By Michaela Gordoni
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner’s widow, Crystal Hefner, has filed a complaint over concerns that his nonprofit controlling the documents irresponsibly handled documents and scrapbooks of explicit photos of women and underage girls.
Crystal claims she was recently removed from her position as president of the nonprofit due to internal conflict over her reservations about consent as well as security involving the materials, especially the prospect of their potential digitization, The Hollywood Reporter said.
“The materials span decades, beginning in the 1960s, and may include images of girls who were underage at the time and could not consent to how their images would be retained or controlled,” Crystal said in a statement. “They may also contain images of women who did not consent to their images being taken in the first place. The scrapbooks include nude images, images taken before and after sexual activity, and other deeply intimate moments.”
There are over 3,000 scrapbooks, CNN reported.
Crystal said the scrapbooks contain photos of women “who have spent decades building their lives with no idea these images were still being hoarded. I believe they include women, and possibly girls, who never agreed to lifelong private possession of their naked images, and who have no transparency into where their photos are, how they are being stored, or what will happen to them next.”
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The documents include who the playboy founder slept with and the sexual acts he performed with them. Hefner believes some of the photos were taken without consent, while women or girls were intoxicated.
The founder’s sons responded to the allegations: “Over more than a quarter century of familiarity with these materials, we have never seen inappropriate images of minors, as has been suggested. The scrapbooks document decades of personal, professional, and family history. Our father lived much of his life publicly and assembled these materials as a historical record, with the intention that they ultimately be preserved and reviewed in full context, not hidden or concealed.”
“We believe claims of this magnitude should be supported by evidence and precision, not implication without proof. We support the preservation of the scrapbooks in partnership with a university or museum, along with responsible public access consistent with his long standing wishes.”
In other words, “let us put pornography on public display without the consent of its subjects for years to come.” Gross.
As Crystal says, “Women’s bodies are not property, not history, and not collectibles.”
Crystal was married to Hugh from 2012 until his death in 2017. In 2024, she wrote a book about her experience as a playboy Bunny.
“I must’ve been brainwashed or something,” she said of her experience.
“Unlike me, the people who have custody of these scrapbooks do not have their own naked images in these books,” Crystal said. “They are not personally exposed, and they are not personally at risk. The burden and the danger fall entirely on us, the women in these photos.”
She clarified, “This is not about money. I am seeking dignity, safety and the destruction of non-consensual intimate materials so that the exploitation does not continue under the banner of philanthropy.”
Hopefully Crystal’s efforts will be rewarded.
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