1 00:00:10,053 --> 00:00:12,403 All right, Miki. 2 00:00:12,534 --> 00:00:14,057 Are you ready? 3 00:00:14,144 --> 00:00:15,450 I'm ready. 4 00:00:17,104 --> 00:00:18,105 Who is Miki Garcia? 5 00:00:18,192 --> 00:00:20,324 Who is Miki Garcia? 6 00:00:20,411 --> 00:00:22,718 Her name was always in the air. 7 00:00:22,848 --> 00:00:26,069 Miki Garcia, she has the facts. 8 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,290 She was Miss January of 1973 9 00:00:29,377 --> 00:00:31,248 and served as director of Playmate promotions 10 00:00:31,335 --> 00:00:34,164 from 1976 to 1982. 11 00:00:34,251 --> 00:00:37,385 I myself believed the Playboy promise-- 12 00:00:37,472 --> 00:00:40,040 all these opportunities for women. 13 00:00:40,127 --> 00:00:42,868 I was touting the brand. 14 00:00:42,955 --> 00:00:45,871 I had dreams of going up the corporate ladder, 15 00:00:45,958 --> 00:00:49,832 but Playboy was the culture of sexual power, 16 00:00:49,962 --> 00:00:53,401 where somebody could fondle you or grab you. 17 00:00:53,531 --> 00:00:55,011 It was nothing if you didn't have someone come up 18 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:56,447 and grind you from behind, 19 00:00:56,578 --> 00:00:58,406 but I could never have said anything. 20 00:00:58,536 --> 00:01:00,147 We didn't have a voice. 21 00:01:00,234 --> 00:01:02,279 Women were disposable. 22 00:01:02,410 --> 00:01:04,368 The sexual harassment and the abuse 23 00:01:04,455 --> 00:01:07,632 that they suffered, it had to stop. 24 00:01:07,763 --> 00:01:10,505 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:10,592 --> 00:01:12,028 My name is Hugh Hefner. 26 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:13,769 I'm editor/publisher of "Playboy" magazine. 27 00:01:13,899 --> 00:01:15,771 When Hugh Hefner was just 27, 28 00:01:15,858 --> 00:01:18,121 he fashioned himself and Playboy 29 00:01:18,208 --> 00:01:20,471 as the face of sexual liberation. 30 00:01:20,602 --> 00:01:21,994 Playboy is one of the most famous 31 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:24,040 brand names in the world. 32 00:01:24,171 --> 00:01:25,694 I would like to be remembered as somebody 33 00:01:25,781 --> 00:01:27,522 who played some positive part 34 00:01:27,652 --> 00:01:31,482 in changing the social sexual values of my time. 35 00:01:31,569 --> 00:01:36,096 I believe that Hef pulled one over on the whole world. 36 00:01:36,226 --> 00:01:39,403 The fantasy of Playboy that he created did not allow 37 00:01:39,534 --> 00:01:42,450 for the consent of the women. 38 00:01:42,537 --> 00:01:44,278 When it came to Hefner's buddies, 39 00:01:44,408 --> 00:01:46,584 you had to keep those secrets quiet. 40 00:01:46,671 --> 00:01:48,282 What have you got for free? 41 00:01:48,369 --> 00:01:50,414 When you get someone that powerful, 42 00:01:50,501 --> 00:01:52,851 anything could happen, anything. 43 00:01:52,982 --> 00:01:54,462 The people who were really there, 44 00:01:54,549 --> 00:01:55,941 they're the ones who know the real truth. 45 00:01:56,028 --> 00:01:57,943 I want to be a voice 46 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:00,772 for the women that suffered the most at his hands. 47 00:02:00,859 --> 00:02:07,823 ♪ ♪ 48 00:02:22,968 --> 00:02:27,843 This is my model release, okay? 49 00:02:27,973 --> 00:02:30,454 This has never been shown before 50 00:02:30,585 --> 00:02:32,108 because Playboy would not 51 00:02:32,239 --> 00:02:36,199 give the Playmates a copy of their contracts. 52 00:02:36,286 --> 00:02:39,071 I kept notes the whole time I was there. 53 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:43,641 I've done this research and documentation for so long. 54 00:02:43,728 --> 00:02:46,340 It's really hard to trust anyone with it. 55 00:02:49,081 --> 00:02:51,954 If I could, I'd sleep with it. 56 00:02:52,084 --> 00:02:56,698 And all of this work that I do, it was meant 57 00:02:56,828 --> 00:03:00,092 to bring Hefner to justice. 58 00:03:00,223 --> 00:03:05,054 ♪ ♪ 59 00:03:05,141 --> 00:03:07,839 Being director of Playmate promotions, 60 00:03:07,926 --> 00:03:12,975 I really felt a responsibility to the Playmates. 61 00:03:13,105 --> 00:03:16,152 I recognized whatever I could do for these women 62 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:18,546 in their ambitions and their careers, 63 00:03:18,633 --> 00:03:21,288 that it would be good for Playboy. 64 00:03:21,375 --> 00:03:25,770 I believed in the pitch because I had not seen the future. 65 00:03:25,901 --> 00:03:27,424 ♪ ♪ 66 00:03:27,511 --> 00:03:30,427 I didn't know the fallout that could come from it. 67 00:03:30,558 --> 00:03:32,429 ♪ ♪ 68 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,302 When Playboy found me, I was competing 69 00:03:35,389 --> 00:03:37,478 for the Miss California World Pageant 70 00:03:37,565 --> 00:03:41,090 in the summer of 1972. 71 00:03:41,177 --> 00:03:43,962 I really wanted to be a psychiatrist. 72 00:03:44,049 --> 00:03:47,096 My father said, "You get the education, Miki." 73 00:03:47,183 --> 00:03:49,403 We just didn't have the funds to do it. 74 00:03:51,448 --> 00:03:55,060 And so I went ahead, and I did modeling. 75 00:03:55,147 --> 00:03:58,281 When I entered the pageant, Marilyn Grabowski, 76 00:03:58,368 --> 00:04:01,937 who was the West Coast photo editor at the time, 77 00:04:02,067 --> 00:04:04,156 she was one of the judges. 78 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:08,160 I didn't win the pageant, but I got first runner-up. 79 00:04:08,291 --> 00:04:12,034 She came backstage, gave me her card, 80 00:04:12,121 --> 00:04:13,818 and she said, 81 00:04:13,949 --> 00:04:17,518 "You should be a Playboy Playmate." 82 00:04:17,605 --> 00:04:20,782 And I told her, "I'm never taking my clothes off." 83 00:04:20,912 --> 00:04:23,611 I used to go to Mass every morning, 84 00:04:23,698 --> 00:04:26,527 and my parents were very strict. 85 00:04:26,614 --> 00:04:31,314 So I had that foundation of Catholicism, 86 00:04:31,401 --> 00:04:35,797 but Marilyn really gave me an incredible pitch. 87 00:04:35,927 --> 00:04:37,538 She kept saying, "Listen, 88 00:04:37,668 --> 00:04:40,018 "do you know the money these women make? 89 00:04:40,105 --> 00:04:43,979 "Do you know the opportunities that you would have? 90 00:04:44,109 --> 00:04:48,070 "This is the time for women to be able to express themselves. 91 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,769 "Nudity is beautiful. What we do is art. 92 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:54,381 "This is not a sleazy operation. 93 00:04:54,468 --> 00:04:57,079 The Playmate of the Month is the girl next door." 94 00:04:57,209 --> 00:04:59,560 And I looked at her, 95 00:04:59,647 --> 00:05:03,128 and I asked her about what she did for Playboy. 96 00:05:03,215 --> 00:05:05,348 I don't know about you, but I was kind of surprised 97 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:07,829 to find out that the picture editor of "Playboy" 98 00:05:07,959 --> 00:05:09,439 would turn out to be a girl. 99 00:05:09,526 --> 00:05:10,919 Well, I think a woman can be 100 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:13,225 just as objective in a man in these matters. 101 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:17,795 And besides, I can second-guess Mr. Hefner pretty good. 102 00:05:17,882 --> 00:05:20,972 Marilyn Grabowski was a woman in a top job. 103 00:05:21,059 --> 00:05:24,759 Here was this incredible woman, very strong woman. 104 00:05:24,889 --> 00:05:28,153 It was crazy how much power this woman wielded. 105 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,981 When she walked in the room, everybody was like... 106 00:05:30,068 --> 00:05:33,202 "Marilyn's here." 107 00:05:33,289 --> 00:05:35,596 She was powerful. 108 00:05:35,726 --> 00:05:38,903 I was watching her very carefully, and I said, 109 00:05:39,034 --> 00:05:41,123 "You know, I think I want to be you." 110 00:05:41,210 --> 00:05:43,386 She looked at me a little bit differently... 111 00:05:45,127 --> 00:05:46,694 But she didn't care. 112 00:05:46,781 --> 00:05:48,522 She was thinking, "Hey, let's get her through. 113 00:05:48,609 --> 00:05:50,132 Let's get her through." 