Hugh Hefner’s son defends Playboy founder ahead of shocking doc: ‘A case study of regret becoming revenge’

Several Playboy Bunnies were allegedly tricked into a series of on-camera rapes in 1979 during the brand’s silver anniversary. The claim was made on A&E’s 10-part docuseries titled "Secrets of Playboy." It features new interviews with numerous members of Hugh Hefner’s staff and inner circle, as well as past girlfriends. The magazine publisher passed away in 2017 at age 91.

Playboy is recognized as an empire where sexuality is celebrated. But during its decades-long reign, many witnessed a dark side that remained hidden – until now. Alexandra Dean’s 10-part docuseries for A&E, "Secrets of Playboy," aims to look at the brand’s complicated legacy and its founder Hugh Hefner, who died in 2017 at age 91.

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.

Playboy mansion, but admitted that he was careful to stay away from the women who lived with Hugh Hefner.Corey shot to fame when he starred in a number of films as a teenager in the 1980s including The Goonies and The Lost Boys.The actor is now focused on a music career, but has been outspoken in the past about issues of child abuse and exploitation in the entertainment industry.And, speaking to Jackass star Steve-O on the ‘Steve-O’s Wild Ride’ podcast, Corey opened up about his friendship with adult industry tycoon Hugh Hefner.Corey and Steve-O were chatting about how they had met, when they recalled that it might have been at the Playboy mansion in the early noughties.Asked how many times he had been to the infamous mansion, Corey replied: “uhhh, 3000? I was there like every weekend.“For me, I went up to one of the big parties, and then five years later I was invited back for a movie night.“Then once I went to a few of the movie nights, I was invited to come Sunday during the afternoon… and when I went in the afternoon a couple of times."Hef liked me, he saw me around, and he was like, ‘you know what you’re a cool guy. If you want to come on Fridays or Saturdays any time, you’re welcome’.“So my name was added to the permanent list.

vicious rape gang was subjected to an 11-hour ordeal after they lured her into a house with promise of a warm drink and some food.Rapists Adrian Voicu, 31, Sandokan Pachiu, 30, and Constantin Dumitru, 24, were jailed for a total of 36 years at Bolton Crown Court yesterday (February 1). A trial heard that Voicu, 31, initially approached the 44-year-old victim outside a homeless shelter in Leigh in June last year, reports Manchester Evening 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.

Playboy bunny Holly Madison has opened up about filming the reality ‘Girls Next Door’ series at the Playboy mansion, and suggested that playmates were treated like Hugh Hefner’s children. Holly lived at the infamous Playboy mansion in LA for seven years, and has spoken publicly about the “dark side” of her time living with Hefner.During her time there, filming started for a reality series ‘The Girls Next Door’, which broadcast the lives of three playmates; Bridget Marquardt, Kendra Wilkinson, and Holly.Now, speaking on the Kardashian Kolloquium YouTube channel, Holly has opened up her experience on the TV show.“For me, it was really strange and probably not what it would be for anybody else, because I had no control over the situation,” she began.“I was already living in this situation that was very cult-like, that I’d been in for three years… I was like, ‘I can’t leave until I build myself a life on the outside’, because I’d seen so many women leave and then go into these dark places.”Initially, Holly admitted, news of the reality series raised the possibility of finally escaping to chase her dreams working in front of the camera, but she soon grew dissatisfied with the playmates’ lack of control.“They didn’t pay us for the first half of the season, they just thought we would do it for free because you’re there,” she continued.“They really treated us like children, like we were just like Hef’s kids and we were expected to work because we were family.

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.

Don Cornelius is being accused of locking up and sexually assaulting two Playboy Bunnies decades ago. The allegations were made by former "Bunny Mother" P.J. Masten on A&E’s 10-part docuseries "Secrets of Playboy," which features new interviews with numerous members of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s staff and inner circle, as well as past girlfriends.

For several Playboy Bunnies, fashion was pain. Several women who served at the famed Playboy Clubs are speaking out about how donning the brand’s iconic costume allegedly caused intense scrutiny and physical suffering. The A&E 10-part documentary titled "Secrets of Playboy" features new interviews with numerous members of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s staff and inner circle, as well as past girlfriends.

A vile rape gang subjected a homeless woman to an 11-hour ordeal after luring her into a house with promise of a warm drink and some food.

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Hugh Hefner has made headlines posthumously as A&E recently released its docuseries about the Playboy founder, "Secrets of Playboy."  Although Hefner died in 2017, many former Playboy Playmates have come forward to detail their alleged experiences with Hefner and the Playboy mansion in the new docuseries, including Holly Madison and Sondra Theodore. In addition to Madison and Theodore, here's a look at Hefner's wives and girlfriends through the years. Mildred Williams Williams was the first wife of Hugh Hefner.The two met in college and got married in 1949.

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January 1983 edition of Playboy magazine. Landers looked back on her experience posing for late publisher Hugh Hefner’s pictorial and why she opted not to go nude for the memorable cover.She opened up to Fox News about the photo shoot and recalled meeting Hefner “briefly,” but not during the actual shoot itself.”I remember they approached us [during the shoot] and asked us to do the cover and a nine-page [spread]. They were going to pay us, and they wanted nudity, which was pretty much the standard for the magazine,” the “Chorus Line” star said.

A diligent dog helped Manchester City Council Trading Standards seize a haul of illegal tobacco. In December 2019 officers attended Superstore, in Stockport Road, Manchester, to carry out a routine inspection, assisted by a tobacco detection dog, Mollie.

Just days after he was booked on child porn charges, we got our first hints that Josh Duggar was wearing a big ol’ guilty sign around his neck. A Special Agent in charge of the arrest said in his report that the 19 Kids and Counting star — unprompted by any accusations — greeted agents raiding his workplace by saying:

Crystal Hefner has confirmed she destroyed "thousands" of naked pictures of women following Hugh Hefner's death, after Holly Madison claimed he kept a "mountain of revenge porn". The 35-year-old star - who was married to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner for five years until his death in September 2017 - has reassured Holly, who was one of Hugh's girlfriends from 2001 to 2008, that the pictures have "gone" after the 'Girls Next Door' star claimed she was "afraid to leave" the Playboy Mansion over fears photos of her might be circulated. Crystal wrote on Twitter: "I found thousands of those disposable camera photos you are talking about @hollymadison.

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.