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- This is the one, all right?
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[dramatic music]
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- girls come from a small town
or from all over the world
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to try to vie for the 12 slots
for playmate of the month
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or that one position
of playmate of the year.
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- "playboy," I've always wanted
to be in since I was a kid,
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so I'm very excited.
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- Only a handful will make it.
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What happens
to the rest of them?
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- in the early '90s,
"playboy" was so popular.
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- Playmates like pam anderson
and jenny mccarthy
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were very successful.
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- So many girls wanted to be
a playmate,
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and for one reason or another,
they wouldn't make it.
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- If the girls didn't make
the cut at playboy,
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they were shuffled off
into the shadow mansions.
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now, the shadow mansions,
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my father and the inner circle
from playboy
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created clones
of the playboy mansion
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on a smaller scale to sort
of lure these young girls in.
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It was very predatory.
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These young girls have no idea
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what's gonna hit them next.
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- my name is hugh hefner.
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I'm editor/publisher
of "playboy" magazine.
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- When hugh hefner
was just 27,
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he fashioned himself
and playboy
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as the face
of sexual liberation.
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- Playboy is one
of the most famous brand names
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in the world.
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- I would like
to be remembered
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as somebody who played
some positive part
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in changing the social-sexual
values of my time.
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- I believe that hef pulled
one over on the whole world.
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- The fantasy of playboy
that he created
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did not allow
for the consent of the women.
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- When it came
to hefner's buddies,
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you had to keep
those secrets quiet.
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- What have you got for free?
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- When you get someone
that powerful,
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anything could happen--
anything.
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- The people who were
really there--
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they're the ones
who know the real truth.
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- I want to be a voice
for the women
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that suffered the most
at his hands.
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- he was the ultimate
celebrity insider--
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a doctor who took care
of hugh hefner and had the run
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of the playboy mansion,
but not anymore.
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Witnesses say the doctor
could end up in jail.
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- Mark saginor,
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hefner's personal doctor
and party pal for two decades.
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- my father, mark saginor,
was hugh hefner's best friend,
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and doctor for about 40 years.
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Their friendship was, like,
next level.
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Like, they were just,
like, soul mates.
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All the girls would sort of
come and go over the years,
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but they would remain constant.
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- Mark was a very prominent,
prestigious doctor.
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- The public should simply
be aware
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that there are
inherent dangers to this.
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Dieting without the addition
of significant exercise
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is just inappropriate.
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- Mark was given credit
for saving hef's life
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when hef had the stroke back
in the mid-'80s.
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- Dr.. Saginor had
carte blanche at the mansion.
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He had the keys to the kingdom
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and he took that opportunity
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to live his life
to the fullest.
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- Mark and I were friends.
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I didn't see the side of mark
that I guess other people saw.
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- The 19-year-old told
police he drugged her,
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forced her
to perform oral sex.
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- back in 2004,
my father was partying
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at one of the playboy mansion
parties with a few girls
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who ended up going back
to his house afterwards.
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And I believe,
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you know, they were
partying there as well.
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- She said saginor called
in a second man
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to take polaroid photos of her
drugged out and seminude.
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Saginor was banned
from the playboy mansion
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after he was investigated
by the lapd.
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- hef, of course,
heard this news,
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and hef distanced himself
publicly from my father.
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he always wanted to be one step
removed from every situation
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so that nothing
would ever come back
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as, like, a direct
negative reflection on him.
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- He would actually be trying
to convince me
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that smoking crack cocaine
would cure my asthma.
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He's misusing his position
as a doctor
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and as hefner's friend.
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He's using it
to ruin young girls' lives.
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- my father reacted very poorly
to hef distancing himself,
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because he felt
that he was the fall guy,
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and he felt that he was a part
of something much bigger.
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There are so many other men
in hef's inner circle
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who were part
of this underground system.
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The bigger picture
is a operation
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that had been in place
for many decades.
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- all right, here we go, boys.
- Now?
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- I'm rolling.
- 15 in a row.
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- 15 in a row, eh?
