Holly Madison exposes 'seedy' culture of Playboy Mansion and 'shadow property' rumours

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Playboy Mansion – plus rumours the famous property had "shadow mansions".The Girls Next Door star, who was one of Hugh Hefner’s most prominent girlfriends, spoke about these little-known houses that allegedly lured young models.In a previous Q&A video on her YouTube channel, the model addressed rumours of a “secret video vault” in the Mansion allegedly containing celebrity sex tapes.Now, in a follow-up video, Holly tackled topics that arose on the recent Secrets of Playboy documentary series, including allegations of the existence of shadow mansions.During the documentary series, former housemate Jennifer Saginor claimed that Hefner had created “shadow mansions” to lure in new playmates.Saginor claimed that these “smaller versions” of the Playboy Mansion would house girls who came to LA looking for modelling opportunities, but ended up being a “facade”.Holly suggested that she “didn’t know” about these mini properties during her time living with the tycoon – but acknowledged that she is “not surprised” by the rumours.“Just because there’s this really seedy underbelly in Hollywood of people who kind of have money and they try to do the Hugh Hefner thing,” she said.“And they try to take advantage of every young woman who is just off the bus from the midwest trying to make it in Hollywood…"It’s gross, and I’m not surprised that there were shadow mansions."But, Holly did admit to hearing stories about what went on in the "shadow mansions".One friend of Hefner’s, whose name continuously cropped up during meet-ups, allegedly used to encourage women to come back to the properties after parties.The ex-Playmate said: “Girls who would come up to the pool parties or some of Hefner’s girlfriends who had moved out would later end up.