NEW YORK – Charlie Sheen said Wednesday that after his two young sons were removed from his house overnight, he's "very calm and focused" but ready to fight to get them back.
Interviewed live on NBC's "Today" show, Sheen said the nearly 2-year-old twins, Bob and Max, were removed after a court order was granted to his estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, who is their mother.
Mueller is claiming the youngsters shouldn't be raised in that environment, where Sheen lives with his two "goddess" girlfriends and where partying that Sheen has described as "epic" has taken place.
The star of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" appealed on camera to Mueller "to reach out to me" to discuss the situation.
He said he doesn't know where the boys were taken.
Moments after the "Today" interview, Sheen told reporters outside his Los Angeles home that the legal move caught him by surprise.
"It came out of the bleachers, actually," he said. "Yeah, I was told a restraining order was being delivered and I thought, 'OK, I can deal with that.' And it was revealed that it was something much more serious."
Asked why Mueller got the court order, he replied, "It's just silly. I think she's latching on to some of this recent press."
Los Angeles police media relations Officer Cleon Joseph confirmed the Sheen kids were taken away.

The dramatic handover occurred hours after a judge temporarily stripped Sheen of custody of the twins -- and granted Mueller a restraining order against the combustible star.

In legal documents, Mueller claimed that Sheen (who assaulted her on Christmas Day 2009) threatened her, allegedly saying "I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom."

Mueller also charges that Sheen threatened to stab her in the eye with a penknife during a tense Feb. 23 encounter.



The restraining order demands that Sheen must stay 100 yards away from Mueller.

One catch: Mueller is presently in "day treatment" for her own substance abuse problems, her lawyer said in court. She will visit with the boys 4 hours a day, while her mother will care for Bob and Max


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