114 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:52,961 I truly believed in my heart that I would do well 115 00:05:53,091 --> 00:05:55,137 because I would apply mys-- my dad used that. 116 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:58,662 "Apply yourself, Miki." So I applied myself. 117 00:05:58,749 --> 00:06:00,882 ♪ ♪ 118 00:06:01,012 --> 00:06:04,059 I was Miss January, 1973. 119 00:06:04,146 --> 00:06:06,627 I was one of the first Hispanic Playmates. 120 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:08,672 I was proud of that. 121 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:10,718 To get my leg up a little bit higher, 122 00:06:10,805 --> 00:06:12,763 you know, when I was in that side pose, 123 00:06:12,894 --> 00:06:15,810 they had me put my foot on a red bucket. 124 00:06:15,897 --> 00:06:17,072 You know, isn't this funny? 125 00:06:17,202 --> 00:06:18,378 Everybody thinks, you know, 126 00:06:18,465 --> 00:06:20,292 "Playboy" is so glamorous and all this, 127 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:23,295 and here I am--I've got my foot on a stupid red bucket. 128 00:06:23,383 --> 00:06:25,646 I did do full frontal 129 00:06:25,733 --> 00:06:29,563 because I believed that I had the right to do it. 130 00:06:29,693 --> 00:06:32,392 Absolutely I was judged by people. 131 00:06:32,479 --> 00:06:35,003 But this was the '70s, 132 00:06:35,133 --> 00:06:37,919 and there was that liberation about the body 133 00:06:38,049 --> 00:06:40,008 and the sexual revolution. 134 00:06:40,095 --> 00:06:41,749 We were free. 135 00:06:41,879 --> 00:06:44,186 ♪ ♪ 136 00:06:44,273 --> 00:06:46,057 Over the years, there's been an increase in attacks 137 00:06:46,144 --> 00:06:47,798 from radical feminists, 138 00:06:47,929 --> 00:06:50,148 who view Playboy and Hugh Hefner as the enemy. 139 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:51,672 ♪ ♪ 140 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:56,198 My mother and I, we had had a tiff. 141 00:06:56,328 --> 00:07:00,637 She got so involved in talking about the feminist movement. 142 00:07:00,724 --> 00:07:03,292 I represented everything that she found disgusting 143 00:07:03,379 --> 00:07:05,816 and what she was fighting against. 144 00:07:05,903 --> 00:07:09,864 At Playboy, our opposition was feminists. 145 00:07:09,951 --> 00:07:12,127 People were burning their bras, you know. 146 00:07:12,214 --> 00:07:15,565 It was this whole idea of liberation for women 147 00:07:15,652 --> 00:07:17,698 and women being equal to men. 148 00:07:17,828 --> 00:07:20,352 They felt that women taking their clothes off 149 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,572 to pose for the pleasure of men 150 00:07:22,659 --> 00:07:26,097 was sort of antithetical to feminism. 151 00:07:26,228 --> 00:07:28,752 I was very proud to have women 152 00:07:28,839 --> 00:07:31,363 who'd posed in the magazine saying, 153 00:07:31,494 --> 00:07:34,279 "I have a right to do this. This is my body." 154 00:07:34,366 --> 00:07:36,412 I was actually insulted. 155 00:07:36,499 --> 00:07:41,112 I felt as if I was a feminist myself, for goodness sakes. 156 00:07:41,243 --> 00:07:44,551 Why couldn't they see that I was forging my own path? 157 00:07:44,681 --> 00:07:47,249 ♪ ♪ 158 00:07:47,379 --> 00:07:49,425 I remember we were in Marilyn's office, 159 00:07:49,556 --> 00:07:51,079 and she said, 160 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:54,386 "Miki, you're different than the rest." 161 00:07:54,517 --> 00:07:56,650 ♪ ♪ 162 00:07:56,780 --> 00:07:58,782 She got Hef on the phone. 163 00:07:58,913 --> 00:08:02,786 She says, "I've got Miki Garcia in front of me, 164 00:08:02,873 --> 00:08:06,703 "and, Hef, this is our next Playmate of the Year. 165 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:08,313 She's no bimbo." 166 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,968 ♪ ♪ 167 00:08:11,055 --> 00:08:12,709 And he said, 168 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,755 "Yeah, she's the next Playmate of the Year." 169 00:08:14,885 --> 00:08:16,583 ♪ ♪ 170 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:18,802 Well, you sure know how to pick 'em. 171 00:08:18,889 --> 00:08:21,065 Well, let's say I've had more practice than most people. 172 00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:22,719 - I'd say. - But, actually, of course, 173 00:08:22,806 --> 00:08:25,200 I don't pick the Playmate of the Year by myself. 174 00:08:25,287 --> 00:08:27,681 The editors of "Playboy" do the final selection. 175 00:08:27,768 --> 00:08:28,856 We have... 176 00:08:28,986 --> 00:08:30,248 Ultimately, Hef is the one 177 00:08:30,379 --> 00:08:31,815 who chose the Playmate of the Year. 178 00:08:31,902 --> 00:08:34,644 Was it a fair competition? I don't think so. 179 00:08:34,731 --> 00:08:37,778 The girls did a lot to win that favor, 180 00:08:37,865 --> 00:08:40,171 and he knew that they would, 181 00:08:40,258 --> 00:08:43,435 so he usually played that up. 182 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:46,700 I know he's the one that made the final decision. 183 00:08:46,787 --> 00:08:49,485 If you became Playmate of the Year, 184 00:08:49,572 --> 00:08:51,748 you got more fame, you got more money. 185 00:08:51,879 --> 00:08:54,882 You got more power. Who didn't want that? 186 00:08:55,012 --> 00:08:57,232 ♪ ♪ 187 00:08:57,319 --> 00:08:59,626 After they promised me Playmate of the Year, 188 00:08:59,713 --> 00:09:03,630 Marilyn called me, and she said that Hefner wanted to meet me. 189 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,110 I was worried. 190 00:09:06,241 --> 00:09:08,678 I had been asked to go to the Mansion. 191 00:09:08,765 --> 00:09:10,854 I avoided it, 192 00:09:10,941 --> 00:09:14,597 but I really had no more excuses left, 193 00:09:14,684 --> 00:09:16,947 so I went with her. 194 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:22,083 I was extremely nervous because I just simply knew 195 00:09:22,213 --> 00:09:24,346 that if I didn't go to bed with him, 196 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:26,130 I wasn't going to get Playmate of the Year. 197 00:09:26,217 --> 00:09:29,525 I mean, I had that in my gut. I wasn't for sure. 198 00:09:29,612 --> 00:09:34,095 I just thought, "If he asks and I say no, 199 00:09:34,182 --> 00:09:36,576 "there goes that money out the door 200 00:09:36,663 --> 00:09:38,708 and everything I worked for," right? 201 00:09:38,795 --> 00:09:41,276 What a joke-- it comes to that. 202 00:09:41,406 --> 00:09:42,625 ♪ ♪ 203 00:09:42,756 --> 00:09:44,105 I mean, when I first arrived, 204 00:09:44,192 --> 00:09:45,846 it seemed like most of the women 205 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:47,630 who are coming through and testing for Playmate 206 00:09:47,717 --> 00:09:49,110 felt like they had to sleep with him 207 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:50,546 to get Playmate of the Year. 208 00:09:50,677 --> 00:09:52,330 Not every single one of them did. 209 00:09:52,417 --> 00:09:54,245 There were a few exceptions, 210 00:09:54,332 --> 00:09:57,379 but I think a lot of people felt like they had to. 211 00:09:57,466 --> 00:10:00,208 I think it was known that they were sort of expected to. 212 00:10:00,338 --> 00:10:01,905 Yeah, in order to get Playmate of the Year, 213 00:10:02,036 --> 00:10:04,212 you had to do some pretty wild things up in the bedroom 214 00:10:04,299 --> 00:10:05,996 with Hef and his friends. 215 00:10:06,083 --> 00:10:07,998 You had to vie for that position. 216 00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:11,088 ♪ ♪ 217 00:10:11,219 --> 00:10:13,308 It was Christmastime. 218 00:10:13,395 --> 00:10:16,137 Hefner was opening up some presents, 219 00:10:16,224 --> 00:10:17,791 and Marilyn said to me, 220 00:10:17,921 --> 00:10:21,925 "Miki, you have to go talk to Hef now." 221 00:10:22,012 --> 00:10:24,319 And I knew what that meant. 222 00:10:24,449 --> 00:10:27,235 I said, "I don't think so." 223 00:10:27,322 --> 00:10:31,152 And she said, "I'm telling you right now, it's now or never. 