Los Angeles (CNN) — Authorities removed Charlie Sheen’s twin boys from his home after his estranged wife filed a restraining order, the beleaguered actor told NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday.
Brooke Mueller alleges Sheen was abusive to her and filed for a temporary restraining order and a custody order. Sheen now shares his home with two girlfriends, whom he calls “goddesses.” One is a model, the other an actress in pornographic films.
Mueller’s family members told CNN that Mueller went with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and a nanny to get the 2-year-old boys. They said Sheen’s attorney spoke with Mueller’s lawyer before Sheen handed over the children.
But Sheen said he has not been informed where his children are and plans legal action to regain joint custody.
“There’s nothing broken here,” Sheen told NBC about his circumstances. “I don’t know where my children are.”
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Sheen said authorities arrived at his home Tuesday night just as the boys had been put to bed. He said he remained calm and videotaped the entire episode.
“I want you to reach out to me and tell me where our sons are,” Sheen said in a message to Mueller. “I’m sorry you felt it had to be done this way. I think cooler and smarter heads can avail.”
Family members told CNN the sons were with Mueller, her mother and the children’s nanny.
Sheen’s latest troubles started when he was suspended from his stint on the sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” CBS halted production of the show after Sheen’s rant on a radio show last week.
Sheen denied any anti-Semitic intent in comments he made about the show’s co-creator, Chuck Lorre, in which he said Lorre’s real name was Chaim Levine. “I’ve never had that in my past,” he said. “You can look as deep and as far as you want.”
But Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a statement last week, “By invoking television producer Chuck Lorre’s Jewish name in the context of an angry tirade against him, Charlie Sheen left the impression that another reason for his dislike of Mr. Lorre is his Jewishness. This fact has no relevance to Mr. Sheen’s complaint or disagreement, and his words are at best bizarre, and at worst, borderline anti-Semitism.”
Sheen has reportedly demanded an apology from the Anti-Defamation League for Foxman’s comments.
Warner Bros. Television said Tuesday it will pay “Two and a Half Men’s” crew for the four episodes initially set to begin production this week. Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire confirmed the payments will be made.
Warner Bros. Television is owned by Time Warner Inc., the parent company of CNN.
According to TMZ, the payments will amount to about $2 million for the 200 core crew members.
On Monday, Sheen threatened during various interviews to sue CBS over the action. He also told NBC he wanted $3 million per episode instead of the $2 million he was previously making but later backed off that assertion, telling CNN’s Piers Morgan that his only hard-and-fast demand was for him and the crew to get paid for another eight weeks of work.
CBS previously placed the sitcom on “production hiatus” after the actor began rehab treatments. The show had been scheduled to resume taping on four more episodes this week. It’s not clear if “Two and Half Men” will return for a ninth season.
Meanwhile, a source close to Sheen’s ex-wife, Denise Richards, sought Tuesday to emphasize the couple’s two daughters, Sam and Lola, are with Richards and not with Sheen. The source asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
In an interview at his home Monday with TMZ, Sheen introduced the reporter to his two young girlfriends, whom he called “goddesses.”
“Charlie’s so-called ‘goddesses’ have never met the girls, and they will not see them,” a source said. “Any impression that may be out there that the girls are running around Charlie’s house is inaccurate.”