1. Chaplin and a controversial marriage
The life of Charles Chaplin, one of the most remembered figures in the history of cinema, is not without controversy. Among the most outstanding, are that of his second marriage, and his subsequent divorce, of which new chilling details continue to be known to this day.
As revealed by the British newspaper The Times in 2015, there are official documents where he realizes the mistreatment that Lita Grey, the teenage actress who married the actor in 1924, when she was 16 years old and he 35, would have received.
According to the documents published by that medium, Chaplin approached Lita with all kinds of excuses until he convinced her to have s-x.
"Chaplin took the impressionable young woman to bed with the promise of marrying her. When Lita Gray became pregnant, he tried to convince her to have an abortion. The young woman's mother threatened Chaplin to report him to the police and the actor did not tell him. there was no choice but to marry the young woman", reconstructed, for its part, the newspaper.
The actors said yes in the Mexican city of Empalme, in the State of Sonora, but from the wedding night, according to the documents, the young woman received "cruel and inhumane" treatment.
In the papers found "it is detailed that Chaplin seduced Lita Gray and that, once they were married. the actor required him to carry out degrading, disgusting, and offensive acts, some of which were illegal in California in the twenties ", detailed the newspaper.
Chaplin and Gray were together for almost three years, and after having two children, they divorced.
2. The "Madama" who fell out of favor
In the mid-'90s, the general public was able to meet, surprisingly, a truly captivating character, who for years kept secret the names of the celebrities who hired her services: Heidi Fleiss, the woman whom the American media nicknamed "the madam of Hollywood".
The woman, who was arrested 25 years ago and later investigated for various crimes related to the huge business she carried out offering the service of a VIP prostitution portfolio in Los Angeles, came to tell years later that she collected "up to 97 thousand dollars in one day "in commissions.
After 21 months in prison and a thunderous trial in the US media, Fleiss was released. What continued to generate intrigue were the names of the famous clients that the pimp boasted of having since during the hearings the only famous person who gave testimony of her was the actor Charlie Sheen.
In 2016, the British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail reported that among the alleged names listed in "the little black book" where the woman would list her clients included heavyweights from the entertainment industry such as Johnny Depp, Billy Idol, Jack Nicholson, the filmmaker George Lucas and Hugh Hefner.
3. The least expected arrest
He was passing through his moment of glory: he had starred in successful films like Four Weddings and a Funeral, he was establishing himself as one of the most promising movie stars and he lived in love with actress Liz Hurley. Until one night in June 1995, Hugh Grant decided to get out of it for a drive around Los Angeles. And his life changed.
The chronicles of the time indicate that the British artist made a worker nicknamed Divine Brown get into his BMW after they crossed paths in a nightclub. Shortly after, and after paying her $60, the actor stopped the march on the iconic Sunset Boulevard for the woman to perform on him.
Until the police found them red-handed and arrested them. The charges? They were accused of "lewd behavior" in a public place.
Grant's name immediately became public. The same thing happened with the images of him and the prostitute that were photographed by the police upon arrival at the police station.
Weeks later, and after his face appeared in all the magazines and TV shows at the time, Grant released him on The Tonight Show. He apologized and assured me that he was sorry, while some contracts for future work projects were being canceled.
For that episode, Grant had to pay a fine and commit to doing community work.
