While Charlie Sheen would no doubt look at this as another challenge, a private company called JAMS, decided that his $100 million dollar lawsuit should not be settled in a court of law, but by private arbitration. This means that Sheen would not be able to present his case to a judge or jury, but would have to come to a settlement behind closed doors. As you can imagine, Chuck Lorre, producer of Two and Half Men, and Warner Brothers were thrilled, but Sheen’s camp was not.

His lawyer, Martin Singer, stated that the case was not about just Charlie, but the whole cast and crew and having it decided in a secret tribunal would hide the facts from the public, something that Sheen has said he wants out there. They believe that the law is 100% on their side and if it never sees a judge, but winds up in that arbitration room, his legal team still believes, as does Sheen, that he will prevail.

Of course Chuck Lorre’s attorney, Howard Weitzman, disagreed with the assessment that the decision by JAMS was wrong, saying that the contract requires such arbitration, and not a court battle, and thus Warner Brothers and Lorre are only going by the rules.

We are sure that there is more to this story that will be released as time goes on, stay tuned.