Sheen Out of Hospital, Heads Home After Half-Naked Hotel Rampage

NEW YORK (KTLA) -- "Two and a      Sheen is expected to fly back
Half Men" star Charlie Sheen       to Los Angeles this afternoon.
was hospitalized for a             Sheen, the star of CBS' "Two
psychiatric evaluation after       and a Half Men," has had past
being found naked and drunk        problems with alcohol and
in his NYC hotel.                  drugs that have landed him in
The New York Post first            legal trouble.
reported that Sheen was found      In August, he pleaded guilty
highly intoxicated and             in Aspen, Colo., to
incoherent in his posh room        misdemeanor third-degree
at The Plaza Hotel just after      assault after a Christmas Day
2 a.m..                            altercation with his wife,
He had been partying with a        Brooke Mueller Sheen.
prostitute, authorities told       Prosecutors dropped more
the New York Post, and the         serious charges and he
still-unidentified woman told      avoided jail time, instead
police he was yelling and          sentenced to 30 days in a
throwing furniture.                rehabilitation center, 30
The Post reports that the          days of probation and 36
actor flew into a rage when        hours of anger management.
he couldn't find his wallet.       Mueller Sheen, who is the
Life & Style reports that          mother of twins with Sheen,
police found a prostitute          told police that the actor
screaming from inside the          threatened to kill her and
closet of the hotel room.          brandished a knife after she
"She was fearing for her life      told him she wanted a divorce.
and was naked," a source told      Charlie Sheen said they
the magazine.                      argued but he denied
In addition, the New York          threatening her, and he told
Daily News reports                 police that he was upset by
authorities found cocaine in       the divorce threat.
the room.                          He previously went through a
Police say Sheen appeared to       bitter divorce and custody
be "emotionally disturbed"         battle with Richards. Her
and voluntarily went to a          publicist said Tuesday she
local hospital at 2:30 a.m.        had no comment on Tuesday's
Witnesses say Sheen exited         hotel encounter.
the hotel clad in just a           In December 1996, Sheen was
bathrobe and shorts as he          charged with attacking a
entered an awaiting ambulance.     girlfriend at his Southern
He was accompanied by his ex-      California home.
wife Denise Richards, 39, to       He later pleaded no contest
New York Presbyterian              and was placed on two years
Hospital.                          of probation.
His publicist blamed the           In 1998, his father, actor
episode on an allergic             Martin Sheen, turned him in
reaction to medication.            for violating parole after a
Sheen was in New York on a         cocaine overdose sent him to
family vacation.                   the hospital. He was ordered
His ex-wife, actress Denise        to undergo a rehabilitation
Richards, and their two            program.
children, Sam, 6, and Lola, 5,     Sheen is also the star of
also were staying at the           films such as "Platoon,"
hotel in a different room,         ''Wall Street" and "Hot Shots!
the official said.                 "                             

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