Lawyers: Sheens Want To Reconcile

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Dec 31st 2009 08:01AM

Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller want to reconcile, their lawyers said Wednesday, even though she told police he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her less than a week ago. "They're very much in love. They want to try to work it out and want to have the best shot at doing that," Mueller's attorney, Yale Galanter, told The Associated Press. Sheen's attorney, Richard Cummins, confirmed his client wants to reconcile. Cummins filed a court motion Wednesday asking a judge to dismiss a restraining order that prevents the couple from having contact.

The 'Two and a Half Men' star was arrested on Christmas Day in Aspen, where the couple was on vacation. Mueller, 32, told police he threatened her during an argument that started when she said she wanted a divorce.

Charlie Sheen told police the couple slapped each other and that he snapped two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her, but he denied threatening her with a knife.

He faces charges of felony menacing, domestic violence, second-degree assault and criminal mischief and is free on $8,500 bond. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8 in Aspen.

Galanter said Wednesday that Mueller is standing by the account she gave police, but he said she didn't understand at the time that it would lead to her husband's arrest. "Wives think the cops are going to break something up and they don't realize the husband is going to be taken to jail," Galanter said.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Actor Charlie Sheen (R) and Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre on September 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Brooke Mueller;Charlie Sheen

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Actor Charlie Sheen (R) and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Nokia Theatre on September 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Charlie Sheen;Brooke Mueller

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Actress Brooke Mueller (L) and husband actor Charlie Sheen attend Ubisoft's Just Dance Lounge at the Silver Spoon Emmy Suite at Maloof Estate on September 17, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. Ubisoft's Just Dance Lounge at the Silver Spoon Emmys Suite Maloof Estate Beverly Hills, CA United States September 17, 2009 Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage.com To license this image (58395917), contact WireImage.com

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"I will tell you that both parties want to attempt to work this out. Whatever was said and whatever happened, I'm chalking it up as one really bad night," Galanter said.

An arrest affidavit quoted Brooke Sheen as saying her husband pinned her on a bed, held a knife to her throat and told her, "You better be in fear. If you tell anybody, I'll kill you. 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."

In an audio recording of a 911 call, a woman who identifies herself as Brooke tells the dispatcher that Sheen threatened her with a knife and added, "I thought I was gonna die for one hour."

She said at least five times during the four-minute call that she wanted to file a report. "It's happened before," she said, according to the affidavit.

Galanter said Mueller hired him "because she is a witness against her husband and she wants him to continue being her husband."

He called it "a very interesting legal conundrum.... Events occurred. She gave a sworn statement to a law enforcement officer. She wants to work on her marriage and she wants to honor her legal obligations."

Asked if she would testify against her husband, Galanter said, "It's not going to come down to that." He declined to elaborate.

Galanter also declined to comment on Sheen's statement to police that his wife abuses alcohol. According to PEOPLE, Sheen spent the last week quietly reflecting on his life. "Charlie feels awful," the friend says. "He let himself down by drinking ... [And] he wants to be with his kids."

Galanter said Mueller was still in Aspen on Wednesday with the couple's twin boys, who were born in March and that he was not concerned that social services might intervene out of concern for the children. "These kids are in probably the most loving, nurturing, wholesome, healthy environment I have ever seen," he said, describing their mother as "doting."

Social services officials in Aspen said state law forbids them from speaking publicly about a case.

Galanter said he's optimistic about the future of the couple's relationship. "They are madly in love with one another, they have beautiful babies together and there's no reason they shouldn't be able to have a long, fruitful, healthy life with one another," he said.

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Sunday 03 January

By blackftgrl

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These vile people need to stay together.They are alike.They both drink and do drugs.It's the children who don't need to be exposed to crap like this.Project fear and violence to children is a terrible sin.I don't care if you are a celebrity.

By Jackie

Once an abuser ... always an abuser... she needs to get out of the marriage and run for her life.... eventually he is going to physically hurt her, maybe even kill her.

