HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Brooke Mueller is seeking more distance from Charlie Sheen as the couple attempts to save their marriage following a domestic dispute that resulted in the actor being arrested last Christmas.
Mueller has taken the couple's twin sons, Max and Bob, and moved an hour away, a source tells People.
"Brooke is close to having a nervous breakdown over all that is going on with Charlie, so she took the boys to live in a rental house away from Los Angeles," the insider told the mag. "She is still taking outpatient help with her addiction problems and would have totally relapsed if she had not gotten out of town."
While the couple remains in contact over their 15-month-old twins, the source says their conversations have been less than cordial.
"Brooke often throws down the phone when she speaks to Charlie," the insider said. "Brooke is totally stressed and needs to stay away from him and L.A. and start a new life."
Sheen pleaded not guilty in March to domestic violence charges stemming from the Christmas incident in which he allegedly held a knife to Mueller's throat during a holiday getaway to Aspen, Colo. His trial is scheduled to begin next month.
The estranged couple tied the knot in May 2008.
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