"Bad Boy" Charlie Sheen

Brooke Mueller and Charlie Sheen

Brooke Mueller told Aspen, Colo., police her husband, actor Charlie Sheen, held her at knifepoint and threatened her. Sheen was arrested after Mueller, the mother of his infant twin sons, called 911 and said he assaulted and threatened her. The actor was released on bail later in the day and prosecutors said they will announce whether they will file charges against the star at his next court date Feb. 8.

Authorities later reported that Charlie Sheen star of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men had been charged with domestic violence. Sheen, 44, was "charged with second degree assault and menacing, both felonies, and criminal mischief, a misdemeanor”.
It's been reported that Mueller was legally drunk when she made the 911 call and has recanted parts of her story to police.

As I watch the media coverage of this incident, I find a marked difference between the treatment of Charlie Sheen and Chris Brown. Brown beat up his then girlfriend Rihanna and has became public enemy number one. What Brown did to Rihanna was indeed despicable, but America has refused to forgive him. Sheen has a history of bad behavior, but the media tends to laugh it off and say that is Charlie Sheen being Charlie Sheen. He is simply the “bad boy” of Hollywood even though he is a middle aged man.

I thought it would be very interesting to watch how this case unfolded. Would Sheen be demonized or will he just give us his trademark smirk and simply film another Hanes commercial with basketball superstar Michael Jordan?

Well, one thing is clear. No more Hanes commercials for Charlie. Today Hanes finally decided that Charlie Sheen is not a good spokesperson for their brand. They have suspended his commercials. Hanes had still been running his commercials with Michael Jordan even after Sheen was arrested on the domestic violence charges. It was especially ironic in light of the fact that Tiger Woods who was not arrested was dropped by some of his sponsors for behavior that they deemed immoral. Sheen was seemingly suffering no adverse consequences for his bad behavior. So it is good that Hanes finally pulled the plug on the commercials because domestic violence is no joke.