A judge has denied Charlie Sheen’s former neighbor’s request to withdraw her plea to assault after she allegedly attacked the star last year.
Electra Schrock, 48, filed a statement earlier this month formally withdrawing her January request, which she claims came after she was forced to take mind-altering drugs in custody following her arrest for the Dec. 20 incident.
She had hoped to “clear her name,” a close friend told DailyMail.com ahead of Thursday’s hearing.
In a signed statement submitted to the court on July 9, Schrock claimed she was unfit to stand trial at the time due to the effects of the drugs.
Electra Schrock was seen for the first time since being released from jail when she arrived for a court hearing at Van Nuys Superior Court on Thursday
Schrock was originally in court on December 26 and looked very different than she did on Thursday. She lived in the same Malibu apartment building as Charlie Sheen
But during a hearing in Van Nuys District Court, Judge Diego Edber denied she had shown good cause for the move.
“The court has considered this motion. Good cause is required to withdraw a plea of guilty or no contest,” the judge said.
“The court finds that the defense has not met that burden of proof. No good cause has been shown,” Edber added.
“This court was here when Ms. Schrock’s motion was heard. The court does not believe that Ms. Schrock was dealing with medication issues that would affect her ability to communicate accurately.
“The court finds that Ms. Schrock answered and responded to the court’s questions, and for those reasons, this motion to rescind is denied.”
Schrock was spotted at the courthouse, her first public appearance since her release earlier this year.
After the hearing, the blonde Buddhist told DailyMail.com she was “extremely disappointed that the judge denied my request to withdraw the plea, especially since I was essentially poisoned by my own government and never given my constitutional right to a fair trial.”
Schrock was released on January 19 and entered treatment at a Los Angeles facility, which she completed in April.
Months after her December summons, Schrock filed a declaration to withdraw her no contest motion, arguing that “pharmaceutical contraindications would directly result in the incompetence before the court.”
Sheen, 58, was attacked by his neighbor on December 20 after he opened the door to his apartment
Schrock, who now runs a clothing store in Malibu, was accused of trying to strangle the 58-year-old TV star after he opened the door to his relatively modest second-floor apartment.
Schrock, who lived in a two-bedroom rental apartment on the third floor, was arrested that day and charged with “criminal assault with force resulting in serious bodily injury” for the altercation.
Divorced Schrock had initially denied the charges during her first arraignment on December 26.
Three weeks later, she changed her plea to “no defense” and was given two years of formal probation with conditional release to a residential substance abuse treatment program of 90 to 120 days.
But in a court filing last week, Schrock formally withdrew her request, citing “pharmaceutical contraindications that directly resulted in the trial court’s decision to bring legal capacity to trial.”
In the document, dated July 9 and obtained by DailyMail.com, Schrock said she suffered from drug interactions — including “uncontrollable body convulsions and hallucinations” — after being forced to take anti-psychotic medications while incarcerated at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, 14 miles (22 kilometers) south of downtown Los Angeles.
“I was given Haloperidol which quickly caused my body to go into severe, uncontrollable body convulsions, also known as parkinsonism, with mild hallucinations,” the woman said in the statement.
In her July 9 statement, Schrock said she suffered from drug interactions — including “uncontrollable body convulsions and hallucinations” — after being forced to take antipsychotic medications while in custody.
Schrock and Sheen were neighbors in a gated community just off Pacific Coast Highway in the posh celebrity-filled coastal enclave
She claimed she was supposed to take one medication from December 23 to January 13, and another medication from January 13 to 18 — the day before she signed her motion to dismiss.
Schrock was released on January 19 and checked into a treatment facility in Los Angeles.
After the incident, prosecutor Nicole Flood told the court that Sheen was “quite scared” following the altercation.
She also revealed that Sheen had stitches in his body at the time and that a stitch had “come loose” during the fight with Schrock.
The Hollywood actor was given a restraining order, requiring Schrock to stay away from him for ten years.