Pulling in the Welcome Mat at Charlie Sheen’s

Talk about deja vu in Malibu: Two would-be actresses and a taxi driver are suing actor Charlie Sheen, charging that a late-night social call to his home was cut short by a violent greeting from Zippy the bodyguard.

Sheen, in his own legal papers, portrays the visit as more of an invasion. He has obtained a restraining order against the women, claiming that they harassed him and made “belligerent” phone calls.

Almost nobody in this dispute goes by their given name. The central characters are Carlos Irwin Estevez, also known as Charlie Sheen, Curtis B. Hunt, a.k.a. Zippy; Erin Sieman, a.k.a. Charlisse Lemoore; and Christina Lee Stramaglia, a.k.a. Terry Star.

Sieman, Stramaglia, and their cabdriver, Sutjit Lal, are seeking unspecified damages in Los Angeles Superior Court from Sheen and his bodyguard for battery, infliction of emotional distress and negligence. Sieman, who describes herself as an “intimate friend” of Sheen’s, claims Zippy punched her in the face, breaking her nose and cheekbone. Stramaglia says she was tossed around by her hair. The cabby says he was punched.

Sheen just wants the women to go away. In his court papers, filed in Santa Monica, Zippy is the complaining witness. He says the women were trespassing on Sheen’s property and turned nasty when he tried to escort them to the street.

Sheen’s lawyer, Zia F. Modabber, said the actor and his bodyguard “strongly deny the allegations” made by the women. The women are banned from Sheen’s property, and from making phone calls to him.

The star of “Platoon,” “Wall Street” and other films, Sheen is on probation for a battery conviction involving a former girlfriend who claims she was assaulted at the Malibu house.

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TRASHING ZSA ZSA: A groundskeeper is suing actress and famed cop-slapper Zsa Zsa Gabor and her husband, Frederik Von Auhen, for more than $1 million, claiming the husband rammed a station wagon into his pickup truck in a rage over some borrowed trash cans.

Richard Ventura, former head groundskeeper for Gabor’s Bel-Air landlord, also is suing his employers over the Aug. 18, 1998 collision, which he says injured his shoulder and resulted in his being fired.

Ventura’s lawyer, Henry M. Lee, said that Ventura’s boss, who owns several mansions in the area, including Gabor’s, was in the midst of a construction project that occasionally called for Ventura to borrow extra trash cans.

When Ventura returned trash cans to Gabor’s estate, the suit says, Von Auhen blocked him, shook his fist and shouted “demeaning racial slurs” about his Mexican heritage. In his suit, Ventura says Von Auhen seemed drunk or “psychotic.”

Ventura says he tried to explain, but Von Auhen jumped into his station wagon, put the pedal to the metal and rammed Ventura’s pickup truck “in excess of 25 mph.” The impact sent the trash cans--and a passenger--flying from the bed of the truck, the suit says.

“You Mexicans better not tell my wife that I crashed her car,” the suit quotes Von Auhen as saying. He allegedly refused to give his insurance information, or pay for repairs, slamming the door in Ventura’s face.

Gabor refused to talk with him, Ventura claims. Her spokesman couldn’t be reached.

In a companion suit seeking $5 million in damages, Ventura claims his employers--several companies run by Bassam Alghanim and Greg Tripoli--accused him of attempting to extort money from Gabor and her husband. His suit, which charges employment discrimination, describes a miserable work experience, including another occasion in which he hurt his shoulder carrying an 800-pound Persian rug while his supervisors allegedly stood by laughing. A company official couldn’t be reached.

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NO BONO TO PICK: An aspiring actor from Marina del Rey has dropped his claim that he is the late Sonny Bono’s son and heir.

The name of 35-year-old Sean Machu was conspicuously absent from court documents filed in Riverside County proposing how the late entertainer-turned-congressman’s $1.72-million estate should be shared.

Bono never contested former lover Mimi Georgette Machu’s claims that he was Sean’s father. He admitted the affair in his autobiography “The Beat Goes On.”

Still, Machu’s status as an heir remains murky: All we know is that he went away. The results of a DNA test performed in connection with his legal claim have never been made public.

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HE KNOWS YOU’RE ALONE: If you get a call from somebody claiming to be with Los Angeles County’s juror services division, be suspicious. Be very suspicious. And don’t answer any questions.

Court officials suspect a prankster or a scam artist is at work. An investigation is underway. Meanwhile, court officials are advising people not to give out personal information over the phone.

The mystery callers have been asking for Social Security numbers, mothers’ maiden names, and other details. And, they’ve been telling people to show up for jury duty at weird times.

Don’t do it. A spokeswoman for the court says real jury duty doesn’t start with a personal phone call. You get a card in the mail. That you should heed, since shirking jury duty for too long can result in a substantial fine.

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Correspondent Monte Morin contributed to this column.