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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - – Charlie Sheen has been sacked from the hit TV series "Two and a Half Men" after slamming its producers in outbursts described as evidence of the troubled actor's "self-inflicted disintegration."
Warner Brothers said it was forced into the move by the 45-year-old's "dangerously self-destructive conduct," according to a 10-page letter from Warners' lawyers which said Sheen appeared very ill.
"After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen's services on 'Two and a Half Men' effective immediately," the studio said in a terse one-line statement.
The show -- in which Sheen plays a hedonistic bachelor -- had already been canceled for the rest of the season following Sheen's repeated verbal attack on its producer, Chuck Lorre, two weeks ago.
Sheen drew accusations of anti-Semitism after referring to Lorre by the Hebrew translation of his name, but persisted with a series of rambling TV interviews last week, prompting his spokesman to quit.
The star also started his own Twitter feed which immediately became an Internet sensation, and over the weekend launched a live-streamed online talk show, dubbed "Sheens Korner." Charlie Sheen: winning or losing?
But a letter from Warner Brothers lawyers at the firm Munger, Tolles and Olson, published Monday by celebrity website TMZ said: "Let us state the obvious: (Sheen) has been engaged in dangerously self-destructive conduct and appears to be very ill.
"For months before the suspension of production, Mr. Sheen's erratic behavior escalated while his condition deteriorated. His declining condition undermined the production in numerous and significant ways.
"Now, the entire world knows Mr. Sheen's condition from his alarming outbursts over just the last few weeks," it said, lamenting "the public spectacle of his self-inflicted disintegration."
Sheen, who has threatened to sue for up to $2 million dollars an episode he would miss out on, welcomed the announcement in typically colorful language.
"This is very good news. They continue to be in breach, like so many whales. It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge," he said according to TMZ, using the ironic name he has given to his home outside Los Angeles.
"Now I can take all of the bazillions... again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension," he added, apparently referring to Lorre.
The lawyers' letter listed various incidents involving the notorious wildman actor, including in New York hotel in October, and a marathon party at his Los Angeles home in late January which left him hospitalized.
Justifying Sheen's dismissal specifically, they said there was a clause in his contract allowing them to fire anyone who commits "a felony offense involving moral turpitude."
"There is ample evidence supporting Warner Bros. reasonable good faith opinion that Mr. Sheen has committed felony offenses involving moral turpitude (including but not limited to furnishing of cocaine to others ..." it said.
And it insisted the show's producers had done all they could to try to help the actor.
"Warner executives and Mr. Lorre could see that Mr. Sheen's drug and alcohol abuse was not only affecting his ability to work on the show, but endangering his life," it said.
"Two and a Half Men," about hedonistic jingle writer Charlie Harper, has been a hit since it was launched in 2003 and has been nominated for numerous awards, including nods for Sheen at the Emmys and Golden Globes.
In November, the star filed for divorce from his wife, Brooke Mueller, of two years, days after being taken to the hospital following the reported drunken incident at a luxury New York hotel involving a porn star.
In addition to his reported substance abuse, Sheen had several run-ins with the law in the 1990s in cases related to drugs, domestic violence and prostitution.
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