Hugh Hefner, who died in September 2018 at age 91, was always surrounded by beautiful women. The Playboy founder married three times, but was mostly recognized for having multiple live-in girlfriends at the Playboy Mansion.
02.02.2022 - 23:37 / perezhilton.com
There are plenty of people still loyal to Hugh Hefner.
The late magazine mogul was never exactly an upstanding gentleman, but his reputation has taken a serious posthumous hit amidst the new A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy. Allegations from former girlfriends and employees in the doc include stories of being drugged and assaulted, surveilled and blackmailed with non-consensual sex tapes, covering up overdoses and other crimes, and even sex with animals.
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But another set of former associates are now speaking out against this portrayal of the controversial figure. In an open letter obtained by People, “hundreds of former Playboy Bunnies, Playmates, ex-girlfriends and employees” have denounced the series. The letter reads:
Several of the female signers have also made individual statements on the matter, including Hef’s ex-wife of 21 years, Kimberly Hefner, who said:
Barbara Hedden, a Bunny at the Playboy Clubs from 1972 to 1974 and a “mansion regular throughout the ’70s and ’80s,” wrote:
Joy Jamieson, a former employee of Playboy Enterprises from 1969 to 1975, stated:
And Patsy Quinn Bowen, who worked at the Atlantic Playboy Club from 1967 to 1973, said:
It should be noted that one woman’s positive experience with a man (or organization) does not necessarily refute another woman’s abusive relationship with him. Most of these statements could be true, and the allegations in the doc could be true at the same time.
Another ex-girlfriend, Renee “Sloan” Baio, made a more targeted statement at one of the women featured in the doc, Holly Madison. She claimed:
Again, this statement – which comes across a bit vindictive – does not actually negate what Holly has
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alleged in a teaser clip for the docuseries. Holly Madison, who became his main girlfriend years later, claimed in other preview footage for the project that Hugh «flipped out» on her after she cut her hair short. «Hef would be pretty abrasive in the way he said things to Holly,» fellow former girlfriend Bridget Marquardt said. Some may not approve of the life my Dad chose, but my father was not a liar. However unconventional, he was sincere in his approach and lived honestly.
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