224 00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:32,849 "I mean it. 225 00:10:32,936 --> 00:10:35,373 Go talk to him." 226 00:10:35,460 --> 00:10:39,508 And I knew it meant that I had to go over there 227 00:10:39,595 --> 00:10:42,598 and beg for that Playmate of the Year title 228 00:10:42,729 --> 00:10:44,034 and be vulnerable to him. 229 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:45,470 I knew that. 230 00:10:45,601 --> 00:10:47,342 She didn't have to say it. 231 00:10:47,472 --> 00:10:49,170 I just kept looking at Hefner, 232 00:10:49,257 --> 00:10:52,564 and he was unwrapping this one present, 233 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:55,219 and it would say "large dildo." 234 00:10:55,350 --> 00:11:00,442 And he had this big smile, this giggle. 235 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:03,793 It just turned me off so much inside, 236 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,710 I said, "No, I'm not going to do it." 237 00:11:07,841 --> 00:11:09,930 And she says, "Well, then, okay." 238 00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:13,324 That was it. We drove back. 239 00:11:13,455 --> 00:11:16,719 She didn't say anything to me. We went into her office. 240 00:11:16,806 --> 00:11:19,679 There were other women there, the gals. 241 00:11:19,809 --> 00:11:22,812 It was all champagne flutes, 242 00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:27,469 and poured it. 243 00:11:27,599 --> 00:11:30,777 And then she made a toast... 244 00:11:30,864 --> 00:11:32,561 to the new Playmate of the Year, 245 00:11:32,648 --> 00:11:34,258 Cyndi Wood. 246 00:11:37,392 --> 00:11:39,481 ♪ ♪ 247 00:11:39,568 --> 00:11:43,615 That was--that was my first business lesson, 248 00:11:43,746 --> 00:11:45,400 so to speak, from you Hugh Hefner. 249 00:11:55,018 --> 00:11:57,107 I'm not saying that Cyndi slept with him. 250 00:11:57,238 --> 00:11:59,675 I don't know what the relationship was. 251 00:11:59,762 --> 00:12:01,285 All I know is 252 00:12:01,372 --> 00:12:04,332 that I didn't like anyone putting me in a corner. 253 00:12:04,419 --> 00:12:06,943 I hate corners. 254 00:12:07,030 --> 00:12:10,120 No, I wasn't going to be a bed partner to him, 255 00:12:10,251 --> 00:12:12,601 but he was gonna damn well respect me. 256 00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:17,040 I was going to move forward and get more power 257 00:12:17,127 --> 00:12:20,609 as an executive and call the shots. 258 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,525 I had an opportunity when the person 259 00:12:23,612 --> 00:12:27,181 who was running Playmate promotions left. 260 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:31,707 The promotions department was the big revenue for Playboy. 261 00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:34,057 The job was to go out there 262 00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:37,757 and be the best representative of Playboy that they could. 263 00:12:37,887 --> 00:12:41,108 And so any kind of event that somebody might have, 264 00:12:41,195 --> 00:12:43,066 oftentimes they would want a Playmate 265 00:12:43,153 --> 00:12:46,678 at that event to draw in customers. 266 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,507 Not everyone got to do Playmate promotions, 267 00:12:49,594 --> 00:12:52,162 but if you could have a pleasant personality 268 00:12:52,249 --> 00:12:57,037 and be able to work with people and take pictures with fans, 269 00:12:57,167 --> 00:13:01,041 you know, hey, you're gonna make $200 a day. 270 00:13:01,171 --> 00:13:05,741 I did Playmate promotions for 31/2 years. 271 00:13:05,828 --> 00:13:07,743 I was sent to do car shows. 272 00:13:07,874 --> 00:13:09,440 We would visit veterans, 273 00:13:09,527 --> 00:13:12,966 hospitals, stereo shops, whatever. 274 00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:16,099 I had done it all, and I thought, 275 00:13:16,186 --> 00:13:18,754 "Okay, I have this opportunity." 276 00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:21,931 I become head of it. I'm gonna make them look great. 277 00:13:23,715 --> 00:13:27,241 If I could bring something to the interview 278 00:13:27,328 --> 00:13:29,634 that they couldn't discount... 279 00:13:29,721 --> 00:13:32,812 then maybe I had a chance. 280 00:13:32,942 --> 00:13:35,727 So I went to a good friend of mine, 281 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:40,123 Robert Larivee who started all the Autoramas. 282 00:13:40,254 --> 00:13:43,083 He said, "I'll tell you what, if they make you head 283 00:13:43,170 --> 00:13:44,519 "of Playmate promotions, 284 00:13:44,606 --> 00:13:48,566 "I'm going to swing all of my business 285 00:13:48,653 --> 00:13:50,133 "to Playmate promotions. 286 00:13:50,264 --> 00:13:51,526 You go tell them that." 287 00:13:51,613 --> 00:13:54,050 And so I did. 288 00:13:54,181 --> 00:13:57,924 I went in, and I sat down, and I laid it out, 289 00:13:58,011 --> 00:14:02,842 and I said, "I will be director, not coordinator. 290 00:14:02,929 --> 00:14:05,888 "The position deserves that respect. 291 00:14:05,975 --> 00:14:08,673 "These women deserve the respect. 292 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,024 They are the heartbeat of Playboy." 293 00:14:11,111 --> 00:14:12,677 ♪ ♪ 294 00:14:12,764 --> 00:14:15,550 "I'm one of them. I know who they are." 295 00:14:15,637 --> 00:14:19,946 I was then told that I got the job. 296 00:14:20,076 --> 00:14:21,773 ♪ ♪ 297 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:24,385 They let me have the title. 298 00:14:24,472 --> 00:14:27,344 I had reached my goal, I thought, right? 299 00:14:27,475 --> 00:14:29,042 I did it. I did it. 300 00:14:29,129 --> 00:14:31,827 I was going to be an executive with Playboy. 301 00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:34,308 I was gonna be like Mo Grabowski. 302 00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:35,875 Yeah, that's what I was gonna do. 303 00:14:38,616 --> 00:14:43,317 Next thing I knew, I was behind these double doors, 304 00:14:43,447 --> 00:14:46,276 and they seated me right in the reception area 305 00:14:46,363 --> 00:14:48,148 like a secretary. 306 00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:51,673 The woman who was heading up the agency at the time-- 307 00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:55,198 she says, "Okay, well, make up get these composites, 308 00:14:55,285 --> 00:14:56,678 "put them together in a book. 309 00:14:56,808 --> 00:14:58,506 Do this, do that, do"-- 310 00:14:58,593 --> 00:15:01,988 And I went ahead and did it. I just went ahead and did it. 311 00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:04,381 ♪ ♪ 312 00:15:04,468 --> 00:15:07,036 When I was director of a Playmate promotions, 313 00:15:07,167 --> 00:15:10,735 I booked publicity with Dorothy Stratten, 314 00:15:10,822 --> 00:15:13,216 with Deborah Jo Fondren, 315 00:15:13,347 --> 00:15:15,740 with Sondra Theodore. 316 00:15:15,827 --> 00:15:18,526 I was traveling with the girls 317 00:15:18,656 --> 00:15:22,486 and also searching for Playmate candidates. 318 00:15:22,617 --> 00:15:26,621 I was working with women, women who wanted to work. 319 00:15:26,751 --> 00:15:28,014 They loved to do promotions 320 00:15:28,144 --> 00:15:30,146 because that's how they paid the bills. 321 00:15:30,277 --> 00:15:33,106 If you stayed in good with Playmate promotions, 322 00:15:33,193 --> 00:15:34,716 you weren't a problem on the road, 323 00:15:34,803 --> 00:15:36,457 you showed up when you said you would, 324 00:15:36,587 --> 00:15:38,285 you were guaranteed to have work. 325 00:15:38,415 --> 00:15:41,070 There was a lot of promotions, a lot of signings. 326 00:15:41,201 --> 00:15:44,726 I was so humbled by the fact that these people 327 00:15:44,813 --> 00:15:46,293 are waiting for my autograph. 328 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:48,208 Like, me? 329 00:15:48,295 --> 00:15:52,212 We would rehearse with them before radio and television. 330 00:15:52,342 --> 00:15:55,519 The trick with the spin that we were teaching them 331 00:15:55,606 --> 00:15:58,870 was always to be... 332 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,916 gracious, ladylike, but also, 333 00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:04,224 "I'm your ready 334 00:16:04,311 --> 00:16:07,836 "and willing girlfriend. 335 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:10,447 However you like me, I'm right here." 336 00:16:10,534 --> 00:16:11,971 You just can't get enough pictures 337 00:16:12,058 --> 00:16:13,494 of them beautiful things. 