect Her Kids'

The actress shares 17-year-old Sami and 16-year-old Lola with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, and a judge ruled on Monday thatSheen no longer pay child support, news that came three weeks after Sami alleged on TikTok that she felt “trapped” at her mom’s and “finallymoved out of the hell house.”

A source close to Richards, 50, tells PEOPLE that Sami has been living with Sheen, 56, but Lola “does not live with Charlie” — she “lives with both of her parents and stays with Charlie when Denise is out of town. When Denise is back, Lola will be with her.”

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Reps for Sheen and Richards did not respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

After Sami’s public claims last month, a source explained to PEOPLE that Richards “set normal rules that any parentwould be setting,” but Sami was defiant.

TheReal Housewives of Beverly Hillsalum is married to Aaron Phypers and is also mom to daughter Eloise Joni, 10. Charlie has three other children from other relationships: Cassandra, 36, and 12-year-old twin sons.

Richards and Sheen met while shooting the movieGood Advicein 2000, but it wasn’t until the actress guest-starred on his former sitcomSpin Cityin 2001 that a romance began. They married in June 2002, and in March 2005Richards filed for divorce.

source: people.com