Charlie Sheen case delayed

A hearing on a possible plea deal for Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen ina case ofdomestic abuse in Colorado has been delayed until next month.

Lawyers met Monday at the courthouse, with prosecutors saying they needed more time to work out the agreement. Pitkin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin didn't elaborate.

Yale Galanter, a lawyer for Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, said Sheen had reached a deal to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

Galanter said the deal would include a 30-day jail sentence and that Sheen would be able to leave during the day to work at a theatre company.

Mordkin wouldn't confirm details but didn't dispute media reports about the work release arrangement.

Another hearing is scheduled for July 12.

Sheen is charged with menacing, criminal mischief and assault stemming from an argument with his wife on Christmas Day at an Aspen home where they were on vacation.

The most serious charge is menacing, a felony that carries a maximum three-year prison sentence.

Sheen's attorney Richard Cummins had sought to have statements thrown out that the Two and a Half Men actor made to police investigating the case. Cummins argued that an officer questioned Sheen in the basement of a house without advising him of his right to remain silent.

Sheen denied threatening or hitting his wife but told police that he broke two pairs of her eyeglasses in front of her.

A police officer's arrest affidavit quoted Brooke Sheen as saying the actor pinned her on a bed while holding a knife to her throat and making a threat.

Her attorney previously said that she had asked prosecutors to drop the case.