ASPEN — Charlie Sheen could work at a Colorado theater company by day and spend his nights in jail under a proposed deal with prosecutors that calls for him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in his domestic-abuse case, an attorney said Monday.
In exchange, prosecutors would drop criminal mischief and felony menacing charges stemming from an argument Sheen had with his wife on Christmas Day at an Aspen home where they were on vacation, said Yale Galanter, an attorney for Brooke Mueller Sheen.
The potential deal calls for Sheen to serve a 30-day sentence and three months’ probation, the lawyer said.
A judge must approve the agreement. A hearing set for Monday was postponed until July 12. Attorneys planned to meet today in Aspen to discuss the case, Galanter said.
Sheen was at the courthouse with his lawyer, Richard Cummins, but neither offered any comments after the proceedings.
Lawyers met privately at the courthouse, with prosecutors asking a judge for more time to work out a deal. Arnold Mordkin, Pitkin County chief deputy district attorney, didn’t provide further details.
“We’re going to need more time than available to complete the finer points,” he said.
After the meeting, Galanter refused to say what had caused the delay but noted the work-release proposal wasn’t a glitch.
“We were all extremely frustrated,” Galanter said outside the courthouse. “Right now, we’re really back at square one.” He wouldn’t elaborate.
Galanter said Brooke Mueller Sheen remained supportive of her husband.
Sheen, the star of the hit CBS show “Two and a Half Men,” previously pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault charges.
During the jail term, Galanter said, Sheen would be released during the day so he could work at Theatre Aspen. He could leave the jail for work at 8 a.m. and would have to return by 8 p.m.
Paige Price, the theater’s artistic director, said Sheen had agreed to work for free. His duties would include teaching a class for professional actors and possible fundraising for the nonprofit.
“We think it is community service in that it is a nonprofit,” Price said.
Brooke Mueller Sheen approved the deal, Galanter said. She previously asked prosecutors to drop the charges against Sheen, but they refused, according to the lawyer.
He said prosecutors had offered a deferred sentence, whereby Sheen would plead guilty to a felony and charges would be dropped after two years.
Sheen has taken anger-management classes and will present evidence showing he has completed a 36-hour course, Galanter said.