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[indistinct chatter]
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- for hefner
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and all the inner circle
from the mansion,
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it was a mindset.
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It was a mentality of men
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who look at women
as commodities,
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as objects
that are disposable.
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Girls were another form
of a game to these men.
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- Ooh, ah!
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Oh!
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Fantastic!
- That was a good game.
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- Oh, that was
a great one, huh?
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- In the late '70s
and the '80s,
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there was this place
where hefner and my father
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and a lot of the men
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in the inner circle
from the mansion
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would go enjoy
a night out playing games,
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and it was called pips.
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- Where are
the really in places?
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- The best one right now
seems to be pips,
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which was started by my man.
[chuckles]
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it's a discotheque,
backgammon club.
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- Pips was a place that hefner
invested in
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along with bernie cornfeld,
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who was
my father's good friend
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and was also
hefner's really good friend.
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In the front room at pips,
there was a dance floor,
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and it just looked like
a regular club.
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And then in the back,
there was a private vip area
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for people
who were very well-known
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or established.
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Backgammon and monopoly
and poker,
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and it was even girls.
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I mean, anything
you could think of was there
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and available.
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as a teenager, I had a bedroom
myself at the playboy mansion,
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and I would tag along
with the guys
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when they'd go to pips.
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part of my job
was running downstairs
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and greeting a bunch
of the girls
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that would pile
out of the limo.
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They were brought in
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almost like you would bring in
a backgammon set
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or, you know, you'd put chips
on the table for poker.
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They were just part
of the game.
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You know, you can bet
on a girl like,
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"oh, which one do you want,"
you know?
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If I win something,
I get this one.
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Who should this one go to?
Who gets that one?
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It was a system
of trading girls.
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They were not aware
of what was happening to them,
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that they
were being wagered on
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or used as sort of collateral
gifts within the games.
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the girls
that would attend pips,
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some of them
could be playmates.
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Some of them were just guests
who showed up for the night.
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But I think a lot
of these young women
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were coming
from the shadow mansions.
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by shadow mansion,
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I mean that these men
in hef's inner circle
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would try to emulate
what he created
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in his own empire
at the playboy mansion.
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And they would have
smaller versions
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of the playboy mansions,
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which I would refer to
as mini mansions.
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They would house
these young girls
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who would come to los angeles
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looking for opportunities
to become actresses or models.
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in the '70s, bernie cornfeld,
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the guy who owned pips,
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was one of the first men
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to set up
his own shadow mansion.
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- I have diaries
from every year of my life
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from the time I was seven.
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That's not the one.
Here, '73 and '74 right here.
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my name is sharmagne
leland-st. John-sylbert.
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In the early '70s, I had
already been a playboy bunny,
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but I was no longer a bunny.
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Instead,
I was partners with bernie
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in this modeling agency.
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just up the road a bit
from the playboy mansion,
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there was the house
that was called grayhall,
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which was the home
of bernie cornfeld.
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Bernie had a talent agency
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for actresses and models,
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and he had
a dormitory upstairs,
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where he would invite
these young women
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to come and live in his home.
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by the time I understood
what was going on at grayhall,
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it had already been going on
for some time.
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Bernie, he would go
prowling at night.
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He'd go prowling up
in the dormitory
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and be having sex
with the girls up there.
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I realized
that the modeling agency
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apparently fronted
for bernie's sexual appetite.
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So, if you moved into
the house, you became prey.
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You became one
of his next conquests.
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- bernie cornfeld
had a really nice house,
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and we used
to shoot there a lot
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for "playboy" magazine.
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marilyn grabowski, my boss,
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was the west coast
photo editor.
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She says, "I'm gonna have
dinner with bernie,
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and I want you
to come with me."
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and so I went there.
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I said, "now, let me know
when you leave
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'cause I'm not staying here
without you."
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and so I'm sitting at the end
of this big living room,
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and all of a sudden, I see her
walking to the door,
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and I'm like...
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So I grab my purse,
and I start to walk out,
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and bernie goes,
"are you leaving?"
