1 00:00:08,051 --> 00:00:11,141 I think everybody had a little bit of a wish 2 00:00:11,185 --> 00:00:14,405 or a desire to be a Playboy Bunny. 3 00:00:14,492 --> 00:00:17,191 The first Playboy Club was founded in 1960. 4 00:00:17,234 --> 00:00:19,845 The club is really an extension of the concept 5 00:00:19,889 --> 00:00:21,369 that was developed in the magazine. 6 00:00:21,412 --> 00:00:23,066 Relaxed, urban living. Good food and drink. 7 00:00:23,153 --> 00:00:24,894 Pretty girls. Good entertainment. 8 00:00:24,937 --> 00:00:28,506 We were a glorified waitress with the fuzzy tail. 9 00:00:28,550 --> 00:00:30,465 [laughs] 10 00:00:30,508 --> 00:00:35,557 There was a style that the Playboy Bunnies d. 11 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,474 So you could be pretty, sexual, coy, 12 00:00:39,517 --> 00:00:44,653 sweet, sexy, but not naked. 13 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:46,046 The Bunnies were 14 00:00:46,089 --> 00:00:47,699 the greatest sex symbol in the country. 15 00:00:47,786 --> 00:00:50,441 The Playboy Club became a worldwide sensation. 16 00:00:50,485 --> 00:00:52,182 The Bunny became probably more famous 17 00:00:52,226 --> 00:00:53,531 than the Playmates in the magazine. 18 00:00:53,575 --> 00:00:55,838 You felt very powerful being a Bunny 19 00:00:55,881 --> 00:00:59,015 because you thought you were protected by Playboy, 20 00:00:59,059 --> 00:01:01,452 but that costume was a liability, 21 00:01:01,496 --> 00:01:03,889 because when men were viewing it, 22 00:01:03,976 --> 00:01:07,763 they assumed that you were sexually open to them. 23 00:01:07,850 --> 00:01:10,592 And when you took that costume off, they still saw a female, 24 00:01:10,679 --> 00:01:12,376 and they still saw in their eyes, 25 00:01:12,420 --> 00:01:14,248 you know, that costume. 26 00:01:14,291 --> 00:01:16,032 There were a group of Bunnies 27 00:01:16,119 --> 00:01:18,165 who were abducted, drugged, 28 00:01:18,208 --> 00:01:20,297 and used in a sex movie. 29 00:01:20,384 --> 00:01:23,518 But it was almost like, "Don't talk about this." 30 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:26,564 Celebrities in Hollywood-- they had carte blanche. 31 00:01:26,608 --> 00:01:28,958 They could do whatever they wanted. 32 00:01:29,001 --> 00:01:31,134 Can you confirm the existence of a cleanup crew? 33 00:01:31,178 --> 00:01:34,920 Oh, yeah. That's absolutely true. 34 00:01:34,964 --> 00:01:37,053 And that was an open invitation 35 00:01:37,140 --> 00:01:38,663 for sexual power. 36 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:41,884 ♪ ♪ 37 00:01:41,927 --> 00:01:43,364 My name is Hugh Hefner. 38 00:01:43,407 --> 00:01:44,887 I'm editor-publisher of "Playboy" magazine. 39 00:01:44,930 --> 00:01:46,802 Hugh Hefner was just 27. 40 00:01:46,889 --> 00:01:49,152 He fashioned himself and Playboy 41 00:01:49,196 --> 00:01:51,546 as the face of sexual liberation. 42 00:01:51,589 --> 00:01:53,722 Playboy is one of the most famous brand names 43 00:01:53,809 --> 00:01:55,027 in the world. 44 00:01:55,115 --> 00:01:56,507 I would like to be remembered 45 00:01:56,551 --> 00:01:58,683 as somebody who played some positive part 46 00:01:58,727 --> 00:02:00,946 in changing the social sexual values of my time. 47 00:02:00,990 --> 00:02:02,383 ♪ 48 00:02:02,426 --> 00:02:04,863 I believe that Hef pulled one over 49 00:02:04,907 --> 00:02:07,127 on the whole world. 50 00:02:07,170 --> 00:02:10,652 The fantasy of Playboy that he created did not allow 51 00:02:10,695 --> 00:02:13,220 for the consent of the women. 52 00:02:13,263 --> 00:02:15,352 When it came to Hefner's buddies, 53 00:02:15,396 --> 00:02:17,398 u had to keep those secrets quiet. 54 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:19,617 What have you got for free? 55 00:02:19,661 --> 00:02:21,315 When you get someone that powerful, 56 00:02:21,358 --> 00:02:23,795 anything could happen. Anything. 57 00:02:23,839 --> 00:02:25,449 The people who were really there-- 58 00:02:25,493 --> 00:02:27,538 they're the ones who know the real truth. 59 00:02:27,582 --> 00:02:29,149 I want to be a voice 60 00:02:29,192 --> 00:02:31,803 for the women that suffed the most at his hands. 61 00:02:35,894 --> 00:02:42,858 ♪ 62 00:02:50,996 --> 00:02:54,217 I have a lot of boxes packed because I'm moving. 63 00:02:54,261 --> 00:02:57,133 Let me go and see if I can dig out some stuff, 64 00:02:57,220 --> 00:03:00,180 because I have a lot of Playboy memorabilia. 65 00:03:00,267 --> 00:03:01,268 Let's see what we have here. 66 00:03:01,355 --> 00:03:03,444 ♪ ♪ 67 00:03:03,487 --> 00:03:08,362 I was a Bunny in '72, and I was 22 yea old. 68 00:03:08,405 --> 00:03:10,190 What's this one here? 69 00:03:10,233 --> 00:03:12,627 ♪ 70 00:03:12,670 --> 00:03:13,976 Oh, my goodness. 71 00:03:14,019 --> 00:03:16,544 I have all these t-shirts from Playboy. 72 00:03:16,587 --> 00:03:19,982 Reunion. This is the uniform we wore 73 00:03:20,025 --> 00:03:22,376 when we didcharity games for children. 74 00:03:22,419 --> 00:03:24,595 And we had black shorts with that. 75 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,078 And of course, Bunny Lib. We fought for that. 76 00:03:29,121 --> 00:03:31,254 ♪ 77 00:03:31,341 --> 00:03:34,431 Before I worked at Playboy Club, 78 00:03:34,518 --> 00:03:36,738 I was in a very abusive marriage, 79 00:03:36,781 --> 00:03:39,828 and I fl. 80 00:03:39,915 --> 00:03:42,570 And I had come up to see my folks in Jersey. 81 00:03:42,657 --> 00:03:45,094 And I was in my dad's--in the office typing something, 82 00:03:45,137 --> 00:03:46,835 and the guys in the office-- they said, 83 00:03:46,922 --> 00:03:50,839 "PJ, why don't you go get an interview as a Bunny?" 84 00:03:50,926 --> 00:03:53,058 And I said, "I'm a medal and surgical assistant. 85 00:03:53,145 --> 00:03:54,799 "I wear white uniforms. 86 00:03:54,843 --> 00:03:55,800 "How could I put a costume on like that? 87 00:03:55,844 --> 00:03:57,759 There's no way." 88 00:03:57,846 --> 00:04:00,109 "We'll bet you $100 you won't go up there for an interview." 89 00:04:00,152 --> 00:04:02,851 ♪ 90 00:04:02,894 --> 00:04:06,071 I figured, "100 bucks?" I needed the money. 91 00:04:06,115 --> 00:04:08,509 So my mother encouraged me, 92 00:04:08,596 --> 00:04:10,902 because she knew that I was very depressed, 93 00:04:10,946 --> 00:04:12,991 and she knew I had no self-confidence. 94 00:04:13,035 --> 00:04:17,257 So my mom and dadrove me to Great Gorge, New Jersey, 95 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:20,347 and I went for the interview, and I had braces on my teeth. 96 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:21,391 I put the bathing suit on. 97 00:04:21,435 --> 00:04:23,306 The Bunny Mother said to me, 98 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:26,657 "Lose 10 pounds, take the braces off your teeth, 99 00:04:26,744 --> 00:04:28,224 and you start a week from Monday." 100 00:04:28,268 --> 00:04:30,270 So that's how it started. 101 00:04:30,313 --> 00:04:33,838 ♪ 102 00:04:33,882 --> 00:04:36,145 When you put on that costume, 103 00:04:36,232 --> 00:04:38,582 you thought you could kill the world. 104 00:04:38,626 --> 00:04:40,192 Looking back at my headshot, 105 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,456 you can see how confident I felt. 106 00:04:42,543 --> 00:04:46,590 u were just magnificent and powerful. 107 00:04:46,634 --> 00:04:48,636 And you were, yes, a sex symbol. 108 00:04:48,679 --> 00:04:51,856 ♪ 109 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:55,251 So the first Playboy Club opened in 1960. 110 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:57,427 Hugh Hefner was very much 111 00:04:57,471 --> 00:05:00,430 a part of the pop culture zeitgeist. 112 00:05:00,474 --> 00:05:02,650 Why did you put the girls in those costumes? 113 00:05:02,693 --> 00:05:04,391 Well, the girls wore Bunny costumes 114 00:05:04,478 --> 00:05:06,480 because the Bunny was our corporate logo. 115 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:09,570 At the very beginning, I selected a rabbit symbol 116 00:05:09,613 --> 00:05:11,528 to represent the magazin 117 00:05:11,572 --> 00:05:16,011 The rabbit had a certain sort of sexy reputation. 118 00:05:16,054 --> 00:05:19,014 And I made some modifications, 119 00:05:19,057 --> 00:05:22,104 added the cuffs and the bow tie and collar, 120 00:05:22,147 --> 00:05:23,148 and the Bunny was born. 121 00:05:26,369 --> 00:05:28,632 Playboy Clubs wereall very sophiicated. 122 00:05:28,676 --> 00:05:30,634 It was the place to be. 123 00:05:30,678 --> 00:05:34,159 And you literally needed a real key to get in the door. 124 00:05:34,203 --> 00:05:36,161 $25 got you a key membership. 125 00:05:36,205 --> 00:05:40,731 It was prestigious to have a Playboy key card. 126 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:43,908 Hugh Hefner--he made a big deal about it. 127 00:05:43,995 --> 00:05:46,520 Starting as of the first of the year, 128 00:05:46,563 --> 00:05:48,348 there will be keysvery much like this 129 00:05:48,391 --> 00:05:50,393 in the hands of members throughout the country. 