Lorianna De Giorgio
Toronto Star
Charlie Sheen’s former porn girlfriend, Ginger Lynn Allen, is auctioning off some of his gifts to her, including an autographed Complete Drug Reference Guide signed from “One druggie to another”.
Allen, who says she dated the troubled actor on and off from 1990 to 1995, is selling the wares online alongside other adult collectibles including sex toys and used underwear.
Allen, 48, who has placed a minimum bid of $500 (U.S.) on each item, is also selling a love letter from Sheen in which he professes his love for her; and a copy of Sheen’s self-published book of poetry A Piece of My Mind, with illustrations by actor and director Adam Rifkin.
The auction ends March 16.
“While I know he’s been in the news a lot lately, I don’t claim to know Charlie today,” Allen writes on the site. “I knew him when we were both in our twenties and that’s all I can speak to. We both struggled with our own demons at the time, as most people do at some point in their lives. The difference is we both did it in the public eye, and that’s a difficult thing to do.”
The blond and petite Allen reached the heights of porn fame in the early 1980s, basing her look on pop icon Madonna from her MTV days.
Lynn was convicted of federal tax-evasion in 1991, eventually serving 4 ½ months in prison.
Lynn tells the Los Angeles Times she still has fond memories of Sheen. They helped each other deal with their own alcohol and drug use, she says. Nevertheless their relationship ended on a sour note due to Sheen’s wandering ways, Lynn tells the paper.
Still, Lynn has nothing but good words for Sheen: “We all have demons. We all fight them,” she said. “We fall down, we get back up. I’ve done it. Everyone I know has done it. It seems to me, without knowing any details, that right now Charlie is gonna take a little different course. Hopefully, he’ll rise again, he’ll be like the phoenix.”
Sheen’s manager, Mark Burg, did not respond to a request for an interview, the paper reports.