338 00:16:13,581 --> 00:16:16,932 That's the message. And I'm "the girl next door." 339 00:16:17,019 --> 00:16:18,673 I'm so clean. 340 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:23,112 You know, I'm rosy-cheeked, et cetera. 341 00:16:23,243 --> 00:16:25,593 I always told the women 342 00:16:25,723 --> 00:16:30,032 that this was a very sexually charged environment. 343 00:16:30,119 --> 00:16:32,904 You had to be careful on the road. 344 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:37,083 They expected you to be their personal Playmate. 345 00:16:37,170 --> 00:16:39,172 It had happened to me. 346 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:41,435 Some guy comes in after a long day, 347 00:16:41,522 --> 00:16:42,740 walks me to the door, 348 00:16:42,827 --> 00:16:45,308 just rushes right in, 349 00:16:45,439 --> 00:16:48,268 sits down on the bed and starts taking his clothes off. 350 00:16:48,398 --> 00:16:49,486 ♪ ♪ 351 00:16:49,573 --> 00:16:51,053 This guy just took for granted 352 00:16:51,140 --> 00:16:54,361 I was going to be his sex partner for the night. 353 00:16:54,448 --> 00:16:58,495 Anyway, I said, "Get out, get out." 354 00:16:58,626 --> 00:17:00,323 There he was on the balcony, 355 00:17:00,410 --> 00:17:03,022 and I slammed it shut and locked it. 356 00:17:03,109 --> 00:17:05,720 I mean, nine floors up? 357 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,287 Nine floors up, what did I expect? 358 00:17:07,374 --> 00:17:09,506 He was going to fly? 359 00:17:09,637 --> 00:17:11,117 I didn't give a 360 00:17:11,204 --> 00:17:13,249 that he was going to have to grow wings. 361 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:14,642 ♪ ♪ 362 00:17:14,729 --> 00:17:17,471 I was so angry with all of the garbage 363 00:17:17,558 --> 00:17:19,342 that I had put up with, 364 00:17:19,429 --> 00:17:21,170 and I heard the other girls saying, 365 00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:24,304 "The guy, you know, just wanted to touch me," 366 00:17:24,391 --> 00:17:26,741 or, "He made me do this." 367 00:17:26,828 --> 00:17:28,743 These women were trying to do a job. 368 00:17:28,830 --> 00:17:30,701 They were trying to get paid for it. 369 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:33,530 They didn't need the sexual harassment on top of it. 370 00:17:33,661 --> 00:17:37,099 So that spurred me forward, 371 00:17:37,230 --> 00:17:39,014 that I would get into the position 372 00:17:39,145 --> 00:17:41,364 where no woman had to put up with that crap. 373 00:17:41,451 --> 00:17:43,279 ♪ ♪ 374 00:17:43,366 --> 00:17:45,499 Oh, I was so proud of Miki Garcia's career. 375 00:17:45,586 --> 00:17:48,154 I mean, she was the first female director 376 00:17:48,241 --> 00:17:49,503 of Playboy promotions. 377 00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,636 I saw that the glass ceiling was cracking 378 00:17:52,767 --> 00:17:54,943 and it was great to see. 379 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:57,250 I wanted to meet her 380 00:17:57,337 --> 00:18:00,122 'cause I thought we had a lot in common, 381 00:18:00,209 --> 00:18:04,431 and, sadly, it was a male-dominated atmosphere, 382 00:18:04,561 --> 00:18:07,042 and they kept us separate. 383 00:18:07,173 --> 00:18:08,870 I thought they didn't want us together 384 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,437 because we could share stories 385 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:13,440 about what was really going on with Playboy. 386 00:18:17,835 --> 00:18:19,315 This my ID card 387 00:18:19,402 --> 00:18:21,317 when I was the assistant Bunny Mother in New York City. 388 00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:24,407 I had dreams of going up the corporate ladder, 389 00:18:24,538 --> 00:18:26,409 from being a bunny to an assistant Bunny Mother. 390 00:18:26,496 --> 00:18:27,845 You just worked your way up, 391 00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:31,675 and that's what my dreams and aspirations were. 392 00:18:31,806 --> 00:18:35,070 They changed my name 'cause it wasn't corporate enough. 393 00:18:35,201 --> 00:18:37,812 They said that it sounded like "Petticoat Junction," 394 00:18:37,899 --> 00:18:41,946 so they changed it to PJ, and it lived. 395 00:18:44,514 --> 00:18:48,910 In 1979, I moved to Chicago as a Bunny Mother. 396 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,132 That's me up on the top there with Christie Hefner 397 00:18:53,219 --> 00:18:55,612 and me as the Bunny Mother. 398 00:18:55,699 --> 00:18:57,875 Part of the reason I thought I'd have an opportunity 399 00:18:58,006 --> 00:19:01,270 as a female was because we had Christie Hefner. 400 00:19:01,357 --> 00:19:02,837 I thought it was a great opportunity. 401 00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:05,927 I saw a female in a position of power, 402 00:19:06,014 --> 00:19:07,711 and that's what I wanted to do. 403 00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:10,149 I wanted to be like Christie. I wanted to move up the ladder. 404 00:19:10,236 --> 00:19:12,934 ♪ ♪ 405 00:19:13,021 --> 00:19:15,502 Christie went to work for Playboy after she graduated 406 00:19:15,589 --> 00:19:18,331 summa cum laude from Brandeis university. 407 00:19:18,461 --> 00:19:20,855 In six years of on-the-job training, 408 00:19:20,942 --> 00:19:23,379 she has worked her way up the organization chart, 409 00:19:23,466 --> 00:19:24,859 from assistant to the president 410 00:19:24,946 --> 00:19:27,078 to vice president and member of the board 411 00:19:27,209 --> 00:19:29,298 of Playboy Enterprises, Incorporated. 412 00:19:29,429 --> 00:19:31,344 It was wonderful at 30 years old 413 00:19:31,431 --> 00:19:35,739 to see a female breaking through that glass ceiling. 414 00:19:35,826 --> 00:19:37,785 My father said after I'd been with the company 415 00:19:37,872 --> 00:19:40,918 only about a year that if I hadn't existed, 416 00:19:41,005 --> 00:19:42,746 he would have wanted to go to the promotion department 417 00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:44,270 and have me invented. 418 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:45,749 For Playboy, Christie Hefner's advancement 419 00:19:45,836 --> 00:19:47,273 to company president 420 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:49,231 should represent a formidable publicity weapon 421 00:19:49,318 --> 00:19:52,103 in Playboy's ongoing battle with the feminists. 422 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:54,367 Christie was this new branding, 423 00:19:54,497 --> 00:19:56,630 this new image for the magazine. 424 00:19:56,717 --> 00:19:58,675 We still had the feminists 425 00:19:58,806 --> 00:20:02,331 with their attacks against Playboy, 426 00:20:02,418 --> 00:20:06,944 and so putting her face as the leadership of the magazine 427 00:20:07,075 --> 00:20:10,252 was very smart, and she was very smart. 428 00:20:10,383 --> 00:20:11,906 How can you justify a magazine 429 00:20:12,036 --> 00:20:14,691 which doesn't liberate women but exploits them? 430 00:20:14,778 --> 00:20:18,042 I have never felt that way because it's never seemed to me 431 00:20:18,129 --> 00:20:20,001 that a photograph of a beautiful woman 432 00:20:20,131 --> 00:20:23,874 without her clothes on is exploitive of the woman, 433 00:20:23,961 --> 00:20:26,660 the reader, or anybody else who has any part of it. 434 00:20:26,747 --> 00:20:29,880 She was the reset 435 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:33,319 of the whole idea of Playboy. 436 00:20:33,449 --> 00:20:36,322 Because Playboy is so misunderstood 437 00:20:36,409 --> 00:20:38,106 in a number of quarters 438 00:20:38,193 --> 00:20:41,152 related to the women's movement and related to sex, 439 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,807 I think the fact that... 440 00:20:43,938 --> 00:20:46,549 the Hefner who will one day run the organization 441 00:20:46,636 --> 00:20:49,944 is a woman is a very positive thing. 442 00:20:50,031 --> 00:20:52,599 I was never, like, crazy about Hefner. 