Denise Richards Flips the Camera on Photographers

Denise Richards has been very close to the center of all the controversy regarding her ex-husband Charlie Sheen's allegedly intoxicated binge in NYC, as reports swirl that he trashed his room while in the company of a prostitute and was subsequently hospitalized. So instead of hiding from cameras, Denise flipped the lens and filmed them on her phone in NYC today!

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Denise and her girls were staying across the hall from Charlie at The Plaza when the incident went down — an episode which his reps have said was due to an allergic reaction.

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OK! chatted with Denise last night, and while she refused to discuss Charlie, she did explain that "this trip is very special and different because it’s my daughter’s first time here.”