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Charlie Sheen claims 'TV bosses owe him $40 MILLION for cancelled show Anger Management'... as his child support battle with exes rages on

Published: 11:44 GMT, 19 May 2016 | Updated: 12:21 GMT, 19 May 2016

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Charlie Sheen has claimed that he is owed $40 million from his now cancelled TV show Anger Management.

The 50-year-old actor reportedly signed a lucrative syndication deal for the series and has hit out at executives for not paying him the money he alleges he is due.

According to TMZ, Charlie owns around 30 percent of the sitcom which he made 100 episodes of before it ended.

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Big numbers: Charlie Sheen has claimed that he is owed $40 million from his now cancelled TV show Anger Management

However, TV bosses have claimed that the show ran over budget and has yet to turn a profit, reports the website.

He is reportedly planning to consult with lawyers about the deal, which he believes could ultimately be worth up to $200 million.

The show ran from 2012 to 2014 and was based on the 2003 film of the same name starring Jack Nicholson. The star played a former baseball player whose career came to an end due to anger issues, before he retrained as a therapist.

Meanwhile, Charlie was recently sued for the outstanding balance of $287,879.28 on his Platinum American Express card.

The 50-year-old actor reportedly signed a lucrative syndication deal for the series and has hit out at executives for not paying him the money he alleges he is due. The series ran for two years and 100 episodes

Charlie should have paid his bill by March 12 and has incurred late fees of $8,357.69.

Blaming the situation on a former business manager, he said: 'If I was AMEX, I'd be suing me too!!'

This is the latest financial issue for Charlie, who has filed documents asking to have his $55,000-a-month child support payments to both of his ex-wives drastically reduced as his wealth isn't what it once was.

He said he was making $613,000 per month while working on 'Two and a Half Man', which he left in 2011, and though he sold his rights to the show for a staggering $26,750,000, he claimed he cannot keep up with the monthly payments to Brooke Mueller, mother of his twins Bob and Max, seven, because he is now earning an average of $87,384 each month.

Follow-up: Anger Management was Sheen's return to TV after he was axed from Two and a Half Men in 2011

Charlie admitted earlier this year he was keen to have the amounts he paid to Brooke and another of his ex-wives, Denise Richards - the mother of his daughters Sam, 11, and Lola, 10 - reduced from $55,000 a month as he felt it was no longer realistic.

He said: 'We came up with a number a long time ago and I had a great job and everybody was living large. and that's not the case right now, but there's still that expectation to still keep paying this kind of money.

'At some point you just can't justify it, especially when there's no gratitude behind it. None. I would send somebody flowers every hour if I got that kind of dough tax free.'

Battle: Sheen is currently dealing with legal cases with both Denise Richards and his other ex-wife Brook Mueller over claims he pays too much child support