Charlie Sheen has paid out £6.6million in a frantic bid to keep up to eight sex tapes private, it has been claimed.

Sheen feared that tapes allegedly showing the movie star with a male lover and allegedly smoking crack could be made public.

The videos are believed to show the shamed Hollywood actor with both male and female lovers.

Sheen, 50, is fighting to keep the footage off the internet but details of what the tapes show are expected to be released.

The troubled star of Wall Street is already facing a slew of legal claims from former partners after admitting he is HIV-positive.

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America’s National Enquirer magazine, which broke the story after an 18-month probe, is thought to have seen up to five tapes which allegedly show him with both men and women and also smoking drugs.

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It is alleged that in one video Sheen performs a sex act on a man before grinning into the camera’s lense.

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The news comes a week after Sheen admitted paying up to £6million to numerous people to stop them revealing his HIV status.

He described the blackmail as his “truth becoming their treason”.

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Speaking of the sex tapes, a source said: “It makes you wonder what went through Charlie’s mind to let himself be filmed.

"He is desperate to keep the videos off the internet but they have already been leaked.

“The clips last about 30 seconds and show him smoking a crack cocaine pipe and with a male lover.”

Sheen said he always told his partners he was HIV-positive but many, including his former girlfriend, ex-porn star Bree Olson, 29, have come forward to rubbish his claims.

The father-of-five was once said to have a £66million fortune but admits to losing much of it in payouts.

He is now reportedly looking to sell the house he bought for his ex-wife Brooke Mueller, 38, and their six-year-old twin sons.

Despite reports that Sheen is evicting them, a source said: “Charlie would never kick his children out of their home but he needs his money from somewhere while not working.”