Crystal Hefner says she has destroyed ‘mountain of revenge porn’ that Hugh kept

Hugh Hefner’s widow Crystal has destroyed 1000’s of bare images taken on disposable cameras, confirming Holly Madison’s allegation that the Playboy founder stored a ‘mountain of revenge porn’.

Crystal Hefner, 35, was married to Hugh from 2012 till his dying in 2017, aged 91.

On Monday night time, in an episode of the 10-part A&E sequence Secrets and techniques of Playboy, an ex-girlfriend of Hefner’s, Madison, informed concerning the darkish facet of Hefner’s character.

Madison, 42, who was with Hefner from 2001-8, mentioned that he stored ‘all types of bare footage’ of girls so he might allegedly use them as a type of blackmail. 

The previous mannequin mentioned she remained with Hefner on the Playboy Mansion partially as a result of she was frightened that he would publish the images.

‘His buddies have been at all times so supportive and talking so extremely of him,’ Madison mentioned within the documentary. 

‘However that’s the one facet of him they ever noticed. That they had no thought what was occurring behind closed doorways and the way the ladies have been handled. 

‘Once I lived on the mansion, I used to be afraid to go away. One thing that was at all times lingering behind my thoughts, I believe because the very starting, was that if I left there was simply this mountain of revenge porn simply ready to return out.’

Madison added: ‘If you would exit with Hef, he’s taking all types of bare footage of those girls once we’re wasted out of our minds. 

‘And he would print out like eight copies for him and all the ladies, you cross them round. It was simply gross.’

On Tuesday, Crystal confirmed Madison’s account. 

‘I discovered 1000’s of these disposable digicam images you’re speaking about @hollymadison,’ she tweeted. 

‘I instantly ripped them up and destroyed each single certainly one of them for you and the numerous different girls in them. They’re gone.’

Madison replied: ‘Thanks @crystalhefner.’

Crystal, decided to set the report straight, took problem with different facets of the documentary – particularly, a declare by poet Sharmagne Leland-St. John-Sylbert, 76, that Hefner was fascinated by Charles Manson. 

Leland-St. John mentioned that Hefner stored ‘dwelling movies’ of the Manson Household. 

Sondra Theodore, who dated Hefner from 1976 to 1981, additionally in contrast life on the mansion to the notorious cult, saying: ‘There have been so many similarities with the best way the women adopted all the pieces he mentioned, and we have been all one large joyful household.’

But Crystal denied that her late husband was within the serial killer, stating that he was buddies with the Manson household prosecutor however not Manson himself.

‘Saying he has curiosity is certainly a lie,’ she wrote on Monday. 

‘Hef was buddies with Vincent Bugliosi up till his dying and that’s extent of being ‘tied to’ or ‘.”  

Madison, in Monday’s episode, she by no means had informal intercourse earlier than assembly him and was ‘form of asexual’ earlier than the primary night time she slept with the journal writer.

‘I by no means had informal intercourse with anyone earlier than. I really feel like I used to be form of actually asexual, so perhaps I simply wasn’t prepared for that,’ she mentioned.

Madison mentioned her mom even thought she had Asperger’s, a high-functioning type of autism, as a result of she had a lot hassle ‘connecting with different individuals.’ 

Madison was 21 when she moved into the Playboy mansion in 2000 and have become Hefner’s ‘particular one,’ or principal girlfriend.

‘I believe I used to be drawn to try to be within the highlight as a result of I felt like if I could possibly be well-known, that will be a shortcut to feeling a reference to individuals,’ Madison mentioned.

‘I wasn’t bodily interested in Hef, however I did discover him very charming.’ 

She claimed Hefner provided her a Quaalude, a strong sedative that has been unlawful since 1984, the primary night time she went out with him and his different girlfriends. 

He allegedly informed her: ‘They used to name these thigh-openers within the ’70s.’ 

Hefner’s son, Cooper Hefner, has since come out in opposition to the documentary, tweeting that the tales are ‘a case research of remorse turning into revenge.’

The documentary options Hefner’s former butler, who claims his boss would host ‘pig night time’ the place he would invite high-profile and movie star buddies over and secretly movie them having intercourse with ‘ugly’ prostitutes he had employed. 

A former assistant claims Hefner used the amphetamine Dexedrine day by day to maintain himself alert.

Monday’s premiere started with a press release from Playboy journal condemning a few of their founder’s attitudes and actions. 

‘Right now’s Playboy shouldn’t be Hugh Hefner’s Playboy,’ they mentioned. 

‘We belief and validate these girls and their tales and we strongly assist these people who’ve come ahead to share their experiences.’

Over the weekend, Playboy issued an open letter on Medium addressing what it referred to as the ‘allegations of abhorrent actions’ by Hefner and others.

‘We belief and validate girls and their tales, and we strongly assist the people who’ve come ahead to share their experiences,’ the management staff wrote.

‘We’ll proceed to confront any elements of our legacy that don’t mirror our values at the moment, and to construct upon the progress we’ve made as we evolve as an organization so we will drive optimistic change for you and our communities.’  

The documentary is a important re-examination of the legacy of the long-lasting Playboy writer.

Hefner was simply 27 years outdated when he launched the primary version of Playboy journal in 1953.

That includes Marilyn Monroe on the quilt, the primary problem offered greater than 50,000 copies and spawned an empire which spanned a long time.

By the Seventies, Playboy was promoting seven million copies a month and Hefner opened up dozens of Playboy golf equipment the place members gained entry utilizing a key which accurately opened the entrance door.  

Hefner common himself as a champion of freedom of sexuality and freedom of speech in a repressive post-war period.

However the backlash started within the Seventies with the feminist motion which decried his objectification of girls.

In recent times, Playboy has struggled to remain related – the journal stopped printing bodily copies in 2020 – and plenty of former Playmates have spoken out in opposition to the tradition within the wake of the MeToo motion.