Posted by Richard Head

Thursday January 21, 2010

CHARLIE Sheen has been allowed to visit his wife while she is in hospital with pneumonia.

The Two and a Half Men actor’s restraining order — which was put in place following his alleged assault on Brooke Mueller on Christmas Day — was altered by Pitkin County District Judge James Boyd to allow the 44-year-old star to visit his spouse while she is being treated at Los Angeles’ Sherman Oaks Hospital.

“The judge did sign an order allowing Charlie and Brooke to have contact,” said Brooke’s lawyer, Yale Galanter. “The order will read as long as Brooke is in the hospital, Charlie can see her.”

The changes were made after his wife — who he has 10-month-old twin sons Bob and Max with — fell seriously ill yesterday.

“Brooke had to have emergency surgery to have her wisdom tooth extracted,” said Brooke’s mother. “It became infected.  The infection spread and now she has pneumonia in both lungs.”

Brooke, 32, was admitted to the medical centre after suffering from a fever of 105 degrees.

“Brooke is still in the hospital,” her attorney said. “She’s doing OK but she’s not doing great. We thought there was a possibility she was going to be released today, but she’s not because she has developed pneumonia in her lungs.”

Following the incident, Brooke had a restraining order placed against her husband.

The pair were due to appear in court Wednesday to review the terms of the order, but this has been moved back to early next month, after a planned new hearing for Friday had to be scrapped due to Brooke’s illness.

“When her medical condition changed, it was my opinion there was no way she could be in Aspen for a Friday hearing, and the judge is not allowing her to appear by phone,” Galanter added. “So, we filed a motion requesting the hearing date be pushed to February 8.”

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