Charlie Sheen And Brooke Mueller Divorce: Settlement Reached

LOS ANGELES — Charlie Sheen can go back to being single, but he'll have to wait a few months before it's official, a judge ruled Thursday.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Hank Goldberg finalized Sheen's divorce from his ex-wife Brooke Mueller Sheen, but the pair will not be legally single until May 2.

The actor and Brooke Sheen filed dueling divorce petitions in November, citing Christmas Day 2009 as the day of their breakup. Charlie Sheen was arrested in Aspen, Colo., that day on suspicion of domestic violence against his wife. He later resolved the case and spent 30 days on probation.

The former couple will split the royalties from baby portraits of them and their twin sons, and the actor will keep his Hollywood Hills home, court records show. The Sheens signed a prenuptial agreement before their May 2008 wedding, which called for Charlie Sheen to pay Brooke Sheen more than $750,000.

The pair will share legal custody of their sons, although physical custody is granted to Brooke Sheen with substantial visitation time allotted for the actor. He is required to pay $55,000 a month in child support, according to the agreement filed with the court.

The judgment was first reported by celebrity website TMZ.

The divorce judgment comes after several tumultuous months for Charlie Sheen, whose show "Two and a Half Men" remains on hold while he receives treatment for unspecified conditions.

He has been briefly hospitalized three times in recent months, the first of which came after he was taken by police from a room at a luxury New York hotel that was left in shambles.

Charlie Sheen was hospitalized last month after his neighbor, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, called 911 to report the actor was intoxicated and in severe pain.

The actor has thanked fans and his employers for their support and has said through his spokesman that he hopes to resume taping "Men" later this month. The show is television's highest-rated comedy, and bosses at CBS and Warner Bros. Television have expressed concern for the actor's well-being.

Comments

[Thinkprogress4u]

11:53 AM on 02/11/2011

Yes, another prime example of the sanctity of marriage the far right loves to preach about. Go Charlie, go forth and marry again for you can while others can not.

[Hank26]

01:49 PM on 02/11/2011

Sorry. He's a liberal. He didn't get the 'sanctity of marriage' memo. He obviously DID get the memo 'go forth and multiply'.

[forty8r]

11:51 AM on 02/11/2011

Wow I am paying 1,000 a month and that is a killer for me. So if the kids are two years old thats a cool $10 million.

[Fredday]

11:22 AM on 02/11/2011

I dont care who you are, $55,000 a month, is disgustingly absurd. Most ppl work all year to make less than that.

[malander]

10:59 AM on 02/11/2011

Sheen gets to keep his fake teeth and porn collection...

[Hank26]

10:39 AM on 02/11/2011

I'm shocked. I was bettin' this one would last. :|

[JaxArab]

10:02 AM on 02/11/2011

Whwn did he marry that lady ? cannot keep up with him, and how does he always finds action given his condition ?

[jettymichael]

09:43 AM on 02/11/2011

She took him through so much.

[luv ya]

09:24 AM on 02/11/2011

The realllllly sad part of these Hollywood Marital tragedies is that the are innocent little lives of the children entangled in the adult shenanigans.
The selfishness of those who seem to constantly be given legal passes for bad behavior in Tinsel Town is astounding.

[brownfrown]

09:16 AM on 02/11/2011

You keeps the suitcase.. I keeps the coke

[houston we have aproblem]

09:10 AM on 02/11/2011

i get all the coke, you can everything else

[roads]

08:40 AM on 02/11/2011

I keep wondering why any woman in their right mind would marry this guy. He's a train wreck. I assume it's just for the money.

[tkns]

08:59 AM on 02/11/2011

55k a month in child support for the next 18years. That too, there is a clause that under no circumstance, will her child support be less than Denise Richards. How noble and thoughtful-oh and she is just out of rehab too. Why get a job , when you can get knocked up and get paid 55k a month for 18 yrs.

No wonder Charlie hires porn stars and escorts-cheaper and more honest.

[markstl3828]

09:03 AM on 02/11/2011

Hysterical.

[AllenFromAtlanta]

09:56 AM on 02/11/2011

Dang so true. He could have had a fleet of porn stars for $55K a month....party on Charlie, party on and don't tie the knot again.

[David Huser]

08:39 AM on 02/11/2011

The Daily Rash recently broke the story that E! television will premier their new Reality television show "Win a Dream Date with Charlie Sheen" this April! http://www.thedailyrash.com/?p=5807

[djfick]

08:30 AM on 02/11/2011

55K per month per child? How can it possibly cost that much to properly care for a child? Most Americans don't make that in a year to provide for their entire families!

[justin i]

09:59 AM on 02/11/2011

Yeah, its not about actual costs of child care, its about how much money the husband makes.

Twisted system, imo.

[Titus]

08:17 AM on 02/11/2011

Mr. Sheen seems destined to self-destruction. It's unfortunate that someone given so much wastes their opportunities like this. I would hope, like Robert Downey Jr.,he finds a point where he can straighten his life out.

[lpmko]

08:01 AM on 02/11/2011

Is it just me, or is Charlie starting to look like Mr. Magoo?