Crystal Hefner destroyed 'thousands' of naked pictures of women kept by Hugh Hefner

Crystal Hefner has shared a new update in her mental health journey.

So many upsetting stories have been coming out about Hugh Hefner thanks to Secrets of Playboy. The new docuseries has pulled back the curtain on some

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentHugh Hefner was revolutionary. Praised for his part in the sexual revolution of the 1960s, the Playboy founder was ahead of his time as an early proponent of gay rights, abortion and birth control.

docuseries “Secrets of Playboy” aired damning allegations of abuse against the late nudie mag magnate.“We sign our names to support Hugh M. Hefner,” reads the bombshell letter, which was reportedly signed by “hundreds” of Hef loyalists from former Playboy bunnies to ex-girlfriends, People magazine reported.

Playboy Bunny Danielle Lupo is speaking out in defense of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The magazine publisher has been the subject of A&E’s explosive 10-part docuseries, "Secrets of Playboy." It features new interviews with numerous members of Hefner’s staff and inner circle, as well as past girlfriends. "I want to emphasize how I’ve never felt more loved and respected as a woman working for Playboy than in any other job I’ve had in my life," Lupo told Fox News.

There are plenty of people still loyal to Hugh Hefner.

Hugh Hefner and his iconic brand in the new docuseries, many of his former associates are sticking by him — and voicing their support loudly and clearly. Hundreds of former Playboy Bunnies, Playmates, employees and ex-girlfriends have signed an open letter in support of the late mogul, according to , which obtained the letter. «We sign our names to support Hugh M. Hefner.

Hugh Hefner’s legacy is being defended in a new open letter.

Nearly 17 years ago, Jennifer Saginor published a book exposing the dark side of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion: the drugs, the sex, the parties, and the bikini-clad women running rampant. The "Playground: A Child Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion" author was more than just a visitor at Hefner’s sprawling playground.

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, says she found and subsequently destroyed “thousands” of photos of “countless” women. She made the revelation on Monday (24 January) in a tweet directed to Holly Madison, a former resident of the Playboy mansion who was Hugh Hefner’s “main girlfriend” in the 2000s. Crystal Hefner sent the message the same day a documentary aired in which Madison said she used to be afraid of leaving the mansion because she feared a “mountain of revenge porn” would come out if she did.

Playboy founder taking nonconsensual nude pictures of women in his orbit, his widow Crystal Hefner says she has destroyed all of the pictures she could find.“[Hugh Hefner] was constantly taking photos of these women on his disposable camera,” Madison said in , per . “And these women were almost always intoxicated.

Well, this is a bit of a surprise!

Crystal Hefner is speaking out to confirm a claim that Holly Madison made about the late Hugh Hefner.

Hugh Hefner's widow, Crystal, is sending a message to Holly Madison.Holly, the former star, opened up about her time at the Playboy mansion and dating Hugh from 2001 to 2008 in the A&E docuseries . In the second episode, titled «The Girl Next Door,» Holly claimed that Hugh would blackmail them and alleged that he had «mountains of revenge porn» of the girls.«When I lived at the mansion, I was afraid to leave. Something that was always lingering in the back of my mind, I think since the very beginning, was that if I left, there was just this mountain of revenge porn just waiting to come out,» she alleged.

Mixed reactions. Since the premiere of Secrets of Playboy, Hugh Hefner‘s family and friends have weighed in with their thoughts about the A&E docuseries.

“When you would go out with [Hugh Hefner],” Holly Madison said of her late boyfriend during the second episode of Secrets of Playboy that aired on Monday (Jan. 24), “he’s taking all types of naked pictures of these women when they’re wasted out of their minds. And he would print out like, eight copies for him and all the women. It’s just gross.” Shockingly, Holly’s claims about the Playboy founder were confirmed by his wife, Crystal Hefner. “I found thousands of those disposable camera photos you are talking about, [Holly],” Crystal, 35, tweeted to Holly, 42, as the episode aired. “I immediately ripped them up and destroyed every single one of them for you and the countless other women in them. They’re gone.”

10-part A&E docuseries “Secrets of Playboy,” which shines a spotlight on Hefner’s alleged predatory practices. In the damning documentary, Playboy Mansion fixture Holly Madison, a longtime “girlfriend” of Hefner’s, claimed she was “afraid to leave” her then-flame as she feared there was “a mountain of revenge porn just waiting to come out.”“He’s taking all kinds of naked pictures of these women when we were wasted out of our minds,” the 42-year-old “Girls Next Door” star laments in the show.