EXCLUSIVE: Prosecutors Won't Accept Charlie Sheen's Plea Deal
March 5 2010, Published 5:45 a.m. ET
The Colorado prosecutor heading Charlie Sheen’s domestic violence case won’t accept a plea deal from the Two and a Half Men star, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
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Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin will turn down any deal that does not involve a felony, a source says. Sheen is facing one felony and two misdemeanor charges regarding the Christmas incident when he allegedly held a knife to wife Brooke Mueller’s throat and threatened to kill her. Previously, Sheen’s attorney Richard Cummins told a RadarOnline.com source that he would not accept any felony charge. “We have not entered a plea yet but we would be entering a plea of not guilty and certainly would not enter into any disposition that contemplated a felony because no felony occurred,” he said.
“Plea negotiations are in no way imminent,” the source added, emphasizing that Mordkin and Cummins are “far apart” in terms of reaching a compromise over what crimes the actor committed.
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Sources tell RadarOnline.com that Mordkin is following the lead of Judicial District Attorney Martin Beeson who has “declared war on sexual crimes in his three-county district” in Colorado. The source said Mordkin “noted that there have been a multitude of serious domestic violence episodes in Aspen recently” and that given these episodes “have been fueled by alcohol and drugs, it is easy for an out-of-control situation to go from bad to worse”.
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Even though Sheen is one of Hollywood’s biggest names, the source said Mordkin is concerned that “one of these days someone’s going to get killed” and he’s determined to “send a message that we as a community do not tolerate this type of behavior”.
Sheen is next set to appear in the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen on March 15.