443 00:20:52,686 --> 00:20:54,383 You know, I sort of thought he was a joke, 444 00:20:54,514 --> 00:20:58,953 but Christie, she was together, and I admired her. 445 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:00,259 I still do admire her. 446 00:21:00,346 --> 00:21:02,522 She had a lot of wonderful ideas 447 00:21:02,609 --> 00:21:04,045 on what she wanted to do. 448 00:21:04,175 --> 00:21:05,351 She did a lot of charity work. 449 00:21:05,438 --> 00:21:07,570 She was a philanthropist, 450 00:21:07,657 --> 00:21:10,530 and she was a young female executive. 451 00:21:10,617 --> 00:21:12,967 I saw hope in that. I saw a promise in that. 452 00:21:13,054 --> 00:21:15,448 So I aspired to be like her. 453 00:21:15,535 --> 00:21:17,363 ♪ ♪ 454 00:21:17,493 --> 00:21:20,627 As a Bunny Mother in Chicago, I was excited 455 00:21:20,757 --> 00:21:22,759 because it was the largest club 456 00:21:22,890 --> 00:21:26,589 and I had about 70 bunnies who were under my supervision. 457 00:21:26,676 --> 00:21:28,069 ♪ ♪ 458 00:21:28,156 --> 00:21:30,854 I had all these lovely girls working for me. 459 00:21:30,941 --> 00:21:34,249 I developed a merit system so that I can raise them up 460 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:36,077 so that they would have an opportunity 461 00:21:36,207 --> 00:21:38,775 to go on promotions, make extra money. 462 00:21:38,862 --> 00:21:42,823 I helped them with babysitting if they had to go out of town. 463 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:45,956 And for me, it was exciting because I thought, 464 00:21:46,043 --> 00:21:47,915 and I was told, "You work for corporate, 465 00:21:48,045 --> 00:21:49,699 you'll move up the ladder." 466 00:21:49,786 --> 00:21:51,222 ♪ ♪ 467 00:21:51,310 --> 00:21:52,876 But then they pushed 468 00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:55,139 that ceiling right back into my face. 469 00:21:55,226 --> 00:21:57,054 ♪ ♪ 470 00:21:57,141 --> 00:22:00,319 I don't think Christie ever knew about the behavior 471 00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:02,582 of the executives towards the females. 472 00:22:02,669 --> 00:22:04,758 ♪ ♪ 473 00:22:04,845 --> 00:22:09,371 Working at Playboy, a man in upper management above me, 474 00:22:09,458 --> 00:22:11,373 clearly my boss, 475 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:14,811 touched me on the rear end with an object 476 00:22:14,898 --> 00:22:16,596 and then asked me 477 00:22:16,683 --> 00:22:19,207 if I considered that sexual harassment. 478 00:22:19,294 --> 00:22:22,819 You just expected it. 479 00:22:22,906 --> 00:22:25,169 I worked for a man in silk pajamas. 480 00:22:25,256 --> 00:22:27,694 You know, so, when you see the photos, 481 00:22:27,781 --> 00:22:29,696 that automatically lended itself 482 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:31,959 to a degree of casualness 483 00:22:32,046 --> 00:22:35,049 that you would never experience in any other office atmosphere. 484 00:22:35,179 --> 00:22:36,703 You know, I mean, it was nothing 485 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:39,662 to be loading the Xerox machine and have someone come up 486 00:22:39,749 --> 00:22:42,056 and, you know, grind you from behind. 487 00:22:42,143 --> 00:22:45,189 And even now I get so squirmy inside 488 00:22:45,276 --> 00:22:47,061 at that moment, 489 00:22:47,148 --> 00:22:49,411 but I did--I could never have said anything. 490 00:22:49,498 --> 00:22:51,239 I couldn't have said like, "What the hell?" 491 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:54,634 You know, I mean, I just couldn't have. 492 00:22:54,721 --> 00:22:55,678 I wouldn't. I couldn't. 493 00:22:55,765 --> 00:22:57,767 ♪ ♪ 494 00:22:57,898 --> 00:23:00,640 When I was director of Playmate promotions, 495 00:23:00,727 --> 00:23:02,598 I wanted to change 496 00:23:02,685 --> 00:23:05,732 the way the company treated their women-- 497 00:23:05,862 --> 00:23:08,387 how they made sure that they had safety 498 00:23:08,517 --> 00:23:11,302 and to make sure their environment 499 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,696 was the appropriate environment, 500 00:23:13,827 --> 00:23:15,002 because I had been out there. 501 00:23:15,132 --> 00:23:16,743 I knew how tough it was. 502 00:23:16,873 --> 00:23:19,223 And... 503 00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:22,009 there were some sponsors that had to go. 504 00:23:24,185 --> 00:23:26,230 Well, one was my rapist. 505 00:23:38,068 --> 00:23:41,594 There is always a situation where you become powerless. 506 00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:42,812 ♪ ♪ 507 00:23:42,943 --> 00:23:44,379 Somebody comes in, 508 00:23:44,466 --> 00:23:46,686 and they can do what they want to with you, 509 00:23:46,816 --> 00:23:48,427 because in their mind, 510 00:23:48,557 --> 00:23:51,734 they're living this fantasy of what Hefner projected. 511 00:23:51,821 --> 00:23:55,303 ♪ ♪ 512 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:58,741 I was raped early on as a Playmate. 513 00:23:58,828 --> 00:24:02,441 I was going to appear at this particular auto show. 514 00:24:02,571 --> 00:24:05,705 It was late. I had taken the red-eye. 515 00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:08,838 There was a group of men in the hotel bar area. 516 00:24:08,925 --> 00:24:10,971 ♪ ♪ 517 00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:14,670 I said, "Does anyone have any shampoo?" 518 00:24:14,801 --> 00:24:17,630 This particular person, I recognized him. 519 00:24:17,717 --> 00:24:19,980 He was a very popular actor 520 00:24:20,067 --> 00:24:23,636 on a very well-known series. 521 00:24:23,723 --> 00:24:25,202 ♪ ♪ 522 00:24:25,333 --> 00:24:28,031 He was booked just like I was, as a celebrity. 523 00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:32,949 And I knew that he had worked the circuit. 524 00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:36,518 And he said, "I'll go get some for you, and I'll bring it. 525 00:24:36,605 --> 00:24:39,086 What room are you in?" 526 00:24:39,216 --> 00:24:40,653 And I told him. 527 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:44,352 ♪ ♪ 528 00:24:44,439 --> 00:24:46,572 He knocked on the door. 529 00:24:46,702 --> 00:24:48,835 And I opened it, 530 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:52,316 and he just came in very forcefully. 531 00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:54,884 ♪ ♪ 532 00:24:54,971 --> 00:24:57,757 And in that moment... 533 00:24:57,887 --> 00:25:00,237 I knew I was trapped. 534 00:25:00,324 --> 00:25:02,152 ♪ ♪ 535 00:25:02,239 --> 00:25:03,937 And I went to the phone, and I said, 536 00:25:04,024 --> 00:25:05,591 "I'm going to call the police." 537 00:25:05,721 --> 00:25:08,419 And he said, 538 00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:11,814 "Look, you've invited me in your room. 539 00:25:11,901 --> 00:25:14,991 "You wear the rabbit head logo 540 00:25:15,078 --> 00:25:17,646 "on your sweater. 541 00:25:17,777 --> 00:25:19,735 "Who are they going to believe? 542 00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:21,345 You or me?" 543 00:25:21,432 --> 00:25:24,740 ♪ ♪ 544 00:25:24,827 --> 00:25:28,004 I didn't want to become a problem to Playboy. 545 00:25:28,091 --> 00:25:31,617 I didn't want for them to perceive me as a whiner 546 00:25:31,704 --> 00:25:35,229 or a person that couldn't handle the job. 547 00:25:35,316 --> 00:25:37,840 And so the tough part of me kicked in. 548 00:25:37,971 --> 00:25:41,540 I knew this is the way it was going to go and that was it. 549 00:25:41,627 --> 00:25:43,803 ♪ ♪ 550 00:25:43,890 --> 00:25:45,718 What happened to me... 551 00:25:45,805 --> 00:25:48,198 ♪ ♪ 552 00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:51,550 Is that I got raped twice. 553 00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:54,901 After the first rape... 554 00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:57,556 he sent me into the bathroom to take a shower. 555 00:25:57,643 --> 00:25:59,296 ♪ ♪ 556 00:25:59,383 --> 00:26:02,517 Apparently he liked someone fresh 557 00:26:02,604 --> 00:26:05,215 after he had done what he had done to me. 558 00:26:05,302 --> 00:26:09,263 ♪ ♪ 559 00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:13,702 Next day, I went out there and got onstage. 