MUELLER’S ATTORNEY DENIES REHAB REPORTS
An attorney for CHARLIE SHEEN’s sick wife BROOKE MUELLER has clarified re= ports she has checked into a drug rehabilitation centre in North Carolina= , insisting the recovery retreat is also designed for people with serious= illnesses.
Mueller was admitted to hospital last week (20Jan10) suffering from pne= umonia in both lungs, linked to a recent operation to remove her wisdom t= eeth.
She was transferred to an intensive care unit, where she was being trea= ted with antibiotics. She was discharged from a Los Angeles hospital on M= onday (25Jan10) and new reports suggest the 32 year old has checked into = rehab to deal with her personal demons.
But Mueller’s attorney Yale Galanter insists her client has checked int= o Two Dreams, a treatment center specialising in drug and alcohol addicti= on, to recover from her illness and not to seek help for substance abuse.
A protective court order preventing Mueller and Sheen from contacting o= ne another is still in effect, following an alleged domestic incident on = Christmas Day (25Dec09), which landed the actor in jail in Aspen, Colorad= o.
The couple reunited briefly when Sheen was given the all-clear to visit= his wife in hospital after a judge relaxed the protection order.
According to Galanter, Mueller is expected to remain at the facility fo= r about a week.
Meanwhile, Sheen is taking care of the couple’s two kids at the family = home in Los Angeles.
Mueller has been arrested twice previously, for an outstanding warrant = for cocaine possession and for driving under the influence.
A hearing to review the pair’s protection order was postponed until 8 F= ebruary (10) after Mueller fell ill.
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