Charlie Sheen Threatened to Kill Me on Christmas Day, Wife Brooke Mueller Told Police
Photo: Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller arrive at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 16, 2007, in Los Angeles.
An arrest warrant affidavit released Monday quotes Mueller as saying that the "Two and a Half Men" star straddled her on a bed with one hand grasping her neck and the other holding the knife. She said Sheen told her: "You better be in fear. If you tell anybody, I'll kill you."
Photo: Charlie Sheen is seen in his mugshot on Dec. 25, 2009.
He 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," according to the affidavit.
The 44-year-old Sheen denied threatening his wife with a knife or choking her, and told officers they had slapped each other on the arms and that he had snapped two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her, according to the affidavit.
Photo: Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles.
An ambulance was sent to their house in Aspen, Colorado, but police say no one was taken to the hospital.
Sheen, 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.
No phone listing could be found for Mueller, and it wasn't clear whether she has an attorney. The affidavit refers to her by her real name.
Sheen was arrested 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. Sheen is free on $8,500 bond.
The couple began arguing around 3:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, the affidavit said. Mueller told her husband she wanted a divorce and would get custody of their children, according to the affidavit. The couple has twin boys who were born in March.
Photo: Charlie Sheen seen with former wife, Denise Richards.
Sheen told police he "became very upset with this threat (of divorce) because of prior experiences." He went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his previous wife, actress Denise Richards.
At around 8:30 a.m., a woman who identified herself as "Brooke" and said she was Sheen's wife called police.
In an audio recording of the call released Monday, the woman can be heard weeping and sometimes her words are inaudible. At one point she said: "My husband had me (inaudible) with um, with a knife, and (inaudible) he threatened me." Later, she said, "I thought I was gonna die for one hour."
Police say Sheen surrendered a folding knife with a 4-inch blade.
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.
Sheen stars in CBS' "Two and a Half Men" and Brooke Mueller Sheen is a real estate investor. The couple married in May 2008.
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