560 00:26:13,833 --> 00:26:17,706 I had a stack of autographs, and I signed them. 561 00:26:17,793 --> 00:26:21,188 This disgusting pervert, my rapist, 562 00:26:21,275 --> 00:26:25,671 was working close by me, and I worked all day. 563 00:26:25,758 --> 00:26:28,238 ♪ ♪ 564 00:26:28,325 --> 00:26:31,764 If I allowed that to break me, 565 00:26:31,851 --> 00:26:33,896 I couldn't move forward in my life. 566 00:26:34,027 --> 00:26:35,985 What I wanted to do... 567 00:26:36,116 --> 00:26:38,509 I was going to get into a position of power 568 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,120 so that no woman had to put up 569 00:26:40,250 --> 00:26:43,036 with that kind of behavior from any man 570 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:48,128 just because she had a rabbit head logo on her. 571 00:26:48,215 --> 00:26:50,086 And so, when my rapist 572 00:26:50,217 --> 00:26:53,307 ordered up a Playmate for a job, 573 00:26:53,437 --> 00:26:57,180 I simply instructed my secretary 574 00:26:57,311 --> 00:27:00,749 to tell him to never call again...never. 575 00:27:00,836 --> 00:27:05,014 He would never, never, ever get a model from Playboy... 576 00:27:05,101 --> 00:27:06,712 never. 577 00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:14,589 Hey, Miki, how you doing, doll? 578 00:27:14,676 --> 00:27:17,548 You always call me doll. 579 00:27:17,636 --> 00:27:20,464 You're so full of New Jersey. - You are a living doll. 580 00:27:20,551 --> 00:27:21,814 ♪ ♪ 581 00:27:21,901 --> 00:27:25,644 It wasn't until later years and social media 582 00:27:25,774 --> 00:27:28,168 that I finally got ahold of Miki Garcia, 583 00:27:28,255 --> 00:27:31,040 and we became very, very, very close friends. 584 00:27:31,127 --> 00:27:33,739 When PJ and I speak, 585 00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:36,524 we are also filling in blanks. 586 00:27:36,611 --> 00:27:40,136 We share a lot, and so many of the stories 587 00:27:40,267 --> 00:27:42,138 were exactly the same, 588 00:27:42,225 --> 00:27:46,621 like this guy who was way up there in corporate... 589 00:27:46,708 --> 00:27:48,971 I can name the name of this man. 590 00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:51,104 His name is Nat Lehrman, and... 591 00:27:51,191 --> 00:27:52,888 I have a picture of him. I found it. 592 00:27:53,019 --> 00:27:55,282 And he put a note on it. I have it right here. 593 00:27:57,501 --> 00:28:01,201 No, but he was grabbing me as he always did. 594 00:28:01,288 --> 00:28:02,376 - Oh, my... - Yes. 595 00:28:02,463 --> 00:28:03,725 Whenever he hugged me, 596 00:28:03,856 --> 00:28:05,858 he was always trying to touch my breasts. 597 00:28:05,988 --> 00:28:07,207 I would just shove it away 598 00:28:07,294 --> 00:28:08,730 and say, "Oh, Nat, you keep on going" 599 00:28:08,817 --> 00:28:10,253 Well, your greeting was a boob grab. 600 00:28:10,384 --> 00:28:12,691 My greeting was push the back of my head down. 601 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:14,693 Did you gals report this? 602 00:28:14,823 --> 00:28:17,086 Who are you gonna tell when they're all doing it? 603 00:28:17,173 --> 00:28:18,348 No, that's true. 604 00:28:18,435 --> 00:28:20,960 ♪ ♪ 605 00:28:21,047 --> 00:28:23,527 At the corporate office in Chicago, 606 00:28:23,614 --> 00:28:25,834 it was a male-dominated atmosphere 607 00:28:25,921 --> 00:28:27,793 where somebody could fondle you, 608 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,273 or somebody can grab you, 609 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,145 and it was made very clear to me 610 00:28:32,275 --> 00:28:34,016 after I transferred up there. 611 00:28:34,103 --> 00:28:35,626 ♪ ♪ 612 00:28:35,714 --> 00:28:38,804 They appointed a general manager, Mr. Walk. 613 00:28:38,934 --> 00:28:41,589 He had no experience at all working for Playboy. 614 00:28:41,676 --> 00:28:45,724 He had control over every one of us. 615 00:28:45,811 --> 00:28:47,726 He didn't know what bunnies were. 616 00:28:47,813 --> 00:28:51,164 He thought of them as sexual objects. 617 00:28:51,251 --> 00:28:55,124 It was always, "Why, PJ, why can't you go out with me? 618 00:28:55,255 --> 00:28:57,866 You have boobs. You don't have to wear a bra." 619 00:28:57,953 --> 00:28:59,476 He would go up to the young ladies 620 00:28:59,607 --> 00:29:02,175 and ask them if they got any last night, 621 00:29:02,262 --> 00:29:04,743 and he would touch them and grab them. 622 00:29:04,830 --> 00:29:09,356 It's exactly what Playboy was all about. 623 00:29:09,486 --> 00:29:12,272 The "Mad Men" experience. 624 00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:15,841 Women didn't have a voice, and they were accosted, 625 00:29:15,928 --> 00:29:17,668 and they were made fun of. 626 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,410 Women were subservient. 627 00:29:20,497 --> 00:29:23,805 ♪ ♪ 628 00:29:23,936 --> 00:29:26,373 One day I was walking out of the club, 629 00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:28,723 and one of the upper executives, 630 00:29:28,810 --> 00:29:30,464 he says, "I'll walk you home." 631 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:32,596 He said, "Listen, it's pretty hot out. 632 00:29:32,683 --> 00:29:34,337 Can I get a drink of water from you?" 633 00:29:34,424 --> 00:29:36,078 And I said, "Sure." 634 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:40,909 So he came into my apartment, and he started kissing me, 635 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,086 and he started grabbing me, and I said, "Please"-- 636 00:29:44,173 --> 00:29:48,656 This was a big executive. I said, "Please don't do this." 637 00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:53,356 And he said, "Why do you think you came to work in corporate?" 638 00:29:53,443 --> 00:29:55,837 He said, "You have to play the game 639 00:29:55,924 --> 00:29:58,622 if you want to do anything in corporate." 640 00:29:58,709 --> 00:30:01,408 And I was not an active participant. 641 00:30:01,538 --> 00:30:04,977 He just did what he had to do and turned around... 642 00:30:05,064 --> 00:30:06,848 ♪ ♪ 643 00:30:06,979 --> 00:30:08,197 Raped me... 644 00:30:08,284 --> 00:30:09,633 ♪ ♪ 645 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,332 And walked out. 646 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:15,552 I was not an isolated case, I will tell you that right now, 647 00:30:15,639 --> 00:30:19,513 'cause I heard many stories about the corporate executives 648 00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:22,646 and their hands all over these girls. 649 00:30:28,174 --> 00:30:30,829 It was rampant in Chicago, 650 00:30:30,916 --> 00:30:32,918 with the sexual abuse of women. 651 00:30:35,007 --> 00:30:37,226 It changed my world... 652 00:30:37,313 --> 00:30:40,360 changed my perception. 653 00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:44,320 This is the way the corporate executives were. 654 00:30:44,407 --> 00:30:46,845 They could do whatever they wanted to do, 655 00:30:46,975 --> 00:30:49,369 and they didn't answer to anybody--that's the thing. 656 00:30:49,499 --> 00:30:51,762 ♪ ♪ 657 00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:54,504 I was concerned about the Bunnies. 658 00:30:54,635 --> 00:30:56,637 Our general manager, Mr. Walk, 659 00:30:56,767 --> 00:30:59,118 he continued to harass all these young girls 660 00:30:59,205 --> 00:31:00,510 that are trying to make a living. 661 00:31:00,597 --> 00:31:01,947 ♪ ♪ 662 00:31:02,034 --> 00:31:04,297 So I called a mandatory Bunny meeting 663 00:31:04,384 --> 00:31:06,299 about the general manager. 664 00:31:06,386 --> 00:31:10,085 I asked the girls, if they had any personal situations 665 00:31:10,172 --> 00:31:12,392 that they wanted to talk about, to write them, 666 00:31:12,522 --> 00:31:15,438 but don't sign them, because if they had their name on there, 667 00:31:15,569 --> 00:31:18,224 I knew that they would be attacked. 668 00:31:18,311 --> 00:31:21,531 You're never gonna believe what I found in the garage 669 00:31:21,618 --> 00:31:23,359 as I was going through boxes. 670 00:31:23,490 --> 00:31:26,928 I found all of the notes from the general manager's meeting. 671 00:31:27,015 --> 00:31:30,714 All of the complaints and the sexual assaults, 672 00:31:30,801 --> 00:31:34,544 every-[bleep]-thing is on there. 673 00:31:34,631 --> 00:31:37,460 Oh, here's one of them, 674 00:31:37,547 --> 00:31:41,247 "We're tired of the condescending attitudes." 