Brooke Mueller wants restraining order against Charlie Sheen changed [Update]
Brooke Mueller, who called 911 on Charlie Sheen on Christmas morning, is trying to get the restraining order against her husband modified so the two can work things out, TMZ reports.
Despite rumors of divorce talk, Brooke's lawyer Yale Galanter told E! News that she and Sheen "absolutely want to stay together." Sheen's attorney Richard Cummins confirmed that the actor was on board as well.
[Updated at 6:39 p.m.: The prosecutor in the case intends to fight the requests from both sides to dismiss the protective order, OK! Magazine reports. "We always oppose lifting the protection order," Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Arnold Mordkin told the magazine, bringing particular attention in this instance to the bans against using alcohol or drugs or possessing a firearm.]
Galanter rejected reports that Brooke tried to retract or alter her original statement to the police. "That never happened. She never recanted, and she never changed her story." He said she "soft-pedaled" her story to a female officer hours after the 911 call, Entertainment Tonight reports.
Regarding the couple's twin 9-month-old boys, HollywoodLife.com says L.A. County is investigating their welfare. A Department of Children and Family Services spokesman didn't comment, citing privacy concerns. A similar department in the Aspen, Colo., area is also aware of the Christmas Day incident, TMZ reports.
Because Sheen is facing counts with a domestic violence aspect ...
... under Colorado law, certain measures kick in after bail has been posted that, among other restrictions, prevent the accused from contacting the victim.
After calling 911 on Friday, Brooke told police that Charlie threatened her during an argument that started when she said she wanted a divorce, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. He told police that they'd slapped each other and that he snapped two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her, but he denied threatening her with a knife.
(Click here for more details from the affidavit.)
And if Galanter's name sounds familiar, it's probably because his client roster has included O.J. Simpson.
-- Christie D'Zurilla
Photo: Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller arrive at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in L.A. on Sept. 16, 2007 -- because we were tired of the shots of them arriving at the 61st Emmys in 2009. Credit: Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press
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Brooke Mueller's 911 call about Charlie Sheen released [AUDIO]
Charlie Sheen arrested on felony charges in Aspen, Colo.
Charlie Sheen is fourth-highest paid in primetime TV
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Hey Brooke? Remember Rihanna? why don't you get a clue from her and please leave him. You deserve better.
Posted by: Gayle | Dec 30, 2009 at 03:06 PM
women and their soft spots for their bad boys hahaha
Posted by: loic | Dec 30, 2009 at 05:58 PM
One would think that, with all of the good fortune that life has bestowed upon them, they would act more like mature adults and be grateful for the life that they've been given rather than throw it away.
Posted by: Mitch | Dec 30, 2009 at 06:20 PM
Oh stop it. Can't complain if you are married to Charlie Sheen and he tries to hit you or kill you. It's Charlie Sheen and despite everything he does, we still like Charlie; he's the best!!!
Posted by: sam | Dec 30, 2009 at 09:30 PM
OJ's former lawyer? Oh hey -- that's really going to send a message to the prosecutors. It's going to send the message: THE LEGAL SYSTEM NEEDS TO PROTECT THIS WOMAN FROM HERSELF.
Posted by: Patricia | Dec 30, 2009 at 10:56 PM
If she wants to live with a porn addicted, knife wielding alcolholic more power to her...one less psycho for the normal girls to worry about.
Posted by: Violet | Dec 31, 2009 at 01:11 AM
THESE two should be ashamed of themselves, If they know what the word ASHAMED means. They have 2 little babies. DID child-services visit them. They will get off scott-free like all those HOLLYWODD types do
Posted by: Jedda | Dec 31, 2009 at 02:08 AM
Sheen's handlers need to stop enabling him. He's going to continue his violence-relapsing behavior pattern unless he gets some real help -- which for a serial domestic violence offender means spending some time in jail.
If Sheen isn't held accountable for making death threats, then some day he could end up carrying one out.
How's that going to make his handlers look then?
How are they going to deal with that on their resumes when they go looking for new jobs after he's been carted off to prison for domestic homicide?
Posted by: Patricia | Jan 02, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Carlos Irwin Estevez has "handlers?"
Really, what good are handlers when you're involved in a demonstration of proper lock blade safety with your wife over the Christmas holidays? Can handlers keep her from getting jealous about the kids with you had with your other wife? Does having handlers around keep you sober and calm?
Mr. Estevez does not really need handlers anymore. He needs a zookeeper and a parole officer and someone with their hand on a button that will zap him when he starts acting up. Les Moonves might want to put Christian Slater on speed dial--he's the poor man's Charlie Sheen and he comes with twice the crazy, though.
Posted by: Norman Rogers | Jan 03, 2010 at 06:39 PM