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and I said, "yeah, I got work
tomorrow," you know?
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And he goes,
"well, I know a better way out
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so you don't have to walk all
the way to the front door."
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and so he walks me
into a frickin' bedroom
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and throws me down on the bed.
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And I'm like, "[bleep],
bernie, let me up!"
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and I'm hitting him.
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I said, "you know,
who do you think I am?"
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so he finally lets me go...
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And the next day I said
to marilyn,
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"how dare you?
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"I told you to let me know
when you were leaving,
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and you didn't do it,"
you know?
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And for a woman to do that
to another woman is not right.
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That's not cool.
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♪ ♪
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- in the '70s,
it was just bernie cornfeld
253
00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:54,619
and the grayhall mansion.
254
00:10:54,721 --> 00:10:56,488
♪ ♪
255
00:10:56,590 --> 00:10:58,423
and as time went on,
256
00:10:58,525 --> 00:10:59,891
so many other men
257
00:10:59,993 --> 00:11:02,427
in the inner circle
from playboy
258
00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:05,030
really wanted to emulate
hef's lifestyle.
259
00:11:05,132 --> 00:11:07,632
The shadow-mansion system
260
00:11:07,734 --> 00:11:10,035
really became much larger
during the '90s.
261
00:11:10,137 --> 00:11:14,472
It became
this predatory movement
262
00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:17,642
where the girls that didn't
make the cut at playboy
263
00:11:17,744 --> 00:11:23,381
were being really shuffled off
into this underground system.
264
00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:24,549
♪ ♪
265
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ntroduce you
266
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to our new
1995 playmate of the year,
267
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julie cialini.
268
00:11:33,427 --> 00:11:36,461
[cheers and applause]
269
00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:39,898
- I feel like in the '90s
at the playboy mansion
270
00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,068
was, like,
a whole different era.
271
00:11:43,170 --> 00:11:43,735
It was all about more press
272
00:11:43,837 --> 00:11:45,336
and bringing attention
273
00:11:45,439 --> 00:11:48,840
to the women of playboy,
274
00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:51,910
and that's definitely not
anything that happened
275
00:11:52,012 --> 00:11:52,444
in the '80s.
276
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[dramatic music]
277
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the women in the '80s
at playboy,
278
00:11:57,184 --> 00:12:00,985
I believe they didn't really
have as much of a voice.
279
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It was more about keeping them
enclosed, you know,
280
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within the mansion community
and culture.
281
00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:10,161
And then
as the '90s came about,
282
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there was a shift.
283
00:12:11,832 --> 00:12:14,699
- Though millions buy the
magazine and video cassettes,
284
00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:16,267
much of the playboy mystique
has come to an end.
285
00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:20,238
Hefner's private plane,
the "big bunny," sold.
286
00:12:20,340 --> 00:12:22,807
Playboy's casinos, closed.
287
00:12:22,909 --> 00:12:24,175
Hefner's bachelorhood,
endangered.
288
00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:27,378
He says he's getting hitched,
to a centerfold, of course.
289
00:12:27,481 --> 00:12:30,982
- As you reached
into the '90s,
290
00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:31,983
it was a big, big change.
291
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♪ ♪
292
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still in the aids epidemic.
293
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And in that time,
294
00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:41,493
the party kind of ended,
I mean, for everybody.
295
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So maybe it was time
296
00:12:44,898 --> 00:12:47,966
for hef to settle down
a little bit.
297
00:12:48,068 --> 00:12:51,436
- Hugh hefner, do you
take kimberly conrad,
298
00:12:51,538 --> 00:12:55,039
here present, to be your wife?
299
00:12:55,142 --> 00:12:56,141
- I do.
300
00:12:56,243 --> 00:12:58,243
- Hef settled down
301
00:12:58,345 --> 00:13:02,147
in the midst of this pandemic.
302
00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:03,014
- It was a sad day
for all of us.
303
00:13:03,116 --> 00:13:05,350
[laughing]
304
00:13:05,452 --> 00:13:06,818
you didn't need to be
a fortune teller
305
00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,188
to see that his lifestyle was
going to take a drastic turn.
