Charlie Sheen's Warner Bros. War Not Starting Well: Judge Denies Public Trial

Hey, look everybody! It's Charlie Sheen, and he's . . . Duh . . . LOSING!

TMZ reports that the former "Two and a Half Men" star is kicking off his courtroom war with Warner Bros. over his axing from the series with a judge ruling that Sheen is not entitled to a public trial.

Sheen is suing for $100 million and claiming that he was improperly axed from the show by the studio and creator Chuck Lorre, following weeks of erratic behavior, absences from the set, delayed production and rumored relapses back into substance abuse.

It was announced this past spring that the series - considered in serious limbo after Sheen's axing - would in fact continue with former "That '70s Show" and "Punk'd" star Ashton Kutcher taking Sheen's place in a reboot of the concept.

An 11-page letter from Warner Bros.' legal representation to Sheen this past March specifically stated that he "has been engaged in dangerously self-destructive conduct and appears to be very ill." It specifically cited Sheen's trashing of a room at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, rumored cocaine binges, on-set failure to perform and fatigue and public diatribes against Lorre.

A Warner Bros. rep told TMZ, "We're very gratified by the court's ruling enforcing the parties' arbitration agreement."

Sheen wanted the arbitration clause in his contract to resolve matters behind closed doors ruled invalid. However, the ruling came down that the decision whether to resolve the matter publicly or privately was the arbitrator's only, because the clause is apparently valid.