By a deal made out of court, Charlie Sheen’s child support payments to Brooke Muller have been reduced to $25,000. Charlie made a deal with his ex-wife’s lawyers to cut his monthly payments in half, so he won’t be paying the usual $55,000 to Brooke while their kids are in the custody of Charlie’s other ex-wife Denise Richards.

A source told RadarOnline.com: ”A deal was made out of court between Charlie and Brooke’s lawyers, which involved a mediator. The new child support payment is $25,000 a month, since the twins, Bob and Max, aren’t living with Brooke. If the judge in child dependency court gives the boys back to Brooke, Charlie will immediately begin paying her the full $55,000 a month.

”Needless to say, Brooke isn’t happy that the child support payment was slashed, but knew if it went to court, she would likely receive no money. She is desperate to get the boys back as quickly as possible so she can resume getting her hefty child support checks.”

The insider added: ”Charlie could have gone to the family court and asked the judge to rule that he shouldn’t have to pay Brooke a dime because the boys aren’t living with her. However, Charlie didn’t want to kick Brooke when she was down.”

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