Two And A Half Men’s Co-star Charlie Sheen held knife to wife
ASPEN, Colo. — Charlie Sheen’s wife told Aspen police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her after she said she wanted a divorce.An arrest warrant affidavit released Monday quotes Brooke Mueller Sheen as saying the actor told her, “You better be in fear. If you tell anybody, I’ll kill you.”
Mueller said Sheen also told her, “Your mother’s money means nothing. I have ex-police I can hire who know how to get the job done and they won’t leave any trace.”
The affidavit says Charlie Sheen denied threatening her with a knife.
Sheen, 44, who is listed in the affidavit as Carlos Irwin Estevez, told police he and his wife have been having marital problems and that she abuses alcohol.
Sheen was arrested Christmas Day on suspicion of menacing, second-degree assault and criminal mischief. The affidavit also lists a charge of domestic violence, which authorities had not previously mentioned.
The actor had reportedly flown to Aspen to visit the home Mueller was renting to be with her, but the two apparently began arguing right away.
Sheen is free on $8,500 bond.
In a 911 call released Monday, a woman who identifies herself as Sheen’s wife says she feared for her life.
The woman can be heard weeping and sometimes her words are inaudible. At one point she says, “My husband had me (inaudible) with um, with a knife, and (inaudible) he threatened me.” Later, she says, “I thought I was gonna die for one hour.”
An ambulance was sent to the house but police say no one was taken to the hospital.
Police said Sheen surrendered a folding knife with a 4-inch blade.
Sheen stars in CBS’ “Two and a Half Men.”
Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said Monday the menacing charge is the most serious, usually carrying a sentence of two to eight years in prison and a fine of $2,000 to $500,000.
Mordkin said Sheen’s next court appearance is Feb. 8, and no decision on whether to prosecute him is expected until shortly before that.
Following the arrest, Sheen’s publicist cautioned against assuming his client is guilty in the Christmas incident: “Do not be mislead by appearance,” Stan Rosenfield said.
“Appearance and reality can be as different as night and day. It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion.”
Rosenfield confirmed that Sheen flew back to Los Angeles after being bailed out of jail.
He was bonded out sometime after 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and had a brief hearing Friday night in Aspen.
“He returned Christmas night. But I have no comment on whether he flew back alone,” Rosenfield said.
Rosenfield said he had no knowledge of any legal action taken by Sheen’s wife in Los Angeles in connection with the incident.
The actor has yet to make a public statement on his arrest.
Sheen and Mueller married in 2008, and welcomed twin baby boys earlier this year.
This is not Sheen’s first involvement in an alleged domestic violence incident. In 1997, he was tried for attacking his then-girlfriend Brittany Ashland at his home in Agoura Hills.
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