306
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,856
- Yeah, it is more
of like a family house.
307
00:13:11,958 --> 00:13:14,392
You know, they all have to get
their sleep now.
308
00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:14,926
[laughs]
309
00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:18,763
- oh, during
the kimberly years?
310
00:13:18,865 --> 00:13:21,366
Oh, hell, no.
[chuckles]
311
00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:23,835
hef did not hit
on any of the playmates.
312
00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:25,336
Kimberly's presence
313
00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:27,338
was definitely known
around the mansion.
314
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,240
- As far as talking to him,
315
00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:30,875
we were told that's a good way
316
00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:34,746
to get yourself blacklisted
from the mansion.
317
00:13:34,848 --> 00:13:37,115
You know, if we saw him
coming one way,
318
00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:38,116
we'd go the other way.
319
00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:39,317
♪ ♪
320
00:13:39,419 --> 00:13:40,985
- the irony of the '90s
321
00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:44,489
is that the mansion was sort
of shut down to the public,
322
00:13:44,591 --> 00:13:48,059
and yet there was
more opportunities for women,
323
00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:50,662
and then these women happened
to have personalities,
324
00:13:50,764 --> 00:13:52,897
where they really stepped
into those opportunities
325
00:13:52,999 --> 00:13:54,432
and owned it.
326
00:13:54,534 --> 00:13:55,767
[photographers chattering]
327
00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:59,204
- I first started going
to the mansion with my friend
328
00:13:59,306 --> 00:14:01,239
anna nicole smith.
329
00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:02,774
Anna nicole was the it girl
at the mansion
330
00:14:02,876 --> 00:14:05,343
and all through the '90s.
331
00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:07,278
She was
playmate of the month, 1992.
332
00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:09,681
- Anna.
[applause]
333
00:14:09,783 --> 00:14:12,083
- and then she became
playmate of the year, '93.
334
00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:13,351
- I feel like
the '90s in los angeles
335
00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:15,720
and especially
the playboy mansion
336
00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,922
is defined by someone
like anna nicole smith.
337
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:20,091
♪ ♪
338
00:14:20,193 --> 00:14:22,460
- it's a big check.
[laughter]
339
00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:25,296
- during the year that she was
becoming playmate of the year,
340
00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:27,131
she became an international
sort of sensation
341
00:14:27,234 --> 00:14:27,999
with the campaign for guess.
342
00:14:28,101 --> 00:14:31,035
♪ ♪
343
00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:32,871
and then you have
jenny mccarthy,
344
00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:34,873
pamela anderson.
345
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:37,175
These women are
sort of branding themselves
346
00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:38,943
outside the mansion.
347
00:14:39,045 --> 00:14:41,412
- I did my first cover for
"playboy" in October of '89,
348
00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:43,848
and I've got "baywatch" now.
349
00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,049
It's so exciting.
It's great.
350
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:48,019
- All of a sudden, the public
was noticing them.
351
00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:50,188
It became a lot more
mainstream and acceptable
352
00:14:50,290 --> 00:14:51,923
to be a playmate.
353
00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:55,827
- When you see somebody make it
really big because of playboy,
354
00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:57,195
like pam anderson
and jenny mccarthy and stuff,
355
00:14:57,297 --> 00:14:59,731
you're like, "wow.
356
00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:01,099
"like, look at all the
opportunities that it brings
357
00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:03,067
and how amazing that is."
358
00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:05,236
and I was like, "I want that."
359
00:15:05,338 --> 00:15:08,072
- as a result, women flock
to los angeles from all over
360
00:15:08,174 --> 00:15:10,141
trying to become playmates.
361
00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:13,011
- This sophomore
is into advertising,
362
00:15:13,113 --> 00:15:16,414
and she is not ashamed
of trying out for playboy
363
00:15:16,516 --> 00:15:19,717
♪ ♪
364
00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:21,953
- people come
from other places
365
00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:24,923
trying to be the celebrity
or the star.
