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Charlie Sheen is suing the executive producer of Two and a Half Men, the show he was recently fired from, as well as Time Warner, media reports on Thursday say.
The 45-year-old actor is filing suit against them for $100 million in a Santa Monica court, according to TMZ, the celebrity news website. He is also suing for punitive damages.
Sheen is demanding that producer Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. pay him, the crew, and the cast for the eight canceled Two and a Half Men episodes.
Lorre “can unilaterally decide to take money away from the dedicated cast and crew of the popular television series, ‘Two and a Half Men,’ in order to serve his own ego and self-interest, and make the star of the Series the scapegoat for Lorre’s own conduct,” said the lawsuit, according to TMZ.
Lawyer Marty Singer added that Warner Bros. is “capitulating to Lorre’s egotistical desire to punish Mr. Sheen,” said the news website.
“Charlie Sheen is not only seeking payment of his own compensation for the series. He is also pursuing claims for the benefit of the entire cast and crew to get paid for the balance of the season’s 24 episodes,” said the lawsuit.
On Monday, Warner Bros. officially announced that they were removing Sheen from the top-rated CBS sitcom. He had “dangerously self-destructive conduct,” the studio said, according to AFP.
The studio added that “for months before the suspension of production, Mr. Sheen’s erratic behavior escalated while his condition deteriorated. His declining condition undermined the production in numerous and significant ways,” AFP said.
“Now, the entire world knows Mr. Sheen’s condition from his alarming outbursts over just the last few weeks,” Warner Bros. said in a 10-page letter accompanying the decision to fire Sheen.
The 45-year-old actor is filing suit against them for $100 million in a Santa Monica court, according to TMZ, the celebrity news website. He is also suing for punitive damages.
Sheen is demanding that producer Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. pay him, the crew, and the cast for the eight canceled Two and a Half Men episodes.
Lorre “can unilaterally decide to take money away from the dedicated cast and crew of the popular television series, ‘Two and a Half Men,’ in order to serve his own ego and self-interest, and make the star of the Series the scapegoat for Lorre’s own conduct,” said the lawsuit, according to TMZ.
Lawyer Marty Singer added that Warner Bros. is “capitulating to Lorre’s egotistical desire to punish Mr. Sheen,” said the news website.
“Charlie Sheen is not only seeking payment of his own compensation for the series. He is also pursuing claims for the benefit of the entire cast and crew to get paid for the balance of the season’s 24 episodes,” said the lawsuit.
On Monday, Warner Bros. officially announced that they were removing Sheen from the top-rated CBS sitcom. He had “dangerously self-destructive conduct,” the studio said, according to AFP.
The studio added that “for months before the suspension of production, Mr. Sheen’s erratic behavior escalated while his condition deteriorated. His declining condition undermined the production in numerous and significant ways,” AFP said.
“Now, the entire world knows Mr. Sheen’s condition from his alarming outbursts over just the last few weeks,” Warner Bros. said in a 10-page letter accompanying the decision to fire Sheen.
