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Charlie Sheen files $100 million lawsuit

Charlie Sheen has filed a $100 million (£63 million) lawsuit following his sacking from the hit US television show "Two and a Half Men."

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Charlie Sheen files $100 million lawsuit
Charlie Sheen was fired this week, leaving the future of the sitcom in doubt Credit: Photo: REUTERS

The actor said he is taking legal action on behalf of himself, and the programme's crew, against the Warner Bros studio and executive producer Chuck Lorre.

Warner Bros had put the show on hiatus to allow Sheen time to seek therapy, then halted production after he made public rants about Lorre. He was fired this week, leaving the future of the sitcom in doubt.

In terminating his contract Warner Bros had claimed Sheen's "conduct and condition prevented him from performing his essential duties" on the show, which is broadcast by CBS.

But in his 30-page lawsuit Sheen, the highest paid actor on US television, alleges that Warner Bros bowed to Lorre's desire to "punish" him, and that the producer and studio conspired to blame him for causing production to stop.

In the lawsuit Sheen again attacks Lorre and accuses the producer of making him a "scapegoat." Sheen also claims that he was fired while he was sick, a breach of employment law. Warner Bros did not immediately comment on the lawsuit.