SHEEN ASKS JUDGE TO RELAX RESTRAINING ORDER TO TEND TO ILL WIFE
CHARLIE SHEEN’s lawyers have asked the judge overseeing their client’s as= sault case to modify an order preventing him from communicating with his = ill wife while she is in hospital.
Brooke Mueller underwent emergency surgery on her wisdom teeth earlier = this week (18Jan10) and was hospitalised when an infection set in. She wa= s admitted on Wednesday (20Jan10), reportedly suffering from a bout of pn= eumonia.
Sheen has attempted to gain access to his wife in hospital - but he was= refused access due to a restraining order stemming from a Christmas Day = (25Dec10) bust-up between the actor and his wife.
Sheen was charged of assault, menacing and criminal mischief, and jaile= d.
Following his hospital visit, the actor’s legal team asked the judge ov= erseeing the case in Aspen, Colorado to change the rules of the protectiv= e order, so that he could tend to his ill wife.
In legal papers obtained by TMZ.com, Sheen’s lawyer, Richard Cummins, t= old the judge that the actor "is concerned and feels the necessity to ass= ist and care for his wife." Following his visit to the hospital, Sheen told awaiting reporters that= Mueller is "fine" following treatment in the facility’s intensive care u= nit and has responded well to antibiotics.
The two are due to appear in court in Colorado on Friday (22Jan10) for = a hearing about their Christmas Day fight and ongoing restraining order c= oncerns.
Meanwhile, Mueller’s lawyer has confirmed his client is suffering from = an infection caused by oral surgery.
Yale Galanter claims the real estate agent developed a fever following = surgery.
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