<p>The 44-year-old actor was taken into custody on Friday morning by officers responding to a 911 call from a house in this ski resort town about 200 miles west of Denver.<br /><br />An ambulance went to the house, but the accuser was not taken to the hospital.<br /><br />Sheen, the star of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” was taken to the Pitkin County jail and booked for investigation of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, along with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro said.<br /><br />Release<br /><br />He was released in the late afternoon after posting $8,500 bond and being advised by a county judge on the conditions of his release, she said.<br /><br />Dasaro declined to name Sheen’s accuser, citing a department policy prohibiting the identification of potential victims in domestic violence cases.<br /><br />Aspen attorney Richard Cummins said on late Friday that he was representing Sheen in the case. <br /><br />He declined to name Sheen’s accuser or discuss details, but he cautioned against any rush to judgment.<br /><br />“I think at the end of the day it will be much ado about nothing,” Cummins told the ‘Associated Press.’ <br /><br />“I don’t think there’s any criminality about what went on.” Cummins said a court date was set for Feb. 8. “That may be to determine whether a case goes forward or not,” he said.<br /><br />Sheen’s publicist Stan Rosenfield also warned against making assumptions. “It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion,” he said.<br /><br />Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of actor-director Emilio Estevez. He is married to Brooke Mueller Sheen, a real estate investor who gave birth to the couple’s first children, twin boys, in March. <br /><br />They married in May 2008 following Sheen’s bitter divorce and custody battle with actress Denise Richards.<br /><br />Run-ins<br /><br />The star of “Platoon,” “Wall Street” and the “Hot Shots!” movies has had run-ins with the law before. In December 1996, he was arrested and charged with attacking a girlfriend at his Southern California home. <br /><br />He later pleaded no contest and was placed on two years’ probation.<br /><br />In 1998, his father turned him in for violating his parole after a cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital. He was later ordered to undergo a rehabilitation.</p>
<p>The 44-year-old actor was taken into custody on Friday morning by officers responding to a 911 call from a house in this ski resort town about 200 miles west of Denver.<br /><br />An ambulance went to the house, but the accuser was not taken to the hospital.<br /><br />Sheen, the star of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” was taken to the Pitkin County jail and booked for investigation of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, along with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro said.<br /><br />Release<br /><br />He was released in the late afternoon after posting $8,500 bond and being advised by a county judge on the conditions of his release, she said.<br /><br />Dasaro declined to name Sheen’s accuser, citing a department policy prohibiting the identification of potential victims in domestic violence cases.<br /><br />Aspen attorney Richard Cummins said on late Friday that he was representing Sheen in the case. <br /><br />He declined to name Sheen’s accuser or discuss details, but he cautioned against any rush to judgment.<br /><br />“I think at the end of the day it will be much ado about nothing,” Cummins told the ‘Associated Press.’ <br /><br />“I don’t think there’s any criminality about what went on.” Cummins said a court date was set for Feb. 8. “That may be to determine whether a case goes forward or not,” he said.<br /><br />Sheen’s publicist Stan Rosenfield also warned against making assumptions. “It would benefit everyone not to jump to any conclusion,” he said.<br /><br />Sheen is the son of actor Martin Sheen and brother of actor-director Emilio Estevez. He is married to Brooke Mueller Sheen, a real estate investor who gave birth to the couple’s first children, twin boys, in March. <br /><br />They married in May 2008 following Sheen’s bitter divorce and custody battle with actress Denise Richards.<br /><br />Run-ins<br /><br />The star of “Platoon,” “Wall Street” and the “Hot Shots!” movies has had run-ins with the law before. In December 1996, he was arrested and charged with attacking a girlfriend at his Southern California home. <br /><br />He later pleaded no contest and was placed on two years’ probation.<br /><br />In 1998, his father turned him in for violating his parole after a cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital. He was later ordered to undergo a rehabilitation.</p>
