Charlie Sheen checked into rehab Friday, his spokesman said a day after the troubled actor was rushed to hospital following a reported drug- and booze-fueled marathon party.
The 45-year-old star -- nicknamed "Good Time Charlie" -- spent the day in a hospital Thursday after suffering what was described as "severe abdominal pains" reportedly due to a hiatal hernia.
His spokesman Stan Rosenfield said early Friday that Sheen was planning to return to the set of the TV show "Two and a Half Men" next Tuesday following the health scare.
But in an update later Friday he said: "Charlie Sheen has voluntarily entered an undisclosed rehabilitation center today. He is most grateful to all who have expressed their concern.
"Mr. Sheen asks that his privacy be respected at this time and that no additional information will be provided," he added.
The TMZ celebrity website reported that Sheen\'s emergency early Thursday came after a 36-hour long "wild" party involving a briefcase full of cocaine and five women including a porn star.
On Friday, TMZ ran a video with a woman it said was the porn star giving lurid details of the party, the latest hell-raising incident involving the star, son of actor Martin Sheen.
The star of sitcoms "Two and a Half Men" and "Spin City" filed for divorce from his wife of two years in November, days after being taken to hospital following a reported drunken incident in New York.
People and other entertainment magazines said the star, one of the best-paid TV actors, was hospitalized after causing serious damage to his room at the Plaza Hotel, where police found him drunk, naked and in the company of a woman.
Last August, Sheen pleaded guilty to an assault charge arising from a violent Christmas Day altercation with his wife while vacationing at Aspen, Colorado, but avoided jail under a deal with prosecutors.
Sheen had several run-ins with the law in the 1990s in cases related to drugs, domestic violence and prostitution.
He has also been accused of assaulting his ex-wife actress Denise Richards, known for her role as a James Bond girl.
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