Charlie Sheen Goes To Rehab

Charlie Sheen's rep announced Tuesday that the Two and a Half Men star will take a break from the hit tv show to enter a rehabilitation facility again, just a fortnight after his wife, Brooke Mueller, did the same thing.

"As a preventative measure, Charlie Sheen has entered a rehabilitation facility," Sheen's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said in a a statement. "He will take some time off his series Two and a Half Men. He has asked that his privacy be honored."

The couple made headlines on Christmas Day (2009) after an argument erupted at their Colorado holiday home, with Sheen being arrested for felony menacing and misdemeanor charges of third-degree assault and criminal mischief after he allegedly threatened her with a knife.

"CBS, Warner Bros. Television and [executive producer] Chuck Lorre support Charlie Sheen in his decision today to begin voluntary inpatient care at a treatment centre," a statement from CBS, producers of Sheen's show, said.

"We wish him nothing but the best as he deals with this personal matter."

Denise Richards Accuses Sheen Of Vile Messages

The fued between divorcing actors Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen is continuing to play out in public, with Richards this week accusing her former husband of sending her vulgar text messages.

Richards, who was in New York promoting her new E! reality show, 'Denise Richards: It's Complicated', is claiming that Sheen, sent her vile text messages attacking her father and mother, who recently died of cancer.

"Last week, I sent Charlie a text message asking him if he's going to Family Day [for daughter Sam's school] and letting him know Sam was sick with a cold," Richards told the New York Post.

"His response was, 'I hope you and your worthless retarded father get cancer and join your stupid mom. Rot in hell you [bleeping] whore,'" Richards claims.

"My mom died of cancer. This is what I deal with on a weekly basis."

Sheen, 42, and Richards, 37, have been airing their dirty laundry on television recently, this week making headlines over an email that Sheen says the actress sent him begging for a sperm donation. Speaking on the US 'Today' show this week, Richards denied sending the email.

Richards told the New York Post, "I don't want Charlie's prostitute-tranny-infested sperm. I have two beautiful kids. We'll leave it at that. I am so over him. He's the one who can't move on. He's disgusting, and he's hit an all-time low."

Sheen's rep quickly fired back, revealing that Sheen plans to have the email analysed by experts to prove it's authenticity.

"Denise seems to be denying the existence of [the] e-mail. This goes beyond a he-said-she-said. We have an offer from a [live] TV show. They will bring a computer expert to diagnose the e-mail and to verify it was sent by her e-mail address and to verify it was neither altered nor edited. Computer DNA — it is conclusive," the rep said.

"The only time Charlie has spoken on TV about her, they were sound bites at red-carpet visits or during set visits. He has not gone on multiple TV shows this week."