130 00:05:50,437 --> 00:05:51,829 ♪ 131 00:05:51,873 --> 00:05:53,788 In true rabbit fashion, 132 00:05:53,788 --> 00:05:57,574 that one club multiplied to 22 befor1970. 133 00:05:57,661 --> 00:06:00,751 By 1972, there were one million keyholders. 134 00:06:00,795 --> 00:06:02,492 Well, I remeer the rule that when you went 135 00:06:02,579 --> 00:06:04,451 to the Playboy Club,you couldn't date the Bunnies 136 00:06:04,494 --> 00:06:05,974 or you couldn't touch the Bunnies or anything. 137 00:06:06,061 --> 00:06:07,584 Who made up that rule? 138 00:06:07,671 --> 00:06:10,370 Well, it was mine, I'm afraid. 139 00:06:10,457 --> 00:06:13,198 If we're all supposed to, you know, be released 140 00:06:13,242 --> 00:06:14,591 from our taboos and hang-ups, 141 00:06:14,635 --> 00:06:15,549 why can't we go in and touch the Bunnies? 142 00:06:15,636 --> 00:06:17,202 Because ife had allowed, 143 00:06:17,289 --> 00:06:18,987 in those days, anything else, 144 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:20,641 we wouldn't have had any Playboy Clubs, 145 00:06:20,728 --> 00:06:22,469 'cause we had liquor licenses on the line, 146 00:06:22,512 --> 00:06:24,601 and all we were saying, very simply, was, 147 00:06:24,688 --> 00:06:26,864 "Separate business from pleasure." 148 00:06:26,908 --> 00:06:29,171 Nobody's allowed to touch the Bunnies. 149 00:06:29,258 --> 00:06:31,129 It's in the manuals. It's in the books. 150 00:06:31,173 --> 00:06:33,044 Everybody knew that. 151 00:06:33,088 --> 00:06:35,482 If a keyholder touched you 152 00:06:35,525 --> 00:06:37,353 and you went and told your room director, 153 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:39,442 his key was tan away, 154 00:06:39,486 --> 00:06:41,531 and he was thrown out of the club. 155 00:06:41,575 --> 00:06:43,968 And so it was wonderful, because you felt 156 00:06:44,012 --> 00:06:47,319 like you were a celebrity, you were a show girl. 157 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:50,627 It was an opportunity for self-esteem 158 00:06:50,671 --> 00:06:51,628 for a lot of these girls. 159 00:06:51,672 --> 00:06:55,632 ♪ 160 00:06:55,719 --> 00:06:59,506 I went to the Playboy Club on 59th Street in New York. 161 00:06:59,549 --> 00:07:01,551 And that was like, "Whoa." 162 00:07:01,595 --> 00:07:03,684 You know, it was a big deal. 163 00:07:05,599 --> 00:07:08,602 300, 400 girls would go 164 00:07:08,645 --> 00:07:13,563 tory out for maybe five spots. 165 00:07:13,607 --> 00:07:16,653 I really didn't feel that I was a pretty girl. 166 00:07:16,740 --> 00:07:18,829 I just didn't believe I had what it took. 167 00:07:18,916 --> 00:07:20,701 ♪ ♪ 168 00:07:20,744 --> 00:07:23,225 I had a very difficult childhood. 169 00:07:23,312 --> 00:07:27,316 I was in a shelter at 16 years old and ran away. 170 00:07:27,359 --> 00:07:30,275 I had severe acne. 171 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,104 My teeth re rotted out of my mouth. 172 00:07:33,148 --> 00:07:34,366 ♪ 173 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:36,978 There was a lot of bullying, 174 00:07:37,065 --> 00:07:38,980 a lot of, "You're ugly. 175 00:07:39,067 --> 00:07:42,244 Who would ever wanna be with you?" 176 00:07:42,287 --> 00:07:45,377 It was really very difficult. 177 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:46,770 ♪ ♪ 178 00:07:51,471 --> 00:07:53,516 I still didn't feel pretty, you know, 179 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,651 because the ugly on the inside doesn't go away. 180 00:07:57,694 --> 00:07:59,000 ♪ 181 00:07:59,043 --> 00:08:01,176 So I take my bikini bathing suit 182 00:08:01,219 --> 00:08:03,308 and my super high heels, 183 00:08:03,352 --> 00:08:06,094 and I go for the interview. 184 00:08:06,137 --> 00:08:09,706 And she says to me, "You saw your competition out there. 185 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:13,101 Why should we hireou?" And I looked at her. 186 00:08:13,144 --> 00:08:15,930 I said, "I don't have any competition." 187 00:08:16,017 --> 00:08:19,368 Well, I got the job. 188 00:08:19,411 --> 00:08:21,152 Look at this picture. 189 00:08:21,196 --> 00:08:23,720 It really was a transformation. 190 00:08:23,764 --> 00:08:27,985 I actually started liking myself more and more 191 00:08:28,029 --> 00:08:29,770 by being a Bunny. 192 00:08:29,813 --> 00:08:32,512 I liked the way I looked. 193 00:08:32,599 --> 00:08:36,211 I liked the way others looked at me. 194 00:08:36,298 --> 00:08:38,039 I was treated differently. 195 00:08:38,082 --> 00:08:39,997 Roseanne, why do you want to be a Bunny? 196 00:08:40,041 --> 00:08:41,782 I'm missing out on a lot of things. 197 00:08:41,825 --> 00:08:43,087 And there's much more in life 198 00:08:43,174 --> 00:08:44,741 than just being a itress in a restaurant. 199 00:08:44,785 --> 00:08:46,264 And I could meet a lot of interesting people 200 00:08:46,351 --> 00:08:48,397 and really do a lot more things. 201 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:55,404 ♪ 202 00:08:57,145 --> 00:08:59,364 I have cuffs, and I have lighters. 203 00:08:59,408 --> 00:09:01,758 And I have the original matches. 204 00:09:01,802 --> 00:09:04,456 I was hirefor the opening of the 1973 Club 205 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:06,894 in Los Angeles in Century City. 206 00:09:06,937 --> 00:09:08,243 ♪ 207 00:09:08,330 --> 00:09:09,636 I'm not sure it'll be straight, 208 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:10,898 but I can do it without a mirror. 209 00:09:10,941 --> 00:09:12,247 ♪ 210 00:09:12,334 --> 00:09:14,466 In America back then, for women, 211 00:09:14,510 --> 00:09:16,773 you were either going to become a schoolteacher, 212 00:09:16,817 --> 00:09:18,340 or you were goa become a nurse. 213 00:09:18,383 --> 00:09:20,951 And that was pretty much it. 214 00:09:20,995 --> 00:09:22,997 I personally wanted to be a veterinarian, 215 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,131 but my high school counselor looked at me, and she said, 216 00:09:27,175 --> 00:09:29,090 "Ladies don't become veterinarians." 217 00:09:29,133 --> 00:09:31,440 She said, "You're just gonna get married and have children, 218 00:09:31,483 --> 00:09:33,921 and you will take ca of your husband's home." 219 00:09:33,964 --> 00:09:37,707 And I was so stunned, 'cause it took away 220 00:09:37,751 --> 00:09:39,709 what I wanted passionately mo than anything 221 00:09:39,753 --> 00:09:42,320 in the whole wide world. It's all I ever wanted. 222 00:09:42,407 --> 00:09:45,323 I still think about it every day. 223 00:09:45,367 --> 00:09:47,804 These are pictures from when I was hired. 224 00:09:47,848 --> 00:09:50,328 I looked maybe like a pretty girl next door. 225 00:09:50,372 --> 00:09:52,113 If I had hadn't had the job at Playboy, 226 00:09:52,156 --> 00:09:53,984 I really don't know what would've happened. 227 00:09:54,071 --> 00:09:56,073 Playboy gave me a lot of confidence, 228 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,816 and I think some of the other girls felt the same way. 229 00:09:59,860 --> 00:10:03,994 This is a picture of me 230 00:10:04,038 --> 00:10:08,390 on my first night as a Playboy Bunny. 231 00:10:09,826 --> 00:10:12,133 My first job. 232 00:10:12,176 --> 00:10:15,179 was cigar, cigarette, and camera girl. 233 00:10:15,223 --> 00:10:17,965 I was actually the third Black Bunny 234 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:20,750 to be hired at the LA Cl. 235 00:10:20,794 --> 00:10:24,667 Hef was very much for integration. 236 00:10:24,754 --> 00:10:28,236 It was liberating, because I did come 237 00:10:28,279 --> 00:10:33,371 from a very puritanical Southern Baptist life. 238 00:10:33,458 --> 00:10:36,592 I had to go to church, and I had the PO box hat. 239 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,507 And I sat like this. 240 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:41,162 You had to sit with the legs crossed like so. 241 00:10:41,205 --> 00:10:42,467 ♪ 242 00:10:42,511 --> 00:10:44,426 So when I was a Bunny, 243 00:10:44,469 --> 00:10:49,083 I was able to have my sexuality and bekay with it. 244 00:10:49,126 --> 00:10:51,520 [giggles] 245 00:10:51,563 --> 00:10:54,436 Before I decided to become a Playboy Bunny, 246 00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:58,832 I was on my own, a single mother, a student. 247 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,617 So I had tuition, a baby to raise. 