LOS ANGELES (AP) – A lawyer for Charlie Sheen's wife said that she is recovering at a North Carolina wellness centre after an infection that nearly took her life. Yale Galanter said the Brooke Sheen was flown by private plane from Los Angeles after her release from a hospital. He denied Internet reports that she was in drug or alcohol rehab.

Galanter said Brooke Sheen was "mentally and physically exhausted" and her mother arranged for her to go to a place that will help her recover.

The Sheens have a February 8 court date in Aspen, Colorado, stemming from a domestic violence incident that brought police to their Colorado home on Christmas Day.