366
00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:27,058
That's their dream,
and they're wishing for it,
367
00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,360
but the competition
is so stiff
368
00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:30,061
to be a playmate.
369
00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:33,331
So that handful makes it.
370
00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:35,266
The rest
slip through the cracks
371
00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:39,704
and get preyed on
by whomever is out there,
372
00:15:39,806 --> 00:15:41,773
knowing that they
didn't make the cut.
373
00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:44,208
♪ ♪
374
00:15:44,311 --> 00:15:48,046
- in the '90s, I believe
that these men around hef
375
00:15:48,148 --> 00:15:49,881
saw a very big opportunity.
376
00:15:49,983 --> 00:15:52,684
For many years,
377
00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:56,054
hef had different men
who were out there recruiting.
378
00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:58,222
My father was a scout.
379
00:15:58,325 --> 00:16:00,658
They would put ads out
in the different newspapers.
380
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,027
"want to be a playmate?
Do you want to be a model?"
381
00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:04,796
♪ ♪
382
00:16:04,898 --> 00:16:07,031
and when you moved
into the '90s,
383
00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:08,933
the scouts
would be circulating
384
00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:11,102
throughout the nightclubs
in los angeles,
385
00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:12,670
'cause all the young girls
386
00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:15,039
that would come from out of
town would obviously show up
387
00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:16,107
at the nightclubs.
388
00:16:16,209 --> 00:16:18,209
And they would number
the level of girl
389
00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:18,943
that they would meet.
390
00:16:19,045 --> 00:16:21,079
♪ ♪
391
00:16:21,181 --> 00:16:24,749
if they were super hot
and, you know, great physique
392
00:16:24,851 --> 00:16:25,817
and they were, like, a ten,
393
00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:29,387
then they would be brought
to the mansion
394
00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:30,855
and brought to a party
395
00:16:30,957 --> 00:16:33,791
and given maybe an opportunity
to pose in "playboy."
396
00:16:33,893 --> 00:16:36,227
and then you have nine.
397
00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:37,729
That was maybe given,
398
00:16:37,831 --> 00:16:38,830
you know,
a lesser opportunity,
399
00:16:38,932 --> 00:16:40,164
but still would be introduced
to people
400
00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:43,868
that could possibly bring
her career to the next level.
401
00:16:43,970 --> 00:16:46,337
And then you have the girls
that are, like, you know,
402
00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,039
the sevens and the eights.
403
00:16:48,141 --> 00:16:49,374
♪ ♪
404
00:16:49,476 --> 00:16:51,175
these girls didn't make
the cut for playboy,
405
00:16:51,277 --> 00:16:53,177
but you don't want to just
throw away nice girls.
406
00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:56,247
They're still pretty.
407
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:58,316
You know,
"what can we do with them?"
408
00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:02,086
these scouts would invite
these girls
409
00:17:02,188 --> 00:17:04,022
to these mini mansions
410
00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:05,323
for these
modeling-agency parties
411
00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:08,059
and offer them a place to live
412
00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:10,328
and offer them
modeling contracts.
413
00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:11,429
♪ ♪
414
00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:14,732
the young girls believed
an opportunity
415
00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:17,068
to really move
your dreams forward,
416
00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:20,405
when, in fact, it was really
just all a facade.
417
00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:22,874
Very quickly they're
crossing boundaries
418
00:17:22,976 --> 00:17:25,176
that they never thought
that they would cross.
419
00:17:25,278 --> 00:17:27,245
Once you're on this path,
420
00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:29,814
it's very hard
to find your way out.
421
00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:31,215
♪ ♪
422
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,183
[dramatic music]
423
00:17:32,285 --> 00:17:35,186
- we're ready to go.
- Copy. All right.
424
00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:37,221
[speaking indistinctly]
425
00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:38,122
♪ ♪
426
00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,291
- I'm rachel myers,
427
00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:44,962
and I was a guest at many
of the playboy mansion parties.
