Texas- Pornography, national tabloid journalism and Hollywood stars Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards typically aren’t players in Southeast Texas litigation.

However, a Silsbee widow Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that the Florida-based Globe tabloid fabricated an interview with her involving those topics.

In her lawsuit, the woman, Donna Jones Noeller, 52, says the tabloid printed a story in which she says she planned to file suit against actor Charlie Sheen for the wrongful death of her daughter, an adult film star. The piece appeared in the Globe’s May 15 issue.

Noeller’s daughter, Chloe Jones, was an adult film star linked in media reports with Sheen, the lawsuit states. Jones, also Penthouse Pet of the Month in April 1998, was found dead in her Houston home June 4, 2005, according to the Wikipedia Web site. A coroner attributed her death to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

According to Noeller’s petition, shortly before her death Jones “went public” about an affair she was having with Sheen.

Sheen’s wife, Denise Richards, subsequently filed for divorce, the lawsuit states.

Noeller says she knew nothing about the Globe story, titled “Charlie Sheen Blamed for Porn Star’s Death … by her mother,” until her other daughters called to ask her why she had granted the interview.

In a statement to The Enterprise from Mike Kahane, general counsel to Globe owners American Media, the publication denies the allegations.

“We fully stand by the accuracy of this article,” Kahane’s statement read. “(Noeller) was interviewed by our reporter on April 25th and said each and every statement attributed to her. We intend to vigorously defend this suit and are confident that it will be quickly dismissed.”

The lawsuit states that according to the Globe story, Noeller, identified in the story as Donna Jones, said before her death, her daughter called her “10 times a day” and said she was terrified because Sheen was threatening her.

The Globe story quotes Noeller as saying her daughter’s death was suspicious and she had contacted a lawyer about filing a wrongful death lawsuit.

Noeller’s petition, which asks for unspecified damages, calls these quotes “false and/or misleading.”

Her petition states: “The truth is, the plaintiff does not think that Charlie Sheen killed or caused to be killed her daughter, and neither plaintiff nor Chloe Jones thought that Charlie Sheen was ‘out to get her.'”

Noeller has an unlisted telephone number and could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Her lawyer, Mark Sparks of Beaumont’s Provost Umphrey Law Firm, described Noeller in a telephone interview as a private person who preferred the quiet of a Silsbee farm to the more glamorous life her daughter offered her.

Sparks said Noeller turned down an interview request from the Globe.

After the Globe story’s publication, Noeller also turned down a request to be on the Geraldo Rivera show, Sparks said.

Noeller “now lives in fear” that Sheen might sue her for defamation.

Sparks said he and his client are seeking unspecified damages based on harm to Noeller’s reputation, mental anguish, public humiliation and other issues.

He added the amount would be “sufficient to prevent this from happening again.”