Sheen, dressed in a dark suit, shirt and purple tie, entered the county courthouse after waving and blowing kisses to the crowd outside, and flashing a peace sign. Inside the courtroom, he smiled and thanked a supporter who said, 'We love you.' 'I'm very grateful to the court and to the people of Pitkin County,' he said in a statement after the hearing. 'I look forward to complying with the court's decision, getting on with my life and putting this behind me.'
In handing down the sentence, Judge Boyd said that allowing Sheen to focus on what happened and why it happened 'is the best opportunity for the community to be safe.' Brooke Mueller Sheen had told police that the actor threatened to kill her and brandished a knife after she told him she wanted a divorce. Charlie Sheen said they had argued but denied threatening her.
Sheen told police he was upset by the divorce threat. He previously went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his ex-wife Denise Richards.
Within a week of Sheen's arrest, he and Mueller Sheen both said they wanted to reconcile. In February, they hugged in an Aspen courtroom after a judge modified a restraining order that kept them from contacting each other.
Since the incident, both have completed alcohol rehab programs, and Mr Galanter has said they've been sober for months.
Gloria Allred, the Los Angeles attorney of a former Aspen police officer who responded to Sheen's dispute, said after the hearing that she was appalled. She said an appropriate sentence would have been jail time.
'Spousal assault and battery is a very serious crime and needs to have serious consequences,' Ms Allred said. 'The only thing missing from his sentence is the red carpet as he goes on probation with adoring fans and applause.' It was not the first run-in with the law for Sheen, the star of films such as 'Platoon,' 'Wall Street' and 'Hot Shots!' He agreed last month to return to 'Two and a Half Men' for two more seasons.
In December 1996, he was charged with attacking a girlfriend at his Southern California home. He later pleaded no contest and was placed on two years of probation. Ms Allred also represented the victim in that case.
In 1998, his father, actor Martin Sheen, turned him in for violating his parole after a cocaine overdose sent him to the hospital. He was ordered to undergo a rehabilitation program. -- AP
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