248 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:05,926 The salary offer was so much more 249 00:11:06,013 --> 00:11:08,319 than what I was making with St. John's Hospital 250 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:10,582 that it just couldn't touch it, 251 00:11:10,626 --> 00:11:13,063 so of course I jumped on it. 252 00:11:13,107 --> 00:11:15,239 I didn't realize that until years later, 253 00:11:15,326 --> 00:11:17,764 it wasn't really all about beauty, 254 00:11:17,851 --> 00:11:20,549 because they could make us betiful, and they did. 255 00:11:20,592 --> 00:11:21,942 ♪ 256 00:11:22,029 --> 00:11:25,032 It was innocence. 257 00:11:25,075 --> 00:11:26,729 We knew nothing about anything in the world. 258 00:11:26,773 --> 00:11:28,035 ♪ 259 00:11:28,122 --> 00:11:29,471 And I can't explain it to you 260 00:11:29,558 --> 00:11:30,820 or to anybody else. 261 00:11:30,864 --> 00:11:32,909 When you worked for Playboy, 262 00:11:32,953 --> 00:11:38,001 you never really felt anything was gonna go wrong. 263 00:11:38,045 --> 00:11:41,222 And you just took it for granted that you're protected. 264 00:11:41,265 --> 00:11:42,702 ♪ 265 00:11:42,745 --> 00:11:43,920 There were things that happened. 266 00:11:43,964 --> 00:11:47,054 ♪ 267 00:11:47,097 --> 00:11:51,449 Everything wasn't lights, camera, action, happy. 268 00:11:51,536 --> 00:11:54,583 It's a juxtaposition when I think 269 00:11:54,626 --> 00:12:00,110 how ayboy changed my life for the better, 270 00:12:00,154 --> 00:12:05,594 and how Playboy destroyed someone else's life forever. 271 00:12:11,426 --> 00:12:12,296 Let's picture a gal that looks like Elizabeth Taylor, 272 00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:13,602 age 21. Gorgeous. 273 00:12:13,645 --> 00:12:15,299 Stunning. She's at a cocktail party, 274 00:12:15,299 --> 00:12:17,519 and you're gonna be taken over to be introduced to her. 275 00:12:17,562 --> 00:12:20,435 And you expect someone that has everything going for her, 276 00:12:20,478 --> 00:12:22,567 who's that beautiful, to be rather aloof and say, 277 00:12:22,611 --> 00:12:23,873 "Oh, yes, awfully nice to meet you," 278 00:12:23,917 --> 00:12:25,266 and back to r conversation. 279 00:12:25,309 --> 00:12:26,833 And let's say, as you're being brought over 280 00:12:26,876 --> 00:12:28,617 to be introduced to her, suddenly she turns to you, 281 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:30,358 has this big grin, looks right in the eye, 282 00:12:30,401 --> 00:12:32,447 ansays, "Hi, my name is Betty." 283 00:12:32,490 --> 00:12:34,014 That's the kindof disarming experience 284 00:12:34,057 --> 00:12:35,276 that we want to happen evy time 285 00:12:35,363 --> 00:12:36,581 a Bunny comes up to a table. 286 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:38,322 ♪ 287 00:12:38,366 --> 00:12:42,892 Playboy allowed men to indulge in the fantasy 288 00:12:42,979 --> 00:12:45,547 of what their life might look like if they were wealthy. 289 00:12:45,590 --> 00:12:49,899 It's these beautiful, extremely young, buxom women, 290 00:12:49,986 --> 00:12:52,380 that, in the role of Bunny, 291 00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:54,904 somehow seem like they're primed for service. 292 00:12:54,948 --> 00:13:03,086 The perception of what a Bunny is 293 00:13:03,173 --> 00:13:08,048 glamor. 294 00:13:08,091 --> 00:13:09,919 It wasn't for everybody. 295 00:13:09,963 --> 00:13:11,747 You went through basic training, 296 00:13:11,834 --> 00:13:14,010 and it was grueling. 297 00:13:14,054 --> 00:13:17,709 My arms would be black and blue all the time 298 00:13:17,753 --> 00:13:22,279 just trying to negotiate the tray in your hand 299 00:13:22,323 --> 00:13:24,455 to not knock it over left or right. 300 00:13:24,499 --> 00:13:25,717 ♪ 301 00:13:25,761 --> 00:13:26,806 matter where you were, 302 00:13:26,893 --> 00:13:28,808 had to know every drink 303 00:13:28,895 --> 00:13:32,072 and the call letters of every drink, and what went in. 304 00:13:32,115 --> 00:13:34,291 If you didn't call your drinks in properly, 305 00:13:34,335 --> 00:13:35,510 you know what happened to you? 306 00:13:35,553 --> 00:13:38,295 Boom. They knocked your tray down, 307 00:13:38,339 --> 00:13:40,689 and you had to start all over and go in the back of the line. 308 00:13:40,732 --> 00:13:42,691 Scotch. Canadian. Bourn. Blended. 309 00:13:42,734 --> 00:13:44,519 Rye. Irish. Gin. Vodka. 310 00:13:44,562 --> 00:13:46,086 Rum. Tequila. 311 00:13:46,173 --> 00:13:50,525 Mix, blended, cream, beer, wine, exotic drinks, 312 00:13:50,568 --> 00:13:52,701 and Irish coffee. 313 00:13:52,744 --> 00:13:54,485 Now, when she places this one, you notice 314 00:13:54,529 --> 00:13:56,836 that she is doing what we call a Bunny Dip. 315 00:13:56,923 --> 00:13:59,882 There you notice that she's bending at the waist. 316 00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:01,928 That's incorrect. 317 00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:05,061 The Bunny Dip was a very difficult thing to do 318 00:14:05,105 --> 00:14:08,021 You stood all the time with your tray. 319 00:14:08,064 --> 00:14:10,371 And then when you served a cocktail, 320 00:14:10,414 --> 00:14:12,590 your tray was in the left hand, 321 00:14:12,677 --> 00:14:17,160 and you would come back and serve. 322 00:14:17,247 --> 00:14:22,600 The Bunny image was the Playboy girl next door. 323 00:14:22,644 --> 00:14:26,909 And in that Bunny image, she didn't drink. 324 00:14:26,996 --> 00:14:28,693 She didn't smoke. She didn't swear. 325 00:14:28,737 --> 00:14:30,565 She didn't date. 326 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:34,525 She wasn't really a real person, so to speak. 327 00:14:34,569 --> 00:14:36,223 It was an image. 328 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,094 Bunny image was everything. 329 00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:40,575 That's what Hefner built the clubs on. 330 00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:43,883 I don't think Hefner meant it to be sexist, 331 00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:47,060 but he had an ime that he was trying to sustain. 332 00:14:47,147 --> 00:14:50,628 The ladies were very youthful, 333 00:14:50,672 --> 00:14:53,544 because that was our job to stay that way. 334 00:14:53,588 --> 00:14:56,373 You know, I'm still a Bunny. 335 00:14:56,460 --> 00:14:58,462 I will be a Bunny till I die, 336 00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:00,812 which I don't plan to die until I'm 102. 337 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,771 ♪ ♪ 338 00:15:02,814 --> 00:15:05,948 You had a complete check before you went into svice. 339 00:15:05,992 --> 00:15:08,255 Before you went on the floor, 340 00:15:08,298 --> 00:15:10,431 you were checked 341 00:15:10,474 --> 00:15:12,172 for your costume, the way it looked, 342 00:15:12,215 --> 00:15:15,131 the way it fit, and your weight. 343 00:15:15,175 --> 00:15:16,611 If you gained weight, 344 00:15:16,654 --> 00:15:19,092 you were gonna have a really bad problem, 345 00:15:19,179 --> 00:15:21,616 'cause they weren't gonna let that costume out for you. 346 00:15:21,703 --> 00:15:23,879 Tell me how you felt the first time 347 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:27,317 you put that costume on,how it felt. 348 00:15:27,361 --> 00:15:29,102 Well, the first time you ever wear a girdle 349 00:15:29,145 --> 00:15:30,755 that's maybe a size smaller than you are, 350 00:15:30,842 --> 00:15:32,366 it's not exactly comfortable, 351 00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:35,325 but you get used to it just like anything else. 352 00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,762 The stume has metal stays in it. 353 00:15:37,806 --> 00:15:40,287 So it took two people to put it on. 354 00:15:40,330 --> 00:15:42,115 She would have to hold it in the front 355 00:15:42,158 --> 00:15:44,073 and someone would zip it up the back. 356 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,555 And if you gained five pounds, 357 00:15:47,642 --> 00:15:49,035 those 18 metal stays-- 358 00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:52,125 you couldn't breathe, lirally. 359 00:15:52,168 --> 00:15:54,605 A lot of girls had kiey infections, 360 00:15:54,692 --> 00:15:56,781 'cause you were cinched in. 361 00:15:56,825 --> 00:15:59,349 We used to go into the ladies' room 362 00:15:59,393 --> 00:16:01,525 and take our shoes off, 363 00:16:01,569 --> 00:16:03,658 which were encrusted with blood, 364 00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:05,486 and stick them in the toilet bo 365 00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:07,270 and keep flushing it. 366 00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:10,404 It was like a whirlpool to get the swelling down, 367 00:16:10,491 --> 00:16:12,972 and hope that your shoes could fit back in. 368 00:16:13,059 --> 00:16:14,669 Once a month, we got weighed in. 369 00:16:14,712 --> 00:16:16,366 And there was a char in the Bunny Room 370 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:18,020 next to the scale, 371 00:16:18,064 --> 00:16:19,326 and it was humiliating. 