Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. in a war over alleged ‘discussions’ for star’s comeback

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LOS ANGELES — This is the level to which the Charlie Sheen case has sunk: The former sitcom star and his ex-bosses are slinging
mud over whether they have even talked about him coming back to work.

Sheen has been telling reporters that he has had “discussions” about returning to his role as irrepressible bachelor Charlie Harper on “Two and a Half Men,” the CBS sitcom smash from which he was fired after months of erratic behavior and drug-abuse treatment.

Nonsense, says Warner Bros., the studio
that makes the show. “There have been no discussions, there are no
discussions and there will be no discussions, regarding his returning
to or having any involvement with the series,” John W. Spiegel, a lawyer representing the studio, wrote in a letter sent to Sheen attorney Marty Singer on Thursday.

But Singer told the website TMZ: “There have been discussions as late as Tuesday.”

Marty Singer’s comments speak the truth,” Sheen’s manager, Mark Burg, wrote to the Los Angeles Times in an email.

At this point, it’s impossible to say for sure
whether there’s something here or this isn’t just more dust kicked up
by Sheen and his handlers. What is clear is that CBS
has to reveal its fall schedule in a month, by which time some decision
on the future of TV’s No. 1 comedy will have to be made. And announced.

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