Charlie Sheen. Photo Reuters
Charlie Sheen has settled a lawsuit with the makers and
creators of "Two and A Half Men" over the actor's dismissal
from the top-rated US television comedy earlier this year,
Warner Bros. said.
Sheen had filed a $US100 million lawsuit against the studio
behind the CBS comedy and its creator Chuck Lorre after he
was fired from the show in March.
Warner Bros. did not put a figure on the settlement. The case
had been settled through arbitration.
"Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen have
resolved their dispute to the parties' mutual satisfaction.
The pending lawsuit and arbitration will be dismissed as to
all parties. The parties have agreed to maintain
confidentiality over the terms of the settlement," Warner
Bros said in a statement.
Sheen, the highest-paid actor on US television, was fired
from "Two and A Half Men" after publicly insulting Lorre in a
series of bizarre interviews. His remarks followed a series
of trips to rehab that had forced production on the TV comedy
to be suspended in early 2011.
Monday's settlement announcement followed months of
acrimonious exchanges, tempered by contrite appearances by
Sheen on TV talk shows and at The Emmys in the last two
weeks.
Sheen was replaced on "Two and A Half Men" by Ashton Kutcher.
The new season debuted last week to a record 28.7 million US
viewers -- a bigger audience than any episodes in the
comedy's first eight seasons with Sheen in the starring role
as a womanizing bachelor.
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