The final nail on the coffin of allegations against Hugh Hefner has come from the hands of his widowed spouse Crystal Hefner.
With the premiere of A&E’s tell-all series “Secrets of Playboy,” several former playmates, especially Holly Madison, have revealed abuse allegations against the late editor-in-chief.
The former wife took a bold step to support all the playmates when she confirmed Madison’s claims that her husband had stashes of revenge porn.
Crystal Hefner Confirms Holly Madison’s Claims of Hugh Hefner’s Revenge Porn Photos
On the series premiere of ‘Secrets of The Playboy’ Monday, January 24, Madison confessed to never leaving the Playboy Mansion out of fear.
This fear was of a “mountain of revenge porn” in Hugh’s arsenal. The 42-year-old alleged that the former magazine founder took explicit photos of intoxicated playmates.
As awful as these claims sound, Crystal claims that they are indeed true. She boldly took to Twitter with a confirmation of her late husband’s misbehavior.
On Tuesday, January 25, the “Broken English” actress directly told Madison that she was aware of those photos and had gotten rid of them. She tweeted:
“I found thousands of those disposable camera photos you are talking about @hollymadison. I immediately ripped them up and destroyed every single one of them for you and the countless other women in them. They’re gone.”
Madison did not say much in response, as she had already said her piece. Nevertheless, she expressed her gratitude by tweeting “Thank you @crystalhefner.”
Several speculations arose that the playmates may be slandering the late Playboy Magazine founder for fame, but this tweet from his widowed wife says otherwise.
The Playboy mansion may have appeared to outsiders as a home where women were free to express themselves under the tender loving of Hugh until the premiere of A&E’s tell-all series.
Thank you @crystalhefner https://t.co/10dDxmGBZy
— Holly Madison (@hollymadison) January 25, 2022
The Blast disclosed that, on the second episode of the exposé, Madison appeared to recount her horrendous experience as Hugh’s main girlfriend from 2001 to 2008.
The “Down The Rabbit Hole” author called her love for Hugh Stockholm Syndrome, where she became attached to her captor.
Madison noted the girls looked identical because it gave the Playboy founder a feeling of control over the playmates, compelling them to plastic surgery.
Madison drank heavily to cope with the trauma at the mansion and contemplated suicide after one of their group bedroom moments. She said:
“Everybody was leaving and walking out, and I was in the bathtub. I just wanted to drown myself. I just felt like I was in this cycle of misery.”
Eventually, after other playmates left in 2008, “The Vegas Diaries” author found the strength to break out of the mentality of the mansion, see Hugh for who he is, and leave for good.
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Madison may not have been expecting roses and candles when having sex for the first time with Hugh, but as his main girlfriend, she did not anticipate mortification.
The Blast shared that, on December 13, the “Holly’s World” star appeared on the “Power: Hugh Hefner” podcast to detail her awful sexual encounter with the late 72-year-old.
Madison alleged that after returning to the mansion utterly drunk from a night of clubbing with Hugh and other housemates, they all ended up in bed together.
The TV personality expected that she would consent to have sex or turn down the act if she was uncomfortable, but that was not the case. She explained:
“I was wasted. He was literally pushed on top of me. And after it happened, I was just mortified and embarrassed, and it had way more of an emotional impact on me than I thought it would.”
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The Blast revealed that Madison and former playmate Bridget Marquard expressed that they were not allowed to have any jobs outside the mansion.
“The Telling” actress became frustrated and cut her hair six months in, leading Hugh to call her “old, hard and cheap.”
The magazine founder also banned Madison from wearing red lipstick, took over the playmates’ finances, and imposed a curfew and schedules on them.