By Jim

Typical Hollywood.............. anyone who believes that behavior is 'OK', is just as 'Demented' as they are.!!!

By Julene

Is it just me or does it appear as if the media picks and chooses who they are going to scandalize??? They hung a BIG scarlet letter around Tiger Woods neck, while downplaying the obvious adulterous and womanizing act of Louisville coach Rick Pitino just a couple of months before. I guess clear acts of adultry is too easy for the media. They rather go after the more vague and assumed ones. They leave much more room for the general public to speculate and let their imaginations run wild.

And now you have Charlie Sheen vs Chris Brown DV. Just a few months ago the media took Chris Brown to task over his bust up with Rihanna. They made him the poster child for DV. Yet, Charlie Sheen and his wife get into a bust up and TMZ isn't trying to get it's hands on some pictures of a drunk and bruised Brooke. Except for a few mentions here and there, no scarlet letter being hung around Charlie Sheens' neck. And, no one is even aware that Rick Pitino supposedly paid his younger mistress to get rid of a baby she received from him after having sex on a restaurant table. I would think a story like that would be much more hot and scandalous but maybe not but it seems as the media is very much aware of Rick and his affairs. So to them, it's not real news worthy. It seems the scandal where the media can pay the mistresses to say what they want and control the story is more of their speed.SMH

By Red

She sounds just as crazy as him. I feel bad for the twins and hope they can get out of their crazy parent's environment. Brooke has to be stupid to think she didn't realize Charlie would be arrested... They both deserve each other. Sounds like both are abusers.

By familyjoool

They're both nutz!! John and Angus better find another co-star this guy is going to take them straight into cancellation.

Monday 04 January

By tess

Teaching their sons to abuse is what they are doing. Teach them that living on pharmaceutical med alcohol and to slap each other around and if you have enough money the laws do not apply to you. No wonder the rest of the world wants to blow us up, look at what we portray.

By holly

They deserve each other for sure. But someone better do something about the kids. And fast.

By Deborah

They both need to be rid of each other. Martin must be so
embarrassed by his son. He is a washed up drunk, an abuser and he
looks awful. He looks like an ugly, butch woman in his police mug
shot, and even a little in this picture. Gross.

Tuesday 05 January

By Loflin

Who cares about Sheen and his women!

By Joanna Casteel

What in the world could this goofy women be thinking?

By Zoomer

Typical AOL over 60 pictures when 8 would have been plenty IDIOTS IDIOTS

By scmedasst

Doting mother?? WTH does this lawyer get the idea that the trampy Brooke, who blew a 0.13 at 8:30 in the morning on Christmas Day is a doting mother, and that the children are in a nurturing environment? I'm sick of these alcoholic women who pop out kids whine because children's services investigate them and take their kids away. The alcohol is more important to them than their babies, so why shouldn't the kids get taken away and given to truly loving families.

By Lo

"they're very much in love". ha ha ha ha ha, oh that's priceless!

By matt715

This the next Nicole Brown Simpson waiting to happen. They think they still love each other, but this is just "heat of the moment" stuff.

By Peg

If his wife is naive/stupid(??!!!) enough to believe this behavior will never happen again, then they deserve each other....Can you spell "O.J."?

By lulu

I don't know who is worse. Charlie Sheen or the stupid cheap trampy women he marries. They all deserve each other.
I say give the kids to their grandparents and have Charlie fixed already!

By brooks

hey! i do this with my wife all the time. what's the big deal? just havin a little interaction

By Alaine

It is very sad to me that she is even considering going back with him. She stated he had done it before and unfortunately if she goes back with him, he will do it again. Her only to put an end to this kind of abuse is to leave him. Hopefully, it will not have a tragic ending before she realizes this. Good thing Denise got out when she did, because my guess is, even though it never got out, he was abusive to her as well.

By D.B.

I would rather be alone.some women put up with anything.How dumb.

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