A judge has denied a request by Charlie Sheen’s former neighbor to withdraw her no contest plea to assault charges for attacking the star last year.
Electra Schrock, 48, filed a plea earlier this month to formally rescind her January plea, which she said came after she was forced to take mind-altering drugs in custody following her arrest for the Dec. 20 incident.
She was hoping to “clear her name”, a close friend told DailyMail.com ahead of Thursday’s hearing.
In a July 9 statement filed with the court, Schrock said she was not fit to stand trial at the time due to the effects of the medications.
Electra Schrock was seen for the first time since her release when she arrived for a court hearing in Van Nuys Superior Court on Thursday.
Schrock initially appeared in court on Dec. 26 looking 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 Superior Court, Judge Diego Edber denied that 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 does not find that the defense has met that burden. No good cause has been shown,” Edber added.
‘This court was present when it took Ms. Schrock’s guilty plea. The court does not believe that Ms. Schrock was dealing with medication issues that would affect her ability to communicate accurately.
‘The court found that Ms. Schrock was responding to the court’s questions and for those reasons this motion to withdraw is denied.’
Schrock was seen arriving at the courthouse in her first public appearance since being released earlier this year.
After the hearing, the blonde Buddhist told DailyMail.com she was “extremely disappointed that the judge denied my withdrawal of the plea, especially considering I was basically poisoned by my own government and never given my constitutional right to a fair trial.”
Schrock was released on January 19 and began treatment at a Los Angeles facility, which she completed in April.
Months after his December arraignment, Schrock filed a declaration to withdraw his no-contest plea, citing “pharmaceutical contraindications that directly cause incompetence to stand trial.”
Sheen, 58, was attacked by his neighbor after opening the door to his apartment on December 20.
Schrock, who now runs a consignment clothing store in Malibu, was accused of trying to strangle the 58-year-old reality TV star after she opened the door to his relatively modest second-floor apartment.
Schrock, who lived in a rented two-bedroom apartment on the third floor, was arrested that day and charged with “aggravated assault by use of force likely to produce great bodily injury” for the altercation.
Divorcee Schrock had originally pleaded not guilty to the charges during her initial appearance on December 26.
Three weeks later, she changed her plea to “no contest” and received two years of formal probation with conditional release to a residential substance abuse treatment program for 90 to 120 days.
But in a court filing last week, Schrock formally withdrew his petition, citing “pharmaceutical contraindications that directly cause incompetence to stand trial.”
In the document, dated July 9 and obtained by DailyMail.com, Schrock said she suffered drug interactions, including “uncontrollable body convulsions and hallucinations,” after being forced to take antipsychotic drugs while detained at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, 14 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
“I was given Haloperidol, which caused my body to rapidly develop severe, uncontrollable body convulsions, also known as Parkinsonism, with mild hallucinations,” he said in the statement.
In her July 9 statement, Schrock claims she suffered drug interactions, including “uncontrollable body convulsions and hallucinations,” after being forced to take antipsychotic drugs in custody.
Schrock and Sheen were neighbors in a gated rental complex just off Pacific Coast Highway in the exclusive celebrity seaside enclave.
She claimed she was forced to take one drug from December 23 to January 13, and another from January 13 to 18, the day before she signed her no-contest plea.
Schrock was released on January 19 and entered a Los Angeles treatment facility.
Following the incident, prosecutor Nicole Flood told the court that Sheen was left “quite fearful” after the altercation.
He also revealed that Sheen had stitches on his body at the time, and during the fight with Schrock, one of the stitches “popped out.”
The Hollywood actor was granted a protective order requiring Schrock to stay away from him for 10 years.