372 00:16:19,369 --> 00:16:21,154 ♪ 373 00:16:21,241 --> 00:16:23,983 I think that was part of it to humiliate these girls, 374 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,335 Everybody could see it. 375 00:16:28,378 --> 00:16:32,817 And if you were five pounds over, you had a warning. 376 00:16:32,861 --> 00:16:34,776 If you didn't get it down for next month, 377 00:16:34,819 --> 00:16:37,779 you re suspeed until you got your weight down. 378 00:16:37,866 --> 00:16:40,129 Good evening, sir. I'm your Bunny attending. 379 00:16:40,173 --> 00:16:41,522 I'll be serving you tonight. 380 00:16:41,565 --> 00:16:43,002 ♪ 381 00:16:43,089 --> 00:16:44,655 Bunnies aren't born. 382 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:47,397 They're trained, carefully, by a Bunny Mother, 383 00:16:47,441 --> 00:16:49,269 usually a former Bunny. 384 00:16:49,312 --> 00:16:51,097 This is Training Bunny Leslie. 385 00:16:51,184 --> 00:16:52,359 Hey. 386 00:16:52,402 --> 00:16:56,189 ♪ 387 00:16:56,276 --> 00:17:02,673 I became a Bunny Mother in 1975, I guess it was. 388 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:05,589 I was working as a Bunny in Great Gorge. 389 00:17:05,633 --> 00:17:07,809 And I went down a whole flight of concrete stairs, 390 00:17:07,852 --> 00:17:08,766 and I broke my back. 391 00:17:08,853 --> 00:17:10,246 ♪ ♪ 392 00:17:10,290 --> 00:17:12,988 And when I was ready to go back to work, 393 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:14,903 I couldn't do a Bunny Dip, 394 00:17:14,946 --> 00:17:16,209 so I transferred 395 00:17:16,252 --> 00:17:17,340 to the New York Club 396 00:17:17,384 --> 00:17:19,038 as the assistant Bunny Mother. 397 00:17:19,081 --> 00:17:22,302 And that's how I came into management. 398 00:17:22,345 --> 00:17:26,306 We had to evaluate them on their appearance. 399 00:17:26,349 --> 00:17:29,526 And we had guideline that all Bunny Mothers were given. 400 00:17:29,570 --> 00:17:33,095 Crepey skin. Sagging breasts. 401 00:17:33,139 --> 00:17:35,750 Bags under their eyes. 402 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:37,708 Crooked teeth. 403 00:17:37,752 --> 00:17:40,537 Some really nasty descriptio, 404 00:17:40,581 --> 00:17:43,845 and it was heartbreaking to me, and I just--I couldn't do it. 405 00:17:43,888 --> 00:17:46,978 I couldn't do it. I rebelled against it. 406 00:17:47,022 --> 00:17:49,416 I didn't check off if they had crepey skin 407 00:17:49,459 --> 00:17:51,200 or if they had saggy breasts. 408 00:17:51,244 --> 00:17:52,810 You couldn't tell anyhow. 409 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:54,595 I didn't wanna fire somebody for image. 410 00:17:54,638 --> 00:17:56,336 That stays with you for the rest of your life. 411 00:17:56,379 --> 00:17:57,467 That's a terrible thing. 412 00:17:57,554 --> 00:17:59,078 ♪ ♪ 413 00:17:59,121 --> 00:18:02,255 Sitting here in 2021, 414 00:18:02,298 --> 00:18:05,823 I can see where many people would've thought 415 00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:10,393 that this was not how to treat wen by saying, 416 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,874 "Well, if your image changes, you're outta here." 417 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:14,397 And I understand it. 418 00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:17,357 But at the time, the way we were raised 419 00:18:17,444 --> 00:18:19,968 and the times that we were raised in, 420 00:18:20,011 --> 00:18:22,144 we didn't think anything about it 421 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:23,754 because we didn't know any different. 422 00:18:23,798 --> 00:18:26,975 ♪ 423 00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:28,455 And that's kind of sad. 424 00:18:28,498 --> 00:18:31,458 ♪ 425 00:18:31,545 --> 00:18:35,026 Hefner created illusion, 426 00:18:35,070 --> 00:18:36,811 and it was very important to him. 427 00:18:36,854 --> 00:18:38,073 ♪ 428 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:40,554 And that costume was very powerful. 429 00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:41,642 Very powerful. 430 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:45,646 Sex. Nymph. 431 00:18:45,689 --> 00:18:47,256 ♪ 432 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:50,433 "Sexual nymph" sells. 433 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,305 Think about it. 434 00:18:52,392 --> 00:18:55,003 Everybody knew what that costummet. 435 00:18:55,046 --> 00:18:56,657 We were probably 436 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:59,790 some othe most protected women on the planet, 437 00:18:59,834 --> 00:19:04,839 but outside of Playboy is completely different. 438 00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:06,971 So I was lucky. 439 00:19:07,015 --> 00:19:09,409 But with Jaki, I was shocked 440 00:19:09,452 --> 00:19:11,324 that something bad happened to her. 441 00:19:16,981 --> 00:19:18,069 [soft music] 442 00:19:18,113 --> 00:19:19,506 It's been over 4years 443 00:19:19,549 --> 00:19:22,073 since I le Playboy, 444 00:19:22,117 --> 00:19:26,513 and in my yoga, I'm still dealing with the way 445 00:19:26,556 --> 00:19:30,691 my body had to form to carry out the function. 446 00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:32,823 ♪ 447 00:19:32,867 --> 00:19:35,565 The Bunny serve was quite beautiful. 448 00:19:35,609 --> 00:19:36,871 It w like a show. 449 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:38,307 ♪ 450 00:19:38,351 --> 00:19:42,093 There's only one time that I felt 451 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:43,965 like I was gonna put my tray down 452 00:19:44,008 --> 00:19:45,184 and co to fisticuffs. 453 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:46,794 ♪ 454 00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:51,668 I had a very traumatic experience with a man. 455 00:19:51,712 --> 00:19:53,192 ♪ 456 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:55,672 It wasn't on a Playboy property at all. 457 00:19:55,716 --> 00:19:57,718 ♪ 458 00:19:57,761 --> 00:19:59,720 I went to this party with a Bunny. 459 00:19:59,763 --> 00:20:01,852 ♪ 460 00:20:01,896 --> 00:20:03,463 I was drugged and raped. 461 00:20:03,550 --> 00:20:05,378 ♪ ♪ 462 00:20:05,465 --> 00:20:08,207 I would pass out and wake up, and there was somebody else. 463 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:09,773 ♪ 464 00:20:09,860 --> 00:20:11,819 But the only person I do remember-- 465 00:20:11,862 --> 00:20:14,561 he was a regular member at the club. 466 00:20:14,604 --> 00:20:18,086 ♪ 467 00:20:18,173 --> 00:20:21,568 I think, because of my early life, 468 00:20:21,611 --> 00:20:25,746 I have this ability to compartmentalize... 469 00:20:25,789 --> 00:20:27,051 ♪ 470 00:20:27,095 --> 00:20:29,576 Because, in the segregated world, 471 00:20:29,619 --> 00:20:31,317 you had to keep doing. 472 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:33,362 Things happen. 473 00:20:33,406 --> 00:20:34,929 You'd fight for yourself. 474 00:20:34,972 --> 00:20:37,845 ♪ 475 00:20:37,888 --> 00:20:41,979 When I went back to work, I told everybody, 476 00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:45,026 management down, wh had happened, 477 00:20:45,069 --> 00:20:47,724 and that I know it was him. 478 00:20:47,768 --> 00:20:49,987 One day and he came into the club, 479 00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:53,426 and I was in the back, setting up my tray. 480 00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,341 ♪ 481 00:20:55,384 --> 00:20:59,475 And I picked up one of the stem glasses, 482 00:20:59,519 --> 00:21:00,781 and I broke it. 483 00:21:00,824 --> 00:21:03,349 And I came charging into the room, 484 00:21:03,392 --> 00:21:06,874 and the room director caught me swinging at this guy 485 00:21:06,917 --> 00:21:08,310 and kicking and screaming. 486 00:21:08,354 --> 00:21:09,746 And ey dragged me out, 487 00:21:09,790 --> 00:21:11,792 and they threw him out of the club. 488 00:21:11,835 --> 00:21:13,446 ♪ 489 00:21:13,489 --> 00:21:15,404 I mean, I would've been in jl, 490 00:21:15,448 --> 00:21:17,711 because I uld've killed him 491 00:21:17,754 --> 00:21:20,148 and had no problems with it. 492 00:21:20,191 --> 00:21:21,715 No problems. 493 00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:23,934 Because probably I'm not the only one 494 00:21:23,978 --> 00:21:25,501 that he would do that to. 495 00:21:25,545 --> 00:21:28,069 ♪ 496 00:21:28,156 --> 00:21:31,899 People ask me, why didn't I go to the police, 497 00:21:31,942 --> 00:21:33,422 which--I didn't to the police. 498 00:21:33,466 --> 00:21:36,425 But during that time, as in now, 499 00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:38,384 the female is made the victim. 