Only in Hollywood can someone remain the highest paid sitcom star, receiving nearly $1 million dollars an episode, while concurrently awaiting a fate in due of domestic violence charges. If you don’t recognize this scenario, I’m speaking about no other than Charlie Sheen, head actor of the television series Two and a Half Men. As one of Hollywood’s most notorious bad boys, Sheen has a history of criminal behavior, including anger problems that dates back to before he and his current wife and supposed domestic violence victim, Brooke Mueller, were together. Although Sheen took a leave-of-absence from the show for one of his court hearings, he is headed back to the set to finish shooting the remainder of the season for the series and doesn’t seem to be too concerned that his wife has accused him of holding a knife to her throat, choking her, and threatening to take her life. Even one online tabloid mentioned that if convicted, Sheen will face minimal jail time due to lack of physical harm against his wife. In plain terms, because he didn’t actually follow through with physically hurting his wife, all is good in the world of Charlie Sheen.
Personally, I think this is ridiculous. The man allegedly assaulted his wife with a deadly weapon and threatened to kill her and yet is allowed to go back to work as if nothing happened? Furthermore, IF convicted (and that seems to be a big “if”), he’ll face hardly any jail time, even though he has a history of criminal behavior? Where’s the justice in this situation? Our nation seems to have a decent working legal system – that is until you reach the level of stardom where certain individuals can simply buy their freedom and forego prison. Something just doesn’t seem right here.
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