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Charlie Sheen won’t get his wish of a court battle against Warner Bros Television and Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre over his firing from the hit CBS series. It was considered an extremely long shot, but Sheen’s lawyer Marty Singer today tried to prevent the case from going to private arbitration with an emergency temporary restraining order filed in Santa Monica. The injunction request was denied. No arbitrator has been selected yet, and there will be at least four weeks until a private hearing on the case is held, according to court documents. This was the latest of a series of legal wins for Warner Bros, which quickly started arbitration proceedings before Sheen filed his $100 million lawsuit against the studio and Lorre and then was successful in folding Sheen’s case against Lorre into its arbitration with the actor.
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Charlie — losing (or has he already lost it?). Chuck — perpetually bitter not matter what. Lawyer — winning (and certain to keep counting their winnings).
Now that the novelty of Charlie’s antics are wearing off, he’s looking less like Howard Beale and more like a spoiled, mildly talented druggie actor who cares a whole lot about money and not so much about anything else. Losing.
Yes, well……that’s where brains wins over brawn – (and we are not talking Eva) – every day of the week. Sorry Chuck.
While you were bench pressing and punching the daylights out of your bedsprings, the ‘dotting your I’s and crossing your T’s’ people, were busy behind the scenes, scurrying around like little elves before Christmas, watching as you ‘let down your side – yet again’ with your devil may care antics. It’s all documented – you made sure of that – they just have to point it out, you don’t have to do another thing. Their final chess move in their sights.
Looks fade with every season. Brains or the lack of them, you have for a life time.
I wonder if Charlie will be eligible for unemployment benefits.
If Les Moonves gets his way Sheen will be back on Men and probably with a pay raise!
Uh, no. Since he was fired “for cause,” Charlie is not entitled to unemployment benefits (not that Charlie would bother to apply for what would be less than $1K every two weeks).
Does this mean Charlie won’t get an “on the court house steps’ platform to continue his assaults through the press…if so, too bad for Charlie…it just won’t be the same without endless daily media coverage, as I believe arbitration is done behind closed doors.
Looking on the bright side, this procedure ‘may’ provide more time for Charlie to add dates to his road show tour and selling t-shirts with Mark Cuban.
Big surprise. Sheen is an idiot for paying the dumb-ass lawyer to even try that.
WB= Winning Bringit.
Just to be clear, this is NOT a legal win for Warner Bros. by any stretch of the imagination. Apparently, Charlie’s contract called for binding arbitration. That’s that. Singer tried bringing the case to another forum and was unsuccessful. It does not mean that Warner is winning. In fact, Warner is losing. Keeping the proceedings private is definitely in Warner’s interest because they will lose and they don’t want everyone to know.
Obviously you are a Charlie fan. The people that have lost is his family, since they have to put up with his drunken and drug induced rants. He should have never got a raise last year. He is a pathetic looser!
Karen, the fact that Sheen lost in his desire to keep the case in the court of public opinion was never going to be anything but a loss for Sheen. He never should have fought for or against abritration in the first place because everytime he or his lawyer opens up his mouth, he sticks his foot in it. Despite the assertions of anti-corporate-at-all-costs fangeeks who are posturing in Sheen’s (in)defense and Sheen’s own interweb sock puppets, Sheen’s already lost the public. Moreover, the most logical explanation for the shows of support for Sheen in the comments sections of most websites comes not from people who side with him but from people who want to egg him on to do exactly the wrong thing, the most belligerent thing, the most delusional, self-destructive thing at every turn. Because they want to see the trainwreck and they want to see the trainwreck go on for as long as possible, even (or especially) culminating in Sheen dropping dead on webcam during one of his incoherent rants.
Warner’s move to keep the case within the arbitration system is, IMO, far more indicative of Warner not wanting to embarrass Sheen any further in case Sheen wants to slink back to the show when (not if) he’s finished his first stint in *real* rehab after (not if) he loses the case.
What a shallow glib summation of the scam that is binding arbitration. Not everyone supporting his bid for due process is a “fan geek” or a Sheen puppet. Some are level headed voices who can separate their personal opinion of Sheen from the fraudulent so-called “judicial” process that is corporate-owned arbitration.
Shane, I’m not a fan of arbitration, but Sheen’s the delusional, drug-abusing idiot that signed the contract agreeing to it. Warner is *definitely* doing Sheen a favor by enforcing the abitration section of the contract and thereby getting him to shut the hell up.
Especially since it’s clear that, no matter what you or I might think about the concept of arbitration, Sheen violated the provisions of the contract regarding his conduct and thereby got himself fired and thereby got the arbitration section activated.