500 00:21:38,471 --> 00:21:39,907 ♪ ♪ 501 00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:42,562 And so I didn't wanna go through that. 502 00:21:42,649 --> 00:21:44,564 ♪ ♪ 503 00:21:44,651 --> 00:21:47,088 Because it wasn't on Playboy property, 504 00:21:47,131 --> 00:21:50,526 the only thinghey could do is take his membship away, 505 00:21:50,613 --> 00:21:52,485 and he could not come into the club again. 506 00:21:52,528 --> 00:21:54,878 ♪ 507 00:21:54,965 --> 00:21:59,970 Playboy, for me, did protect me, did support me, 508 00:22:00,057 --> 00:22:03,060 and in that type of situation, 509 00:22:03,104 --> 00:22:07,456 what the female need is to be believ and supported. 510 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:08,979 And that's what happened with me. 511 00:22:09,023 --> 00:22:12,461 ♪ 512 00:22:12,505 --> 00:22:14,898 I've read your code of behavior for the Bunnies. 513 00:22:14,942 --> 00:22:16,465 And as I understand it, 514 00:22:16,509 --> 00:22:17,858 they're not permitted to go home with patrons 515 00:22:17,901 --> 00:22:19,773 even after they are off duty. Is that correct? 516 00:22:19,816 --> 00:22:23,254 All of this requires--and really the motivation behind it 517 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,779 is really a protection for the girls themselves. 518 00:22:25,822 --> 00:22:29,652 You can't live under a false security blanket. 519 00:22:29,696 --> 00:22:32,394 - As women, we do. - We protect ourselves. 520 00:22:32,438 --> 00:22:33,656 ♪ 521 00:22:33,743 --> 00:22:35,310 Outside of Playboy, 522 00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:37,704 you have to be more vigilant 523 00:22:37,747 --> 00:22:39,401 about what's going on around you. 524 00:22:39,445 --> 00:22:40,924 ♪ 525 00:22:40,968 --> 00:22:44,754 My name is Jim Ellis, and I was a member 526 00:22:44,798 --> 00:22:47,931 of Hugh Hefner's executive protection team 527 00:22:47,975 --> 00:22:51,631 during 1980 and 1981. 528 00:22:51,674 --> 00:22:56,070 The Playboy Club--you know, they had the Bunnies. 529 00:22:56,113 --> 00:22:58,420 These girls-- I mean, they're vulnerable. 530 00:22:58,507 --> 00:23:00,074 They don't have personal security 531 00:23:00,161 --> 00:23:03,469 that's escorting them 24/7. 532 00:23:03,512 --> 00:23:06,776 Maybe within the club, you couldn't touch a girl, 533 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:10,519 but after hours, Bunnies-- they were not protected. 534 00:23:10,563 --> 00:23:13,087 From what I know and what I've been told, 535 00:23:13,130 --> 00:23:14,871 there were many young women 536 00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:18,266 that were assaulted after hours. 537 00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:20,486 Girls were parked outside on the streets 538 00:23:20,573 --> 00:23:22,096 or in a parking lot. 539 00:23:22,139 --> 00:23:24,359 And I was fearful that they would be attacked, 540 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:25,752 because there were keyholders 541 00:23:25,795 --> 00:23:27,754 that would follow them out to the cars, 542 00:23:27,797 --> 00:23:30,104 and they were carrying cash. 543 00:23:30,147 --> 00:23:33,281 So I asked the general manager if he could have the busboys 544 00:23:33,324 --> 00:23:36,893 or the bartenders walk the ladies out to their cars 545 00:23:36,937 --> 00:23:38,721 after a late-hour shift, 546 00:23:38,765 --> 00:23:40,984 and he absolutely refused. 547 00:23:41,071 --> 00:23:42,333 "They're big girls. 548 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,465 They can take care of themselves." 549 00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:44,771 That's what he told me. 550 00:23:44,814 --> 00:23:46,250 ♪ 551 00:23:46,294 --> 00:23:47,469 But once they left the club, 552 00:23:47,513 --> 00:23:48,992 they were not protected, 553 00:23:49,036 --> 00:23:51,908 especially from the VIPs 554 00:23:51,952 --> 00:23:53,475 that were chosen by Hefner 555 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:54,955 that had carte blanche. 556 00:24:06,140 --> 00:24:09,535 Let's see what elsewe got here. 557 00:24:09,622 --> 00:24:11,232 Okay. 558 00:24:11,275 --> 00:24:13,364 This was one of the first tal cards from Playboy. 559 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:14,714 This was a VIP card. 560 00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:15,932 If a member came in 561 00:24:15,976 --> 00:24:17,760 and showed the Bunny this card, 562 00:24:17,804 --> 00:24:20,633 they knew that they were super-duper VIP, 563 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,809 and that they needed to be taken care of very well. 564 00:24:22,852 --> 00:24:26,421 ♪ 565 00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:29,380 There were mixed messages being a Bunny. 566 00:24:29,424 --> 00:24:32,819 The rules were different with VIPs and keyholders. 567 00:24:32,862 --> 00:24:34,516 ♪ 568 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:35,604 As a Bunny, you weren't allowed 569 00:24:35,691 --> 00:24:37,650 to give your last name out. 570 00:24:37,737 --> 00:24:40,740 You weren't allowed to go out with a keyholder. 571 00:24:40,827 --> 00:24:43,960 However, there was a double standard. 572 00:24:44,047 --> 00:24:47,355 A VIP celebrity, you were encouraged to mingle with, 573 00:24:47,398 --> 00:24:50,358 you were encouraged to have fun with. 574 00:24:50,401 --> 00:24:53,448 If I knew there was a big VIP party, 575 00:24:53,535 --> 00:24:55,102 I would roll my eyes, 576 00:24:55,145 --> 00:24:57,234 and I would have a conversation with the Bunnies. 577 00:24:57,278 --> 00:24:59,280 "Don't go home with them. Don't take any phone numbers. 578 00:24:59,367 --> 00:25:01,151 on't listen to their lines. 579 00:25:01,195 --> 00:25:03,763 "They'll all coerce you into going to a party. 580 00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:05,242 Don't do it. 581 00:25:05,329 --> 00:25:07,418 Trust me when I tell you, don't do it." 582 00:25:07,462 --> 00:25:09,943 The number one keyholders 583 00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:12,467 were advertising executives for Playboy. 584 00:25:12,511 --> 00:25:14,643 But it was mostly celebrities, 585 00:25:14,687 --> 00:25:18,734 musicians, directors, producers in Hollywood. 586 00:25:18,778 --> 00:25:20,780 They had carte blanche. 587 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,957 The men we associated with were all VIPs. 588 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,785 They were all celebrities. 589 00:25:25,828 --> 00:25:29,049 Don Cornelius of "Soul Train" came in a few times. 590 00:25:29,092 --> 00:25:31,965 And this was when the dio era hit big. 591 00:25:32,052 --> 00:25:34,794 He became extremely popular in the '80 592 00:25:34,837 --> 00:25:36,665 Everybody loved Don. 593 00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:39,363 He was a presence, a big presence. 594 00:25:39,450 --> 00:25:42,715 Regis Philbin was a regular in the cabaret room. 595 00:25:42,758 --> 00:25:44,499 Martin Sheen was another one. 596 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:46,545 Anybody who was who. 597 00:25:51,114 --> 00:25:52,420 Oh, yeah. All the time. 598 00:25:56,250 --> 00:25:58,121 We were very lax when it came to that. 599 00:25:58,208 --> 00:25:59,253 ♪ ♪ 600 00:25:59,296 --> 00:26:00,733 They could date them. 601 00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:02,561 They could party with them. 602 00:26:02,648 --> 00:26:04,214 They could have dinner with them. 603 00:26:04,258 --> 00:26:05,564 They could go out with them. 604 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:07,566 They could do whatever they wanted. 605 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:09,959 We had to entertn them. We had to take care of them. 606 00:26:10,003 --> 00:26:12,353 We never took money from them. They never had a bill. 607 00:26:12,396 --> 00:26:14,964 They never were presented a check. 608 00:26:15,051 --> 00:26:17,358 Whatever they wanted, they could get. 609 00:26:17,445 --> 00:26:19,186 There was a terrible thing that happened 610 00:26:19,229 --> 00:26:20,970 at the Great Gorge Resort 611 00:26:21,014 --> 00:26:23,973 with some guys that were pretending to be VIPs. 612 00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:25,279 ♪ ♪ 613 00:26:25,366 --> 00:26:27,107 The Great Gorge Resort-- 614 00:26:27,150 --> 00:26:28,717 it was really 615 00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:31,677 an entertainment mecca for Playboy. 616 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,462 And it was one of a kind. It really was. 617 00:26:34,505 --> 00:26:36,551 Hefner promoted Great Gorge 618 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,815 as the ultimate Playboy lifestyle experience. 