Sheen denies domestic violence (From Ealing Times)

Sheen denies domestic violence

11:38am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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Charlie Sheen has pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges, nearly three months after his wife called police in a 911 call after an alleged incident.

Sheen - who is charged with menacing, criminal mischief and assault - showed little emotion and said nothing during his brief arraignment in Pitkin County District Court, Colorado.

A judge scheduled a jury trial for July 21.

Menacing, the most serious charge, carries a possible sentence of one to three years in prison.

No new details emerged about the December 25 incident. Sheen is accused of assaulting Brooke Mueller Sheen at an Aspen home while they were on holiday. Charlie Sheen told police they were arguing but denied threatening to kill her.

In court, Sheen wore a black suit, white shirt and black tie. He chatted with a deputy and sipped water from a cup before the hearing started. Afterwards, he walked a few steps to the prosecution table and shook hands with Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin.

Brooke Sheen told police her husband threatened her after she told him she wanted a divorce.

Within a week of Sheen's arrest, attorneys for both husband and wife said the couple wanted to reconcile. Sheen's attorney asked the judge to modify a restraining order - standard in Colorado domestic abuse cases - that kept them from contacting each other.

On February 8, the judge agreed, and the couple reunited and hugged in an Aspen courtroom.

Yale Galanter, Brooke Sheen's attorney, said it was too soon to say whether she would take the stand if the case goes to trial. Galanter said Brooke Sheen still wants the charges against her husband dropped.