Will they take me more seriously now? Denise Richards dyes her hair dark brown as she gets ready for new career as author

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

New 'do: Denise Richards showed off her new darker locks while out in Beverly Hills yesterday


Ever since the start of her career she has always been a blonde.
But actress Denise Richards debuted a new darker 'do yesterday as she strolled through Beverly Hills.

The 39-year-old Wild Things star showed off her newly dyed locks, now a gorgeous caramel brown shade similar to her natural hair colour, as she headed out for lunch with a friend.

Denise recently announced that she is writing a tell -all memoir about her life.
'I wanted to write a heartfelt, honest book that would be a source of hope for others going through difficult times,'she says.

Denise will talk about what it's like to be a single mother in Hollywood, and the ups and downs of her career so far.

The actress was married to troubled actor Charlie Sheen from 2002 to 2006, and had daughters Sam, 6 and Lola with him.

Richards filed for divorce in April 2006, while she was pregnant with their second child, and shortly afterwards applied for a restraining order claiming she feared for her life after alleged death threats by Sheen.


New job: The actress revealed recently that she is to pen a tell all book about her life


Richards claimed that Sheen was physically and verbally abusive and threatened to kill her or have her killed, and that despite having accidentally shot his previous fiancée, Kelly Preston, that he wanted to place firearms under their coffee table to protect them.

Earlier this year Sheen agreed to sign over full custodial rights of their two daughters to Richards.

As per their divorce settlement the couple had previously enjoyed joint physical custody.



Blonde ambition: Richards was a decidedly lighter shade of blonde back in August as she posed beach side in Malibu


It is thought that Sheen signed over his custodial rights without any fight in a bid to buy Richards' silence should she be called to testify in his recent domestic violence criminal case with his current but soon be be ex-wife Brooke Mueller.

But let's keep our fingers crossed that the alleged deal struck between Richards and Sheen doesn't completely buy her silence when it comes to her roller coaster marriage to Sheen.

The autobiography is due to be released in 2012 through Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.


source: dailymail
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