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Child Services Investigates Sheen

Charlie Sheen, Brooke Mueller to be monitored by social workers

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 30, 2009 7:26 AM CST

(Newser) – For those wondering when the Department of Children and Family Services was going to step into the Charlie Sheen mess: It has. Following their Christmas blow-up, the LA branch is investigating Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller, and their 9-month-old twins could be taken from them temporarily. “When Charlie and his family step off the plane in California, they’ll be greeted by social workers,” a DCFS insider tells HollywoodLife.

Sheen and Mueller will be monitored by two social workers, including drug testing three to five times per week, and a “clean” third party—it could be a relative—will likely have to move in. Officials at Colorado’s Pitkin County Department of Social Services earlier said they are also considering an investigation. The silver lining in all this? Ratings for Sheen sitcom Two and a Half Men are up since his arrest, the New York Post reports.

In this image released by CBS, Charlie Sheen is shown in a scene from the CBS comedy, Two and a Half Men.
In this image released by CBS, Charlie Sheen is shown in a scene from the CBS comedy, "Two and a Half Men."   (AP Photo/CBS, Greg Gayne)
This picture provided by the Aspen Police Department on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 shows Charlie Sheen.
This picture provided by the Aspen Police Department on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 shows Charlie Sheen.   (AP Photo/Aspen Police Department)
Charlie Sheen arrives for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards with his wife, Brooke, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Charlie Sheen arrives for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards with his wife, Brooke, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, picture, actor Charlie Sheen, right, and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, picture, actor Charlie Sheen, right, and wife Brooke Mueller arrive at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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COMMENTS
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Count-Spatula
Dec 30, 2009 9:58 AM CST
Here's a joke for ya: Q:What does Charlie Sheen call pulling a knife on his wife and the related trip to jail on Xmas? -------- A: foreplay
Mia
Dec 30, 2009 3:24 AM CST
Denise Richards?? Is that you still trying to hit it??
DeniseVB
Dec 30, 2009 3:10 AM CST
He always said "Charlie Harper" was semi-autobiographical, but the character is never a mean drunk :( It's one of the sharpest comedies on t.v. and probably why it's been a Top Ten show for 7 years.

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