619 00:26:39,859 --> 00:26:42,339 ♪ 620 00:26:42,383 --> 00:26:47,606 At Gre Gorge, there was an undercurrent of something 621 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:49,999 that you couldn't put your finr on, 622 00:26:50,043 --> 00:26:52,480 but you knew something happened 623 00:26:52,523 --> 00:26:55,309 that nobody was supposed to talk about. 624 00:26:55,396 --> 00:26:57,616 They were very protective. 625 00:26:57,703 --> 00:27:02,272 There was a gate all the way around the Bunny dorms. 626 00:27:02,316 --> 00:27:06,189 You couldn't get in there if you didn't belong there. 627 00:27:06,233 --> 00:27:08,017 Bunnies did not go to the bathroom 628 00:27:08,061 --> 00:27:09,584 in the public bathrooms. 629 00:27:09,671 --> 00:27:12,326 You had to go downstairs, back to the hutch. 630 00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:14,197 You would be fired immediately 631 00:27:14,241 --> 00:27:16,504 if you went into the hotel side of the resort. 632 00:27:16,547 --> 00:27:19,768 I was complaining one day in the hutch 633 00:27:19,812 --> 00:27:23,772 about being so overwhelmingly controlled, 634 00:27:23,816 --> 00:27:25,992 and my mentor at the Playboy Club-- 635 00:27:26,035 --> 00:27:27,863 her name was Lynn-- 636 00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:30,170 and she said"Well, there's a reason for that." 637 00:27:30,213 --> 00:27:32,128 ♪ 638 00:27:32,172 --> 00:27:35,697 Well, I had no idea how good of a reason it was. 639 00:27:35,741 --> 00:27:38,700 ♪ 640 00:27:38,744 --> 00:27:41,660 About a year or so before I got there, 641 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:45,576 there were a group of girls who were approached 642 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:49,580 by some men who came into the resort 643 00:27:49,624 --> 00:27:52,366 and told them they were big Hollywood producers. 644 00:27:52,409 --> 00:27:55,630 And they wanted them to be in a movie. 645 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:59,242 And the girls agreed to meet with these men 646 00:27:59,286 --> 00:28:04,378 outside of the Playboy compound to do this movie. 647 00:28:04,421 --> 00:28:06,162 ♪ 648 00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:07,860 "Here's an address, 649 00:28:07,903 --> 00:28:09,383 "bring a bunch of girls with you, 650 00:28:09,426 --> 00:28:10,906 "and come up to this A-frame 651 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:12,386 up in the mountains in McAfee." 652 00:28:12,429 --> 00:28:14,693 ♪ 653 00:28:14,736 --> 00:28:17,521 Some of the girls told other gls. 654 00:28:17,608 --> 00:28:20,394 They all went, thinking that they were going to be 655 00:28:20,481 --> 00:28:22,613 in a Hollywood production. 656 00:28:22,657 --> 00:28:24,528 The girls went up there, and they were drugged. 657 00:28:24,572 --> 00:28:26,226 ♪ 658 00:28:26,269 --> 00:28:27,836 And they were raped, 659 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,578 and they videotaped them. 660 00:28:30,621 --> 00:28:33,102 ♪ 661 00:28:33,146 --> 00:28:36,062 And they were kept there for a couple of days. 662 00:28:36,105 --> 00:28:40,240 ♪ 663 00:28:43,112 --> 00:28:46,202 They were told, if they told anybody, 664 00:28:46,289 --> 00:28:49,553 that the videos would go out and broadcast the videos, 665 00:28:49,597 --> 00:28:52,252 and that their careers would be over, 666 00:28:52,295 --> 00:28:54,471 and their lives would be over. 667 00:28:54,515 --> 00:28:57,518 They were afraid to tell Playboy what had happened. 668 00:28:57,561 --> 00:29:01,478 However, it got out, because the girls talk to each other. 669 00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:05,091 It was so unbelievable that somethi like that 670 00:29:05,134 --> 00:29:07,920 would happen in a tiny little town 671 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,878 called Great Gorge, NeJersey. 672 00:29:09,922 --> 00:29:12,751 It rocked Playboy's world. 673 00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,665 ♪ 674 00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:20,367 It was not a time that they would want such a scandal, 675 00:29:20,410 --> 00:29:24,893 because this washe 25th anniversary of Playboy. 676 00:29:24,937 --> 00:29:26,503 So all these girls were fired. 677 00:29:26,547 --> 00:29:28,375 They were told to get off the property 678 00:29:28,418 --> 00:29:30,029 and never come back. 679 00:29:30,072 --> 00:29:31,639 They were newbies, 680 00:29:31,682 --> 00:29:33,510 so they didn't have Bunny friends. 681 00:29:33,597 --> 00:29:35,425 They didn't have the senior Bunnies. 682 00:29:35,469 --> 00:29:37,297 They were never offered therapy. 683 00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:40,604 They never went to a doctor. They never had any help. 684 00:29:40,648 --> 00:29:43,129 These are your employees. You're not going to help them? 685 00:29:43,172 --> 00:29:44,608 ♪ 686 00:29:44,695 --> 00:29:46,436 My understanding is, 687 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,135 they investigated what happened. 688 00:29:49,222 --> 00:29:52,225 The gu were caught and arrested. 689 00:29:52,268 --> 00:29:56,707 And Playboy corporate descended on Great Gorge 690 00:29:56,751 --> 00:30:01,016 and did whatever Playboy had to do at that time 691 00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:07,240 to minimize the result of such a horrible situation 692 00:30:07,283 --> 00:30:09,720 happening at one of their clubs. 693 00:30:09,764 --> 00:30:11,853 I think Playboy, athat time, 694 00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:13,942 was extremely powerful. 695 00:30:13,986 --> 00:30:18,729 And many of the girls never knew that that had transpired. 696 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:21,080 It was almost like, "Don't talk about this. 697 00:30:21,123 --> 00:30:22,951 We're not allowed talk aut this." 698 00:30:23,038 --> 00:30:25,867 You could get fired for talking about it. 699 00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:27,564 We were not allowed to talk about it, 700 00:30:27,651 --> 00:30:28,652 and when you have your Bunny meeting 701 00:30:28,696 --> 00:30:29,740 with all the girls, 702 00:30:29,784 --> 00:30:30,785 you are to tell them 703 00:30:30,829 --> 00:30:33,222 to silence themselves. 704 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:36,008 - Not to bring it up. - Not to talk abouit. 705 00:30:36,051 --> 00:30:38,488 ♪ 706 00:30:38,532 --> 00:30:40,621 I think about those girls. 707 00:30:40,664 --> 00:30:45,582 They went into it with naivete and with fun and excitement. 708 00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:49,978 And then to be muffled, discarded, 709 00:30:50,065 --> 00:30:51,414 like it didn't matter? 710 00:30:51,501 --> 00:30:53,286 ♪ ♪ 711 00:30:53,373 --> 00:30:56,115 And you would think that Playboy mht want 712 00:30:56,158 --> 00:31:01,294 to help young ladies 713 00:31:01,381 --> 00:31:04,558 by pparing them for something like that, 714 00:31:04,601 --> 00:31:06,734 but that didn't happen, 715 00:31:06,777 --> 00:31:11,391 because the image of the Playboy Bunny 716 00:31:11,478 --> 00:31:15,221 had to remn sterling silver. 717 00:31:21,140 --> 00:31:24,273 There were girls that were silenced after being raped 718 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,928 in parng lots outside the clubs. 719 00:31:27,015 --> 00:31:29,104 And they would go to their Bunny Mothers 720 00:31:29,191 --> 00:31:30,932 and tell the Bunny Mothers, and some wouldn't. 721 00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:33,108 It was a lucrative job. 722 00:31:33,152 --> 00:31:37,808 They were afraid to come forward with a VIP assault. 723 00:31:37,852 --> 00:31:39,419 They would lose their job, 724 00:31:39,462 --> 00:31:41,334 because that's how it worked with Playboy. 725 00:31:41,377 --> 00:31:43,771 You open your mouth, you're outta here. 726 00:31:43,814 --> 00:31:45,512 And there was a constant turnover 727 00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:47,601 of Bunnies, constant. 728 00:31:47,644 --> 00:31:49,864 In the 10 years that I wked for Playboy, 729 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:52,867 I would venture to say that there were probably 730 00:31:52,911 --> 00:31:56,784 40 to 50 young women that were silenced by Playboy 731 00:31:56,827 --> 00:32:00,179 because of abuse, sexual abuse. 732 00:32:00,222 --> 00:32:03,530 I was dating Joe Piastro, who was the head of security. 733 00:32:03,573 --> 00:32:05,140 And we were part of the cleanup crew. 734 00:32:05,184 --> 00:32:07,708 In other words, if anything scandalo happened, 735 00:32:07,751 --> 00:32:10,015 we had to clean it up so it wouldn't hit the press 736 00:32:10,058 --> 00:32:12,539 and it certainly wouldn't go to the police department. 737 00:32:12,626 --> 00:32:14,671 And there were scandals in every club. 738 00:32:14,715 --> 00:32:17,239 You weren't allowed to take them to a hospital. 