英语文摘:Charlie Sheen's legal battle with WBTV, Lorre might be private

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Troubled U.S. actor Charlie Sheen's high-stakes legal war with WBTV and Chuck Lorre might be resolved in private, despites his entitlement to be under the law, according to The Hollywood Reporter reports Thursday.

Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the private dispute-resolution company JAMS on Tuesday sided with WBTV and Lorre in deciding that its own arbitrator has jurisdiction over the dispute, meaning the confidential arbitration will go forward despite Sheen's request that the fracas be litigated publicly via the 100-million-dollar lawsuit he filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

However, Sheen's lawyer Marty Singer has challenged the ruling. "JAMS is wrong," Singer says in an interview. "This case involves many different parties and different issues, and it should not be subject to an arbitration agreement between Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros."

If Singer can't stop the whole mess from going to private arbitration, Sheen would lose a significant piece of leverage in the case.

Singer, for his part, is still confident, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"Whether we go to arbitration or court, we still feel we will prevail because the facts and law are 100 percent in our favor," Singer says. "I can understand why Chuck Lorre wants to keep this in a secret tribunal. When the facts come out they will show that he and Warner Bros. had absolutely no basis to terminate my client."

Charlie Sheen launched the 100-million-dollar lawsuit last Thursday against WBTV and "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre for breaching contract.