The Original Sin: Never-Before-Released Letter To Judge Exposes Charlie Sheen’s Intense Love Affair With Porn Star Ginger Lynn — The ‘One True Love’ Of His Troubled Life
Feb. 18 2014, Published 11:27 p.m. ET
Before his latest fiancée Brett Rossi, there were countless other porn stars and “goddesses” in the wild life of Hollywood hell-raiser Charlie Sheen — but his original sin was veteran adult actress Ginger Lynn.
RadarOnline.com has exclusively obtained the secret letter the hot-blooded bad boy wrote to a Los Angeles judge in 1991, begging him to go lenient on his lover in a federal tax-evasion case.
Sheen, today 48, called busty Lynn — star of adult flicks such as Kinky Business and Slumber Party — “truly inspiring” and boasted how she had “a powerful sense of integrity.”
He detailed how she "captured my heart” within moments of the pair meeting and how they “fell in love shortly thereafter.”
“I first met Ginger while visiting my brother on location in Tuscon, Arizona, where he was filming Young Guns II,” Sheen wrote on Aug. 31, 1991, a month after his hit comedy spoof Hot Shots! was released.
"Upon my introduction to her, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I had been familiar with her past involvement in the adult film industry and was also aware of her impressive transition into mainstream film.
"Within the first few hours we spent together, my impression of her was and still is, truly inspiring. Her openness, honesty, sense of humor and occasional shyness captured my heart immediately. I discovered a very genuine person filled with an overwhelming zest for life. We feel in love shortly thereafter and have been happily linked ever since. This was over a year and a half ago.
“Ginger is, in my opinion, one of the finest people I’ve ever known. Her sense of loyalty and compassion far exceed the limits which we normally see established by self-interest.
"She has a powerful sense of integrity, a strong internally defined morality and is, at times, generous to a fault."
He added, "Over the past six years, her progress in overcoming obstacles some might label ‘insurmountable' has been quite unique. She has taken some major risks in her career and has suffered rejection by some because of these. Yet she has worked hard and kept faith in herself and has survived the risks to establish a promising career as an actress.”
Despite Sheen’s heartfelt plea, Lynn, who went on to spend five years as the actor’s porn star partner, was ultimately convicted and had to serve four-and-a-half months in prison.
The letter was provided to this website after more than two decades by Hollywood private investigator Paul Barresi, a one-time costar of Lynn, who described her to RadarOnline.com as “the one” who "will always be the one true love of Charlie’s life.”
Bizarrely, Sheen wrote in his letter to the judge that his two primary interests at the time were the growing problems of the homeless and the treatment of AIDS — even though his lifestyle of sex and drugs since has miserably contradicted his supposed beliefs of years past.
In the missive, Sheen also confided to the judge that he entered into a drug treatment program in 1990 to put to rest his own “demons" of alcohol and drugs.
“On August 6, 1990, I entered a local treatment center to finally put to rest the demons of alcohol and drugs that were trying to end my life,” the eventual star of Two and a Half Men and Anger Management revealed.
"During those thirty-two days, Ginger was there for me every step of the way. Her presence both physically and emotionally proved to be one of the major reasons I was successful in that most turbulent journey.
"Ginger decided to join me on the path to sobriety and to this day we’ve yet to set foot off the path. I am forever thankful to Ginger in her efforts to test her own will as well as mine. It is in moments such as these when the definition of ‘friend’ is truly realized."
Sheen’s dad, veteran actor Martin, also wrote a telling letter to the judge in support of Lynn.
“Miss Allen is a dear friend and I am proud to be able to write in her support,” the star of Badlands and Apocalypse Now wrote.
“I have known Miss Allen for slightly more than a year. During that time I have been witness to some very extraordinary events which she has caused to happen in her life. Chief among these is her remarkable recovery from drug addiction through committed involvement in the Cocaine Anonymous program. Subsequently, the depth of this miraculous transformation has been manifested in the form of her dedication as a volunteer for ‘Children of the Night’ in Los Angeles.
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“As your honor may know, this is a local organization that has worked for more than a decade to rescue runaways, street kids, from lives of prostitution, drug addiction and other forms of exploitation and self-destruction.”
Writing before her sentencing on Sept. 16, 1991, Martin said Lynn had “already inflicted perhaps the most severe form of punishment in her own mind and heart.”
He noted, “She has worked diligently to change the direction of her past to gain respect in mainstream films. Having a felony on her record is a heavy burden for her to bear.
The ex-The West Wing star concluded: “I truly believe Miss Allen is a person who will have a positive effect on the lives of many with whom she may come in contact. Evolving events in her life at this time, including her efforts in sobriety and her work with children, are suggestive of the expositive direction she is now following.”
