Charlie Sheen's lawyers have asked a judge to ban TV cameras during the actor's court hearing over his bust-up with wife Brooke Mueller to avoid a "media frenzy."
The star was ordered not to contact Mueller after a domestic dispute in Aspen, Colo., on Christmas Day, which landed him in police custody.
The "Two and a Half Men" actor was charged with second-degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief, and is due in court later this month to ask officials to lift the protection order.
Now his legal team has filed a request at Pitkin County District Court asking that cameras are barred from the courtroom, in a bid to protect the couple's privacy and Sheen's right to a fair trial.
Sheen's attorney, Richie Cummins, writes in court papers, "As intensely personal as this process is, (Sheen) accepts that his status as a celebrity comes with a level of scrutiny in his personal life. (He) understands that there will be media coverage of this case, and he does not seek to eliminate it.
"He does, however, seek to minimize its impact, so as to protect his right to a fair trial and to preserve for the alleged victim a modicum of privacy during this intensely painful and difficult time.