428
00:17:45,065 --> 00:17:46,364
When I first moved to l.A.,
429
00:17:46,466 --> 00:17:49,600
I was working at a clothing
store in beverly hills.
430
00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:53,504
Two older gentlemen came in
and said to me,
431
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,574
"would you like to attend
the playboy mansion party?
432
00:17:56,676 --> 00:17:59,477
If so, I can get you in.
You have to see someone."
433
00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,678
♪ ♪
434
00:18:00,780 --> 00:18:04,248
I went to someone's house.
435
00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:08,653
This is someone in the inner
circle at the playboy mansion,
436
00:18:08,755 --> 00:18:12,256
and I was told that the way
to get into the playboy mansion
437
00:18:12,358 --> 00:18:15,726
was to show my boobs.
438
00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:18,096
♪ ♪
439
00:18:18,198 --> 00:18:21,399
I don't know.
I just did it.
440
00:18:21,501 --> 00:18:23,234
♪ ♪
441
00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:26,003
photos were taken,
and there were photos
442
00:18:26,106 --> 00:18:28,005
on the table
of multiple women,
443
00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:31,008
and so I just thought
it was normal.
444
00:18:31,111 --> 00:18:34,545
And so that's how I got
into the playboy mansion.
445
00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:37,014
♪ ♪
446
00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:40,051
at the mansion,
I went with an older gentleman
447
00:18:40,153 --> 00:18:41,352
who picked me up in a limo.
448
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:45,223
I was actually brought
to hugh hefner's table
449
00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:46,491
and introduced to hugh.
450
00:18:46,593 --> 00:18:50,528
And I met some other older men,
451
00:18:50,630 --> 00:18:54,098
and they would invite me
to the mini mansions.
452
00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:55,233
♪ ♪
453
00:18:55,335 --> 00:18:56,434
the mini mansions
were similar parties
454
00:18:56,536 --> 00:19:01,506
to the playboy mansion parties
on a lower scale.
455
00:19:01,608 --> 00:19:03,975
I would see the same guys
at the mini mansions
456
00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:07,411
that I would see
at the playboy mansion.
457
00:19:07,514 --> 00:19:10,281
So I think there was
definitely a learned behavior
458
00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:12,517
from the mansion
to the mini mansions.
459
00:19:12,619 --> 00:19:14,619
These men got some ideas
460
00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:18,256
on how to manipulate women.
461
00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,558
♪ ♪
462
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:21,592
- the experience I had
at the mini-mansion parties
463
00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:24,996
is immediately walking in,
464
00:19:25,098 --> 00:19:28,032
having all the men
glom on to you
465
00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:31,002
offering you,
you know, lines of coke
466
00:19:31,104 --> 00:19:33,271
or a bowl of,
you know, ecstasy.
467
00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:35,540
If you refuse those,
468
00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:37,441
they're trying to shove
champagne in your face.
469
00:19:37,544 --> 00:19:39,143
You know, who knows
what's in the champagne,
470
00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:41,546
if they've dropped
anything in there?
471
00:19:41,648 --> 00:19:43,281
I've just seen it
too many times.
472
00:19:43,383 --> 00:19:44,549
♪ ♪
473
00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:48,419
I just would refrain and get
my own drink or my own water
474
00:19:48,521 --> 00:19:50,688
and make sure
I opened it myself,
475
00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:51,656
and that's how I avoided
being prey.
476
00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:56,160
So that's the first red flag.
477
00:19:56,262 --> 00:19:58,362
Second red flag
is they're promising you,
478
00:19:58,464 --> 00:19:59,697
to come to this party,
479
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,499
you're going to get
a modeling contract.
480
00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:04,302
- At the mini mansions,
these men had come up to me
481
00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:06,437
and given me their cards
482
00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:08,239
and told me
that they would sign me.
483
00:20:08,341 --> 00:20:12,176
- Who's signing a contract
at night at a party?
484
00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:13,077
So the grooming
that's happening
485
00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:15,713
at these mini-mansion parties
486
00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:18,382
is pretty obviously
not for modeling.
