In October, Charlie Sheen and his fiancée Brett Rossi — better known as Scottine — suddenly called off their engagement with little explanation of what went wrong. At the time, he only said he wanted to spend more time with his children.

But now a witness has come forward claiming that domestic abuse is to blame for their breakup, telling ‘Radar Online’ the 49-year-old actor attempted to “strangle and choke” his fiancée and made other threats to kill his one-time partner.

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The witness alleges the ‘Anger Management’ actor once asked the adult film star, “Do you want to live to see tomorrow?” during one of their disputes.

An additional source says the 25-year-old would-be Mrs. Sheen has “finally found the courage” to seek legal help and is making plans to fight her ex in court.

“Charlie was both verbally and physically abusive to the point where Scottine would hide in the security room at his home, cowering in a ball, crying about his abusiveness,” the source claims.

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Charlie and Scottine in June.

When reached for a comment, Charlie’s lawyer denied the claims.

This isn’t the first time one of Charlie’s partners has accused him of being physically violent and threatening.

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Denise Richards cited threats of violence as a reason for their 2005 divorce. On Christmas day 2009, he was arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly assaulting his then-wife, Brooke Mueller.

Most recently, an adult film actress — who was his “paid companion” at the time — claimed the actor choked her and threatened to kill her during a rendezvous at the Plaza Hotel in November 2010.

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