Brooke Mueller, the wife of Charlie Sheen, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, her lawyers have confirmed. Mueller was admitted to intensive care on Tuesday night after falling ill with a 105-degree fever following surgery on her wisdom teeth earlier this week.
Brooke’s health woes come as she prepares to face husband Charlie in court in Aspen, Colorado, at a hearing that was previously delayed due to her wisdom tooth surgery. The Two And A Half Men star was arrested for allegedly assaulting Brooke at knifepoint during a Christmas Day dispute in The Rockies.
“Brooke is in the hospital ICU related to the surgery for her impacted wisdom tooth,” Yale Galanter, Brooke’s attorney, said in a release Wednesday afternoon. “They are trying to get the infection and fever under control. The infection has spread.”
Despite a protective order, which bars him from communicating with his estranged wife – Sheen reportedly showed up at the hospital to check on Mueller’s condition. The couple, who married in 2008 and have 9 month-old twin boys, are due back in court in Aspen on Friday, when Sheen will ask for the lifting of a restraining order that prohibits him from having contact with his wife.