675 00:31:41,334 --> 00:31:44,772 "Could conversations regarding Bunnies' sex lives 676 00:31:44,859 --> 00:31:48,167 and if they got a little last night stay out of the club?" 677 00:31:48,297 --> 00:31:49,820 ♪ ♪ 678 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,735 "We want it to be understood," 679 00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:53,346 and this is in big letters, 680 00:31:53,433 --> 00:31:57,263 "Hands off all the Bunnies." 681 00:31:57,393 --> 00:31:58,742 ♪ ♪ 682 00:31:58,829 --> 00:32:01,267 I thought that was it. 683 00:32:01,397 --> 00:32:03,747 When I brought all of these notes 684 00:32:03,834 --> 00:32:07,360 from the Bunny meeting to my boss, Harriet Bassler, 685 00:32:07,490 --> 00:32:08,839 she got angry. 686 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:10,711 She said, "This can't be true" 687 00:32:10,841 --> 00:32:13,366 and took all my notes and turned around 688 00:32:13,453 --> 00:32:15,846 and sided with the general manager. 689 00:32:15,977 --> 00:32:18,762 ♪ ♪ 690 00:32:18,849 --> 00:32:21,461 He denied everything, and everybody believed him. 691 00:32:21,548 --> 00:32:24,116 Forget about, you know, the 30 Bunnies 692 00:32:24,246 --> 00:32:26,031 that had complaints against him. 693 00:32:26,118 --> 00:32:29,599 They just wanted me out of the picture and shut me up. 694 00:32:29,686 --> 00:32:31,950 ♪ ♪ 695 00:32:32,037 --> 00:32:34,213 I really cared about these girls, 696 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:36,867 and I tried to protect them. 697 00:32:36,955 --> 00:32:39,392 Instead, they told me that they were transferring me 698 00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:40,828 out to Great Gorge. 699 00:32:40,915 --> 00:32:42,961 And they kept him. 700 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:45,615 ♪ ♪ 701 00:32:45,702 --> 00:32:48,705 I had so many plans and dreams. 702 00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:50,533 None of it was true. 703 00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:52,057 ♪ ♪ 704 00:32:52,144 --> 00:32:55,060 There was no power there. 705 00:32:55,147 --> 00:32:56,800 I thought I broke the glass ceiling 706 00:32:56,931 --> 00:32:58,280 when I went to corporate. 707 00:32:58,411 --> 00:33:01,240 I didn't. I was silenced. 708 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:03,938 And I didn't know what to do. 709 00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:05,853 I wanted to be an executive. 710 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:08,116 I worked so hard for nine years. 711 00:33:08,203 --> 00:33:10,727 I wanted to be an executive. 712 00:33:10,858 --> 00:33:12,512 But in order to be an executive for Playboy, 713 00:33:12,642 --> 00:33:14,688 you had to play their game. 714 00:33:14,775 --> 00:33:17,038 And women were disposable. 715 00:33:17,125 --> 00:33:20,259 If one was gone, they'd replace it with another one. 716 00:33:20,346 --> 00:33:23,392 Women were disposable. 717 00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:30,921 When I became director of Playmate promotions, 718 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:35,622 I believed that I could take that woman from the centerfold 719 00:33:35,709 --> 00:33:38,190 and give her opportunities. 720 00:33:38,277 --> 00:33:41,454 I thought that's what Playboy was about. 721 00:33:41,584 --> 00:33:43,151 And it was hard. 722 00:33:43,282 --> 00:33:46,372 It was so damn hard, because I carried the stories, 723 00:33:46,502 --> 00:33:49,114 the heartbreaks, the pain... 724 00:33:49,244 --> 00:33:52,073 ♪ ♪ 725 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,119 The desperation. 726 00:33:54,206 --> 00:33:58,123 These women who thought it was Shangri-la there 727 00:33:58,210 --> 00:34:01,604 and all these opportunities they could get 728 00:34:01,735 --> 00:34:04,303 only to end up in a very bad way. 729 00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:06,044 ♪ ♪ 730 00:34:06,174 --> 00:34:09,699 My job required making sure that nothing negative 731 00:34:09,786 --> 00:34:13,442 was printed in the media 732 00:34:13,573 --> 00:34:16,358 that would hurt the brand or Hugh Hefner. 733 00:34:16,489 --> 00:34:18,230 I did damage control. 734 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,188 If a girl got in trouble, 735 00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:22,799 I protected Playboy and squelched it. 736 00:34:26,455 --> 00:34:28,805 Oh, yes, there were-- 737 00:34:28,936 --> 00:34:31,504 Yes. Yes. 738 00:34:37,336 --> 00:34:39,164 ♪ ♪ 739 00:34:39,294 --> 00:34:41,340 I didn't believe they would ever get through. 740 00:34:41,470 --> 00:34:43,603 ♪ ♪ 741 00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:45,909 There was one particular Playmate 742 00:34:45,996 --> 00:34:49,261 that was holding over Hefner's head 743 00:34:49,348 --> 00:34:53,308 that he had given these young women drugs, 744 00:34:53,395 --> 00:34:54,962 including herself. 745 00:34:55,049 --> 00:34:58,052 And that was a very serious threat. 746 00:34:58,139 --> 00:35:02,143 That's part of the cleanup I did. 747 00:35:02,230 --> 00:35:05,668 Women did bring things to me that were not good, 748 00:35:05,755 --> 00:35:09,368 but they didn't want the exposure and the scrutiny. 749 00:35:09,455 --> 00:35:12,545 So I counseled them 750 00:35:12,632 --> 00:35:15,374 and informed Hefner... 751 00:35:15,461 --> 00:35:18,028 and then he took care of it. 752 00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:20,770 ♪ ♪ 753 00:35:20,857 --> 00:35:23,599 I felt guilty. 754 00:35:23,730 --> 00:35:25,906 I was complicit in it, 755 00:35:25,993 --> 00:35:29,562 but I did it believing that it was right. 756 00:35:29,692 --> 00:35:33,479 And if I could buy into it, what chance did they have? 757 00:35:33,609 --> 00:35:35,350 ♪ ♪ 758 00:35:35,437 --> 00:35:39,485 Many of them started taking drugs to cope. 759 00:35:39,615 --> 00:35:41,574 ♪ ♪ 760 00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:43,053 It was painful. 761 00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:44,229 ♪ ♪ 762 00:35:44,316 --> 00:35:45,708 There was a pattern. 763 00:35:45,795 --> 00:35:47,580 They walked through the damn Mansion door, 764 00:35:47,710 --> 00:35:49,234 and they exited 765 00:35:49,321 --> 00:35:53,890 in a horrific, horrific way. 766 00:35:53,977 --> 00:35:55,327 Dorothy Stratten, 767 00:35:55,414 --> 00:35:57,329 20 years old from Vancouver, Canada, 768 00:35:57,416 --> 00:35:59,331 was on her way to becoming a celebrity. 769 00:35:59,461 --> 00:36:02,551 At 19, at the urging of her husband, Paul Snider, 770 00:36:02,682 --> 00:36:04,249 she entered "Playboy" magazine's search 771 00:36:04,336 --> 00:36:05,815 for a Playmate of the Month. 772 00:36:05,902 --> 00:36:08,644 She was named Miss August 1979, 773 00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:10,124 and less than a year later, 774 00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:12,344 she was chosen the Playmate of the Year. 775 00:36:12,474 --> 00:36:14,694 Early today, the bodies of the Playmate of the Year 776 00:36:14,781 --> 00:36:18,263 and her estranged husband were found in his house. 777 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:20,352 Dorothy Stratten's death... 778 00:36:20,439 --> 00:36:22,049 ♪ ♪ 779 00:36:22,136 --> 00:36:23,877 Was the final straw. 780 00:36:24,007 --> 00:36:27,010 That did it. That did it. 781 00:36:27,097 --> 00:36:29,187 It was... 782 00:36:29,274 --> 00:36:31,406 ♪ ♪ 783 00:36:31,493 --> 00:36:33,974 So shocking to me. 784 00:36:39,545 --> 00:36:44,289 Dorothy Stratten was a very beautiful young woman 785 00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:45,942 who came to Playboy 786 00:36:46,073 --> 00:36:49,772 with very high hopes. 787 00:36:51,905 --> 00:36:55,691 She had the potential to be a big star. 788 00:36:55,778 --> 00:36:57,519 She made the fantasy come to life. 789 00:36:57,606 --> 00:36:59,086 ♪ ♪ 790 00:36:59,173 --> 00:37:02,220 Hefner saw her as someone who could sell 791 00:37:02,350 --> 00:37:05,135 an incredible amount of magazines. 792 00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:07,616 She was his meal ticket. 793 00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:11,054 ♪ ♪ 794 00:37:11,141 --> 00:37:14,449 This is August 24, 1979. 