Will Charlie Sheen wind up being sued for breach of contract if he's broken a morals clause in his "Two and a Half Men" series agreement? Will he have the book thrown at him in Colorado, where he faces charges stemming from a Christmas Day arrest for assault in Aspen involving his wife, Brooke Mueller? Will Sheen's career be irrevocably damaged? The questions swirl in the wake of Sheen's series' production being put on hold last week as he and Mueller go through their respective rehabs.

Here's another question: What will it take for the court of public opinion to rule against Sheen, whose record of behavior is so horrendous that for many, the only way he'd be welcomed into their living rooms is on TV?

Seriously, his ex-wife publicly accused him just four years ago of pushing her down and threatening her, being addicted to gambling, seeking out prostitutes and frequently visiting child porn sites. Would you want this man hanging around your daughter?

And it's not just Denise Richards who told the world she was in fear of Sheen. You'll recall that before he cleaned up his act and won public approbation and a career comeback in 2000 on "Spin City," there was a nauseating parade of reports of his drugging, drinking and ugly episodes with women. There were photos published in 1997 of brutalized ex-girlfriend Brittany Ashland, who accused Sheen of smashing her face into a marble floor. There was the pretzel logic explanation of how ex-fiancee Kelly Preston got shot in their bathroom in 1990 — when a gun fell out of the pocket of his pants that had been left on the floor, and it discharged a bullet that hit the toilet, then ricocheted into her arm. (As a head-scratcher, it's up there with the "preventative measure" rehab he is said to be undergoing now.) And, of course, there was Sheen's role in the 1995 trial of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, where it was revealed that he'd spent $50,000-plus on hookers in less than two years.

Folks, forgiveness is a wonderful thing, but there's something wrong with the fact that, reportedly earning more than $900,000 per episode, this is the highest-paid actor on TV.