That said, heck yeah, give Sheen the public trial that he deserves so that he can humiliate himself even further. It’s not like he hasn’t let his deplorable conduct be plastered all over every media outlet in print, TV and the web — thereby convicting himself of everything he’s trying to deny and empirically confirming everything asserted against him — anyway. He’d lose his case in court because he’s poisoned the jury pool against himself.
This way, he has a chance of NOT having the book thrown at him. And maybe getting his old job back once he loses and gets into real rehab.
rob
when exactly did he loose the public? when he sold out his “shows” out in record time. lorre is the big loser here
Moonves wants Charlie back on 2 1/2 men really bad.
Warners already won by taking this to private arbitration. They’ll end up settling for a few million and life goes on. Sheen is delusional enough to spin something like that as a win of course ignoring that he gave away probably $100 million.
Charlie Sheen ends up flushing his career down the toilet. Warner Brothers goes back to producing many many successful movies ans television shows. Who exactly is winning here?
All talent contracts are arbitration only.
For the most part, you are correct, but most talent agreements for major players (like Charlie) also include a provision that if a dispute CAN NOT BE arbitrated in accordance with applicable state or federal law, the forum is the court of competent jurisdiction.
Charlie is WINNING! The bottom line is that his contract is pay or play and has a guaranteed number of episodes. He will be paid.
Pay or play is void when the person is fired for cause, as Sheen was.
Warner Bros. has already lost. The general public has clearly sided with Charlie Sheen which bodes badly for WB/Lorre if they recast 2 1/2 Men. Smart money is on Sheen back on Men wth a silent raise and a new showrunner while Lorre keeps his Exec. credit.
Don’t get the sense that the general public has sided with Sheen from a legal standpoint. That doesn’t matter to them because all they’re interested in is watching the train wreck.
Okay, either Charlie is pulling one hell of a publicity stunt, he really has gone off the edge(wait…he’s done that before too), or his head has gotten so big he thinks he’s invincible! Thing is, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, I guess not if you’re thick skinned & really don’t care what people think. Charlie Sheen has always been wild, 2 1/2 Men could be his autobiography, so I don’t think he cares. One thing is for sure, eventually people will get tired of hearing it….even is fans, then Charlie will be left with egg all over his face, coke, and god-forbid what else. If he’s doing mass amounts of drugs, doesn’t matter how much money he has, cause other people will be taking it, drug dealers, Family members(custody of kids, more money)lawyers, thieves, (easy to steal from if he’s so out of it). Who the hell were all those people sitting there in his office/home when he was ranting….Oh yeah, they’ll be getting in on the action too! Talk-show-deals to tell all too!!!
Pistol – I think you are correct. Like I said before, Charlie is winning!
My client must be paid a minimum of five million dollars by Warner Bros. to appear at this arbitration hearing. It also has to be taped and broadcast on CBS the following Monday night in the regular Two and a Half Men slot. Charlie will have to be paid an additional two million to provide live running commentary and all commercials must be for his Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option tour. Also Chaim Levine has to be cross-examined by Marty Singer for two hours nonstop and this will have to be broadcast immediately following the arbitration show. Unless these demands are met my client will refuse to do the arbitration show he’ll take his act on the road and sign with the FOX Sports Network.
Is that you, Charlie?
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Civil cases always try to go for arbitration first, if they can’t settle, the next step in court, no one is ver denied of their constitutional right to go to court! WB didn’t win any rounds, it’s the way the legal system works in every city. Settling is a lot cheaper than going to trial, and less time, they’re trying to avoid ” discovery ” and ” depositions “:) Charlie is going to get $$$$:) he’s backed the the Holy Trinity! 777 is not the winning slot machine # like some people think! But it is the fatherr, the son, and the holy spirit! God bless you Charlie! Keep on with the good work you’re doing!
Hmmm … perhaps you are confusing binding arbitration with mediation. There is no need for the parties to settle here. The person presiding over the arbitration will make a ruling, and the ruling will be binding.
I speak with some authority (though I might be mother goose for all you know), an arbitration clause signed by both parties is perfectly valid – and does replace a court action; and the judgment of the arbitrator is 100% enforceable. Other than running up another $50,000 of legal fees for his lawyer, there was no reason in the world to try and get out of that clause. Btw, my estimate of Charlie’s legal fees by the time this is over: $5,000,000 to $10,000,00. But don’t rush to law school – those kind of fees are earned only by a handful of top litigation attorneys.
Indeed, and Marty must be quite thankful for Charlie these days!