795 00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:16,451 I resorted to writing the memo, 796 00:37:16,538 --> 00:37:19,933 and the subject matter is Playmate Dorothy Stratten. 797 00:37:20,020 --> 00:37:22,370 "Dorothy's husband"-- and I put Paul Snider. 798 00:37:22,457 --> 00:37:26,113 "It is rumored among the car-show people 799 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:29,986 "that Paul was arrested in Vancouver 800 00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:33,773 for dope peddling and pimping." 801 00:37:33,860 --> 00:37:35,775 This is a memo that I wrote 802 00:37:35,862 --> 00:37:38,430 because I wanted to warn Hef 803 00:37:38,517 --> 00:37:40,432 that... 804 00:37:40,519 --> 00:37:43,826 Dorothy Stratten was with a very dangerous man. 805 00:37:43,957 --> 00:37:47,177 No one ever answered me, 806 00:37:47,308 --> 00:37:49,441 and security came back with-- they knew nothing. 807 00:37:49,528 --> 00:37:51,181 Really? 808 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:54,620 That's impossible. It's impossible. 809 00:37:54,707 --> 00:37:58,711 They knew all along that he was a dangerous pimp 810 00:37:58,798 --> 00:38:01,583 and he was attached to Dorothy. 811 00:38:01,670 --> 00:38:05,152 Hef didn't care. He just didn't care. 812 00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,285 That's it. 813 00:38:07,372 --> 00:38:10,418 ♪ ♪ 814 00:38:10,505 --> 00:38:12,159 She was a Playboy centerfold 815 00:38:12,246 --> 00:38:14,422 and an aspiring actress at the age 20 816 00:38:14,509 --> 00:38:16,032 when she was killed by her husband, 817 00:38:16,163 --> 00:38:18,208 who then killed himself. 818 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,385 Snider killed her. 819 00:38:20,472 --> 00:38:24,911 And Dorothy's death made such a huge impact on me. 820 00:38:25,041 --> 00:38:27,870 By that time... 821 00:38:27,957 --> 00:38:31,483 I had seen a lot with the women. 822 00:38:31,570 --> 00:38:33,789 ♪ ♪ 823 00:38:33,876 --> 00:38:37,402 And to actually have one tortured, 824 00:38:37,532 --> 00:38:40,143 raped, and... 825 00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:41,449 ♪ ♪ 826 00:38:41,580 --> 00:38:44,974 A shotgun blast to face... 827 00:38:45,061 --> 00:38:51,938 ♪ ♪ 828 00:38:59,641 --> 00:39:01,948 It was all wrong. 829 00:39:02,035 --> 00:39:03,515 It was so wrong. 830 00:39:03,602 --> 00:39:05,995 ♪ ♪ 831 00:39:06,082 --> 00:39:08,171 Everything was handled so poorly. 832 00:39:08,258 --> 00:39:09,651 ♪ ♪ 833 00:39:09,782 --> 00:39:11,174 When I got the call... 834 00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:13,481 ♪ ♪ 835 00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:16,005 Around 6:30 in the morning... 836 00:39:16,092 --> 00:39:18,051 ♪ ♪ 837 00:39:18,181 --> 00:39:21,533 I was told, "Call all the Playmates 838 00:39:21,663 --> 00:39:25,188 "and make sure that they understand 839 00:39:25,275 --> 00:39:29,845 "that they are not to speak to any... 840 00:39:29,932 --> 00:39:31,891 newspaper people." 841 00:39:32,021 --> 00:39:34,197 You could not do any interviews. 842 00:39:34,284 --> 00:39:35,677 ♪ ♪ 843 00:39:35,808 --> 00:39:37,331 Well, again... 844 00:39:37,418 --> 00:39:41,030 My job was to go in there and silence them. 845 00:39:41,161 --> 00:39:43,032 And I did. 846 00:39:43,119 --> 00:39:45,165 ♪ ♪ 847 00:39:45,252 --> 00:39:46,906 I came into the corporation 848 00:39:46,993 --> 00:39:49,169 wanting to make things better for women. 849 00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:53,129 There was no way that I wanted to further harm them, 850 00:39:53,216 --> 00:39:57,307 but being a Playboy Playmate is a dangerous thing. 851 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,440 ♪ ♪ 852 00:39:59,571 --> 00:40:03,139 And I was starting to realize that... 853 00:40:03,270 --> 00:40:06,447 [sniffles] Playboy was a business... 854 00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:09,581 where it was easy for someone to get hurt. 855 00:40:09,668 --> 00:40:11,321 ♪ ♪ 856 00:40:11,452 --> 00:40:13,323 And I was part of it. 857 00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:18,067 I began hating myself. 858 00:40:18,154 --> 00:40:23,421 ♪ ♪ 859 00:40:23,551 --> 00:40:26,336 And I couldn't leave at the time 860 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:28,426 because I had a damn job... 861 00:40:28,513 --> 00:40:29,775 ♪ ♪ 862 00:40:29,862 --> 00:40:32,125 To help clean it up, to-- 863 00:40:32,212 --> 00:40:34,823 And I'm not just talking about damage control with the press. 864 00:40:34,910 --> 00:40:38,566 I'm talking about trying to watch over the women 865 00:40:38,653 --> 00:40:39,741 and trying to.. 866 00:40:39,828 --> 00:40:44,572 ♪ ♪ 867 00:40:44,659 --> 00:40:46,400 Trying to make something right 868 00:40:46,487 --> 00:40:48,924 that could never be right in a million years. 869 00:40:49,011 --> 00:40:50,404 ♪ ♪ 870 00:40:50,491 --> 00:40:52,798 It was a wake-up call to me. 871 00:40:52,928 --> 00:40:55,844 I was one of Hefner's best ambassadors. 872 00:40:55,931 --> 00:41:00,545 ♪ ♪ 873 00:41:00,632 --> 00:41:03,286 Maybe take a good look at the business aspect. 874 00:41:03,373 --> 00:41:06,681 ♪ ♪ 875 00:41:06,768 --> 00:41:09,379 I had to reevaluate everything, 876 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:11,120 everything in my life. 877 00:41:11,207 --> 00:41:14,646 ♪ ♪ 878 00:41:14,776 --> 00:41:18,388 I had to look at everything. I had to look at who I was. 879 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,652 I had to look at who I worked for. 880 00:41:20,739 --> 00:41:22,131 ♪ ♪ 881 00:41:22,218 --> 00:41:26,962 Most of all, I had to look at the Playmates. 882 00:41:27,049 --> 00:41:28,094 ♪ ♪ 883 00:41:28,181 --> 00:41:29,965 This guy, he drugged me. 884 00:41:30,052 --> 00:41:32,446 He did a lot of really horrific things. 885 00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:34,448 It was, like, 20 guys. 886 00:41:34,579 --> 00:41:37,886 They wanted to take a picture with us in this hot tub. 887 00:41:38,017 --> 00:41:40,323 And he said, "Get in here. I paid for you." 888 00:41:40,410 --> 00:41:42,935 Really, is we were prostitutes. 889 00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:46,765 I was doing drugs, and I was so thin and ill. 890 00:41:46,895 --> 00:41:49,594 I was wilting away. 891 00:41:49,724 --> 00:41:52,510 It scared me so much to see myself like that. 892 00:41:52,597 --> 00:41:54,468 I felt like I was lost in this world 893 00:41:54,555 --> 00:41:56,557 that I would never get out of. 894 00:41:56,644 --> 00:41:59,255 I knew that there were other women 895 00:41:59,386 --> 00:42:01,910 and that they had no power. 896 00:42:01,997 --> 00:42:04,522 They had no voice. They had no one to go to. 897 00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:06,045 ♪ ♪ 898 00:42:06,132 --> 00:42:08,351 Who could that be? 899 00:42:08,438 --> 00:42:09,570 ♪ ♪ 900 00:42:09,657 --> 00:42:11,398 It was me. 901 00:42:11,485 --> 00:42:13,182 It was me. 902 00:42:16,055 --> 00:42:17,447 Appearing before 903 00:42:17,578 --> 00:42:19,014 before the U.S. Attorney General's commission 904 00:42:19,101 --> 00:42:19,972 on pornography, 905 00:42:20,102 --> 00:42:22,148 Miki Garcia has come forward 906 00:42:22,235 --> 00:42:24,454 with what she claims is the inside story 907 00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:25,847 of Playboy's Playmates. 908 00:42:25,934 --> 00:42:29,547 ♪ ♪ 909 00:42:55,442 --> 00:42:58,445 Playboy was becoming more explicit, 910 00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:01,883 and it became what I considered flesh peddling. 911 00:43:01,970 --> 00:43:04,538 There was a push to show more 912 00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:07,280 and be a good girl and get the shot. 913 00:43:07,367 --> 00:43:10,892 They had made me a porn star against my will. 914 00:43:10,979 --> 00:43:13,329 Hefner and his staff encourage Playmates 915 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:14,722 to use illegal drugs. 916 00:43:14,853 --> 00:43:17,725 I testified about rape, 917 00:43:17,856 --> 00:43:20,119 abuse, coercion. 918 00:43:20,249 --> 00:43:22,861 Playboy was dangerous to women... 919 00:43:22,948 --> 00:43:26,299 and I was going to stop it any way I could.