739 00:32:17,283 --> 00:32:20,460 You had to call Playboy security, 740 00:32:20,503 --> 00:32:23,376 and Playboy security had to handle everything. 741 00:32:23,419 --> 00:32:25,900 That was the cleanup crew. 742 00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:28,947 It was a big thing, for Hefner, 743 00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:31,471 to not have that kind ofeat. 744 00:32:31,514 --> 00:32:34,517 He did not want the LAPD coming down on him. 745 00:32:34,561 --> 00:32:37,433 He had a lot of protection within that force. 746 00:32:37,477 --> 00:32:41,350 And the security there were ex-LAPD officers. 747 00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:43,309 Neil Spots came onboard 748 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:46,442 as the West Coast manager of security. 749 00:32:46,529 --> 00:32:51,970 And Neil was a retired LAPD intelligence detective. 750 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:55,538 Neil was a key player within the intelligence division. 751 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:58,454 So there's no question at Neil Spot 752 00:32:58,498 --> 00:33:02,197 had his fingers in a lot of pies. 753 00:33:02,197 --> 00:33:04,460 And so if there was anybody that had the power 754 00:33:04,504 --> 00:33:06,897 to make something go away, 755 00:33:06,941 --> 00:33:08,725 that would be Neil. 756 00:33:08,812 --> 00:33:10,205 ♪ ♪ 757 00:33:10,249 --> 00:33:11,990 I worked for Playboy, 758 00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:14,296 and I protected the brand. 759 00:33:14,340 --> 00:33:17,169 If a girl had committed an indiscretion 760 00:33:17,256 --> 00:33:19,084 or if she got in trouble, 761 00:33:19,127 --> 00:33:21,260 I would nimize it. 762 00:33:21,303 --> 00:33:22,565 I did damage control. 763 00:33:22,609 --> 00:33:24,350 Miki Garcia says that she was 764 00:33:24,393 --> 00:33:26,874 part of a cleanup crew 765 00:33:26,917 --> 00:33:28,528 at Playboy. - Mm-hmm. 766 00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:30,573 Can you confirm the existence of a cleanup crew? 767 00:33:30,617 --> 00:33:32,358 Oh, yeah. 768 00:33:32,401 --> 00:33:34,577 That's absolutely true. 769 00:33:34,621 --> 00:33:37,711 She was totally involved in that. 770 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:38,973 ♪ 771 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:43,499 It was a fairly well-kept secret. 772 00:33:43,543 --> 00:33:46,241 When I was first hired, 773 00:33:46,285 --> 00:33:49,766 Joe Piastro sat me down, and he says, 774 00:33:49,810 --> 00:33:54,293 "If you ever go to the 'National Enquirer,' 775 00:33:54,336 --> 00:33:56,730 "if you ever talk to t media 776 00:33:56,773 --> 00:33:59,515 "about anything that you see here, 777 00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:01,387 you're going to wish you hadn't." 778 00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:03,128 ♪ 779 00:34:03,171 --> 00:34:04,912 And that was part of the deal at Playboy, you know. 780 00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:06,566 ♪ 781 00:34:06,609 --> 00:34:10,700 You're expected to protect Playboy. 782 00:34:10,744 --> 00:34:14,617 You know, someone would catch wind of it. 783 00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:18,621 But hey, if she's saying stuff to--'re concerned 784 00:34:18,665 --> 00:34:22,147 that she might go to the media, 785 00:34:22,190 --> 00:34:23,626 and that's where the cleanup crew came in. 786 00:34:23,713 --> 00:34:26,064 ♪ ♪ 787 00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:27,804 If you were at the Mansion, 788 00:34:27,848 --> 00:34:31,765 you were encouraged to talk and enga with VIPs. 789 00:34:31,808 --> 00:34:33,636 That was the whole point of being up there. 790 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,552 We were all told, "Yeah, go talk to this one. 791 00:34:36,596 --> 00:34:38,815 Go hang out with this one." 792 00:34:38,859 --> 00:34:41,340 There were situations where Bunnies would go up 793 00:34:41,383 --> 00:34:43,733 to the Mansion whether they were drun 794 00:34:43,777 --> 00:34:46,562 cursing, drugged up, 795 00:34:46,606 --> 00:34:50,871 having sex in the bushes with VIPs. 796 00:34:50,958 --> 00:34:54,222 We had to cleathem up, straighten them out, 797 00:34:54,266 --> 00:34:56,485 and the Playboy limo would take them home. 798 00:34:56,572 --> 00:34:58,139 ♪ ♪ 799 00:34:58,183 --> 00:35:00,315 My name is Russell Miller, and I wrote 800 00:35:00,402 --> 00:35:04,493 "Bunny: The Real Story of Playboy" in 1984. 801 00:35:04,537 --> 00:35:07,017 At the time I was doing the book, 802 00:35:07,061 --> 00:35:12,675 I probably interviewed between 15 and 20 ex-Bunnies. 803 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,417 The Bunnies that I talked to all told 804 00:35:15,504 --> 00:35:17,027 more or less the same story. 805 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,812 ♪ ♪ 806 00:35:18,855 --> 00:35:22,163 It was an experience they wouldn't want to repeat. 807 00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:24,992 You know, Hefner often wanted 808 00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:26,863 to have anal intercourse with them. 809 00:35:26,907 --> 00:35:28,996 A lot of them hadn't had that experience before, 810 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:30,780 and didn't like it, 811 00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:34,001 and felt somehow that they weren't sort of good enough 812 00:35:34,044 --> 00:35:35,350 for even a cuddle, 813 00:35:35,394 --> 00:35:39,528 but it was just this mechanical act, 814 00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:42,314 which was unpleasant and painful. 815 00:35:42,357 --> 00:35:44,490 A lot of the women were sodomized, 816 00:35:44,533 --> 00:35:47,362 because they didn't want to get them pregnant. 817 00:35:47,449 --> 00:35:50,322 When the men finished off, they just left them. 818 00:35:50,365 --> 00:35:52,019 Dropped them off. Left them. 819 00:35:52,062 --> 00:35:54,195 ♪ 820 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,023 No woman deserves to be treated 821 00:35:56,066 --> 00:35:58,156 like a piece of meat. 822 00:35:58,199 --> 00:36:00,723 You're supposed to protect these girls. 823 00:36:00,810 --> 00:36:03,683 I was angry. I couldn't believe it. 824 00:36:03,726 --> 00:36:06,120 ♪ 825 00:36:06,207 --> 00:36:08,949 The culture of Playboy was fun and games, 826 00:36:08,992 --> 00:36:11,038 and they could do whatever they wanted to do. 827 00:36:11,081 --> 00:36:13,040 Bunnies were easy prey. 828 00:36:13,083 --> 00:36:14,346 ♪ 829 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,700 Yeah, there was--there was a really bad thing 830 00:36:20,743 --> 00:36:24,486 that happened with two of these young Bunnies 831 00:36:24,530 --> 00:36:28,708 and a major VIP keyholder. 832 00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:32,712 And this story was a story of a massive cleanup 833 00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:34,757 that never hit the press. 834 00:36:34,801 --> 00:36:37,456 It was probably the most horrific story 835 00:36:37,499 --> 00:36:39,066 I've ever heard in Playboy. 836 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:47,292 Two of my baby Bunnies-- and I call them baby Bunnies 837 00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:49,076 'cause they were 20 and 21 years old 838 00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:51,121 or 21 and 22 years old. 839 00:36:51,209 --> 00:36:52,384 They were sisters, 840 00:36:52,427 --> 00:36:53,776 and I hired them on the spot 841 00:36:53,820 --> 00:36:55,865 'cause they were absolutely adorable. 842 00:36:55,952 --> 00:36:57,650 They just got done training, 843 00:36:57,693 --> 00:36:59,565 and they were excited to be 844 00:36:59,608 --> 00:37:01,784 in California and to Hollywood. 845 00:37:01,871 --> 00:37:03,438 And theyent to Carlos 'N Charlie's, 846 00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:05,919 which was the place that everybody went to 847 00:37:06,006 --> 00:37:07,834 to dance and to have fun. 848 00:37:07,877 --> 00:37:10,402 Don Cornelius, who was well known for being 849 00:37:10,489 --> 00:37:12,186 the host of "Soul Train," 850 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,319 was there in the VIP area. 851 00:37:14,406 --> 00:37:15,494 ♪ ♪ 852 00:37:15,581 --> 00:37:16,930 And welcome aboard. 853 00:37:16,973 --> 00:37:19,628 I can guarantee you'll enjoy the ride. 854 00:37:19,672 --> 00:37:23,632 Don Cornelius was a Playboy VIP gold member. 855 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,982 And he iited the baby Bunnies 856 00:37:26,026 --> 00:37:27,593 to sit in his booth 857 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,247 and had drinks with them. 858 00:37:29,290 --> 00:37:31,771 And then he invited them to go back to his house, 859 00:37:31,814 --> 00:37:33,468 'cause he was going to have a party. 