Hundreds of ex Playboy Playmates, staffers defend Hugh Hefner citing 'unfounded' allegations in letter

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.

Around 500 ex-Playboy employees and Playmates have shot to Hugh Hefner's defence following accusations of misconduct. The Playboy founder - who died in September 2017 aged 91 - has come under fire in A&E docuseries 'Secrets of Playboy', but now a number of people formerly associated with him, including his ex-wife Kimberly Hefner, and former girlfriends Brande Roderick and Sandy Kauffman Bentley, have come out in support of the late magazine publisher. An open letter reads: "We sign our names to support Hugh M.

Speaking out. Hundreds of former Playboy employees, models and Playmates have signed a letter in support of the late Hugh Hefner in the wake of A&E’s docuseries Secrets of Playboy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hugh Hefner's widow Crystal seems to be cleaning up after her late husband. The Playboy founder has been the subject of headlines for weeks as A&E has prepared to release its docuseries "Secrets of Playboy," which debuted its first episode on Monday night. During the episode, Holly Madison, a former Playboy model and girlfriend of Hefner, alleged that she was afraid to leave the Playboy Mansion out of fear of repercussions, specifically a "mountain of revenge porn" that the late publisher allegedly had in his possession.

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.

One of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends said she never had casual sex before she met the Playboy founder. The claim was made by Holly Madison in A&E’s docuseries "Secrets of Playboy," which premiered Monday night.The 10-episode show debuted with a two-hour premiere that featured an exclusive new interview with the former Playboy Bunny. The 42-year-old dated the magazine publisher from 2001 to 2008 and was viewed as his No.1 girlfriend at one point.

“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.