860 00:37:33,555 --> 00:37:37,255 And they decided to go to the party, 861 00:37:37,342 --> 00:37:39,735 thinking it was just a party. 862 00:37:39,779 --> 00:37:43,217 And it was encouraged to take care of the big VIPs. 863 00:37:43,304 --> 00:37:44,958 And Don Cornelius-- 864 00:37:45,045 --> 00:37:46,873 he had been in the club many times, 865 00:37:46,916 --> 00:37:48,396 many people saw him, 866 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,747 so they di't have any fear at the time. 867 00:37:51,834 --> 00:37:54,924 And these two young girls got in his Rolls Royce 868 00:37:54,968 --> 00:37:56,665 and went up to his house. 869 00:37:56,709 --> 00:37:59,886 And we didn't hear from em for three days 870 00:37:59,973 --> 00:38:02,192 and couldn't figure out where they were. 871 00:38:02,236 --> 00:38:05,152 These two young Bunnies re at Don Cornelius' house, 872 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:06,719 and they were separate 873 00:38:06,762 --> 00:38:08,286 One was locked in one room, 874 00:38:08,329 --> 00:38:11,550 and the other was in another room, 875 00:38:11,593 --> 00:38:13,465 tied up and bound. 876 00:38:13,508 --> 00:38:15,989 Anthe sister could hear her screaming. 877 00:38:16,076 --> 00:38:21,211 And there were wooden objects that she was sodomized with. 878 00:38:21,255 --> 00:38:24,650 And she could hear her other sister being brutalized. 879 00:38:24,737 --> 00:38:28,262 It was horrible. Horrible. 880 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,829 One of the girls managed to get out 881 00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:31,134 and make a phone call 882 00:38:31,178 --> 00:38:32,875 to the Bun Mother at the time. 883 00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:37,227 And as Playboy rules were, you uldn't call the police. 884 00:38:37,271 --> 00:38:39,839 You call the Mansion and Joe Piastro. 885 00:38:39,882 --> 00:38:42,276 And they went and got the Bunnies 886 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,671 bloody, battered, drugged. 887 00:38:45,714 --> 00:38:49,544 And that's when Playboy security takes over. 888 00:38:49,588 --> 00:38:51,807 ♪ 889 00:38:51,894 --> 00:38:53,374 The Bunny Mother at the time 890 00:38:53,418 --> 00:38:56,551 was my assistant before I moved to Chicago, 891 00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:59,380 and she was part of the cleanup crew, 892 00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:01,251 and she had to clean up these girls. 893 00:39:01,339 --> 00:39:03,689 She wasn't allowed to take them to a hospital. 894 00:39:03,732 --> 00:39:05,734 She had to take care of these young women 895 00:39:05,778 --> 00:39:08,433 and to keep it out of the press. 896 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,522 And I think Hefner knew all about this. 897 00:39:12,524 --> 00:39:15,265 Because Joe Piastro told me he had to do a report 898 00:39:15,309 --> 00:39:17,920 every single day if anything happened. 899 00:39:18,007 --> 00:39:20,880 And Hefner read the security reports. 900 00:39:20,923 --> 00:39:24,840 Security there was not about making sure 901 00:39:24,884 --> 00:39:25,972 these girls were safe. 902 00:39:26,015 --> 00:39:27,365 It was about making sure 903 00:39:27,408 --> 00:39:28,975 that the guests didn't do anything 904 00:39:29,018 --> 00:39:30,716 that Hefner would not have wanted them to do, 905 00:39:30,803 --> 00:39:32,892 the same way if you go to a nightclub, 906 00:39:32,935 --> 00:39:35,721 the security guards there are not there 907 00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:38,985 to make sure that you get home intact. 908 00:39:39,028 --> 00:39:42,031 They're there to make sure at the club remains intact, 909 00:39:42,075 --> 00:39:43,946 at this property is intact. 910 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,645 Why would we believe that the safety 911 00:39:46,688 --> 00:39:49,125 and the security of these women we a priority 912 00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:51,519 when we have so much evidence to the contrary? 913 00:39:51,563 --> 00:39:53,391 I blame myself a lot. 914 00:39:53,434 --> 00:39:56,524 I have such guilt about not coming forward, 915 00:39:56,568 --> 00:39:59,919 but I knew that the establishment 916 00:40:00,006 --> 00:40:01,964 wouldn't allow me toome forward. 917 00:40:02,008 --> 00:40:06,229 And who's going to believe me? Nobody's going to believe me. 918 00:40:06,273 --> 00:40:07,883 These girls didn't want to come forward. 919 00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:09,537 I asked them. 920 00:40:09,624 --> 00:40:12,322 For these young girls, what they went through, 921 00:40:12,366 --> 00:40:14,760 you--nobody has any idea. 922 00:40:14,803 --> 00:40:17,458 My job was to pick up the pieces. 923 00:40:17,502 --> 00:40:19,721 I had to pick up the pieces of these kids. 924 00:40:19,808 --> 00:40:21,941 They were kids. 925 00:40:22,028 --> 00:40:23,682 Hefner definitely knew. 926 00:40:23,725 --> 00:40:25,510 Knew all the time. He knew. 927 00:40:25,553 --> 00:40:27,990 Hugh Hefner, are you a moral person? 928 00:40:28,077 --> 00:40:30,689 Well, that is a part of my life 929 00:40:30,732 --> 00:40:34,127 which is particularly important to me. 930 00:40:34,170 --> 00:40:36,390 So many of my dreams ha come true, 931 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:38,174 and with it, obviously, has come wealth and celebrity 932 00:40:38,218 --> 00:40:39,872 and a great deal of power. 933 00:40:39,915 --> 00:40:41,787 And it is in a situation like that 934 00:40:41,830 --> 00:40:45,399 when you really begin to find out who you are as a person 935 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,096 and you begin to really find out 936 00:40:47,140 --> 00:40:49,403 what your moralityis really all about. 937 00:40:49,490 --> 00:40:53,276 And one of thehings that is most important to me 938 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,669 is the way that I handle that. 939 00:40:54,713 --> 00:40:58,368 ♪ 940 00:40:58,412 --> 00:41:02,416 I feel very bad that I had to keep my mouth closed 941 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:06,072 when I wanteto cuddle these girls and take them home 942 00:41:06,115 --> 00:41:07,769 and get them some therap 943 00:41:07,813 --> 00:41:09,771 and get them some medical care, 944 00:41:09,815 --> 00:41:13,514 not just ship them off like they were trash. 945 00:41:13,558 --> 00:41:16,125 The thing that was so outrageous to me, 946 00:41:16,212 --> 00:41:21,304 that made meo angry, is that no charges were filed, 947 00:41:21,391 --> 00:41:25,221 and Don Cornelius' privileges as a number one VIP 948 00:41:25,265 --> 00:41:26,701 was never suspended. 949 00:41:26,745 --> 00:41:29,487 He was back in the club the following week. 950 00:41:29,530 --> 00:41:32,968 Back in the club the following week. 951 00:41:33,012 --> 00:41:36,798 I think a moral person is one who approaches his life 952 00:41:36,885 --> 00:41:45,633 or her life in a way that itas a positive influence, 953 00:41:45,677 --> 00:41:47,592 before you were there. 954 00:41:47,635 --> 00:41:50,551 I'm the most moral millionaire that I've ever known. 955 00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:52,422 ♪ 956 00:41:52,466 --> 00:41:54,120 As a Bunny, you felt powerful, 957 00:41:54,207 --> 00:41:57,210 you felt glamorous, you felt attractive, 958 00:42:00,779 --> 00:42:03,303 could be a liability 959 00:42:03,346 --> 00:42:05,305 when you took it off. 960 00:42:05,392 --> 00:42:08,308 You lost your power without the costume. 961 00:42:08,351 --> 00:42:10,179 Didn't have protection. 962 00:42:40,949 --> 00:42:42,255 I heard the rumors that you could get 963 00:42:42,342 --> 00:42:43,778 whatever you wanted in the Mansion. 964 00:42:43,778 --> 00:42:45,650 If you wanted marijuana, you could get it. 965 00:42:45,693 --> 00:42:47,782 If you wanted cocaine, you could get it. 966 00:42:47,826 --> 00:42:52,352 Playboy was a natural target for law enforcement. 967 00:42:52,395 --> 00:42:55,790 Bobbie Arnstein was arrested outside the Playboy Mansion. 968 00:42:55,834 --> 00:42:57,705 And she was accused of conspiracy 969 00:42:57,749 --> 00:42:59,533 to distribute cocaine. 970 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:03,319 All they wanted her for was to flip on Hef. 971 00:43:03,363 --> 00:43:06,671 Narcotics agents frequently use our severe drug laws 972 00:43:06,714 --> 00:43:08,629 in an arbitrary and capricious manner 973 00:43:08,673 --> 00:43:11,284 to elicit the desired testimony for a trial. 974 00:43:11,327 --> 00:43:14,069 The feds suspected that both Bobbie Arnstein 975 00:43:14,113 --> 00:43:16,028 and my sister, Adrienne, 976 00:43:16,115 --> 00:43:19,248 were involved in trafficking drugs for Playboy.