487
00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:20,651
♪ ♪
488
00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:23,588
- at these parties,
in many of the rooms,
489
00:20:23,690 --> 00:20:24,922
they were, like, you know,
setting up
490
00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:28,059
these, like, fake photo shoots
where the girls would feel
491
00:20:28,161 --> 00:20:29,393
like they were being given
this opportunity
492
00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:30,394
to be a model.
493
00:20:30,496 --> 00:20:32,530
♪ ♪
494
00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:33,698
maybe they were given
a drink to relax
495
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,435
and then whenever
that sort of would kick in,
496
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:40,438
then the girls
were, like, posing
497
00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:41,739
without their clothes on.
498
00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:43,441
♪ ♪
499
00:20:43,543 --> 00:20:45,476
I just remember
walking in on them
500
00:20:45,578 --> 00:20:47,545
and being, like, horrified.
501
00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,147
These girls
were clearly drugged
502
00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,550
and not coherent.
503
00:20:52,652 --> 00:20:53,584
Maybe they would also
504
00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:56,420
have somebody, like,
videotaping them,
505
00:20:56,522 --> 00:21:00,024
and then that videotape
could be used as blackmail,
506
00:21:00,126 --> 00:21:02,727
so they wouldn't tell anyone
or so that they'd sort of fall
507
00:21:02,829 --> 00:21:08,266
into this underground system
of being available.
508
00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:11,435
Basically, any powerful,
wealthy man in los angeles
509
00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:13,070
who was on the guest list
510
00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:15,339
to attend
the mini-mansion parties
511
00:21:15,441 --> 00:21:17,041
was given an opportunity
512
00:21:17,143 --> 00:21:19,310
to spend time with particular
girls.
513
00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:21,412
"spending time with her" is
code for "having sex with her."
514
00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:26,150
♪ ♪
515
00:21:26,252 --> 00:21:28,519
I think many
of the girls stayed
516
00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:31,389
in the mini-mansion system
because they were scared
517
00:21:31,491 --> 00:21:33,457
of being blackmailed
with videotapes.
518
00:21:33,559 --> 00:21:36,527
I believe others really didn't
have other opportunities,
519
00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:39,330
and they thought that perhaps
if they would just sleep
520
00:21:39,432 --> 00:21:41,565
with this next guy
and get it over with
521
00:21:41,668 --> 00:21:43,334
that they could offer you
a certain opportunity.
522
00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:44,669
♪ ♪
523
00:21:44,771 --> 00:21:45,670
- it's very hard for me
524
00:21:45,772 --> 00:21:49,640
to look back on those times
525
00:21:49,742 --> 00:21:52,276
because it's something
526
00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:56,580
that I don't necessarily want
to remember or admit,
527
00:21:56,683 --> 00:21:57,315
but it was a part of my life.
528
00:21:57,417 --> 00:22:00,184
♪ ♪
529
00:22:00,286 --> 00:22:02,520
as a young girl,
I was molested,
530
00:22:02,622 --> 00:22:05,389
so I probably detached
from my body at a young age.
531
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:09,460
And so having that trauma...
532
00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:11,195
♪ ♪
533
00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:13,097
made it easier...
[chuckles]
534
00:22:13,199 --> 00:22:15,566
♪ ♪
535
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:18,436
'cause I didn't own my body,
someone else did.
536
00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:19,370
♪ ♪
537
00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:24,342
I would say
to my younger self now
538
00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:27,445
to not use your body
for opportunities.
539
00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:34,218
♪ ♪
540
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:39,256
- in the '90s, there was
at least six or seven guys
541
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,058
that I knew
in hef's inner circle
542
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:45,229
that ended up setting up
these shadow mansions...
543
00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:47,064
Guys like peter nygard.
544
00:22:47,166 --> 00:22:47,832
♪ ♪
545
00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:49,667
- for decades, peter nygard
546
00:22:49,769 --> 00:22:51,469
has been fashion royalty.
547
00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:54,071
- I met peter nygaard
about 30 years ago
548
00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:56,240
at one
of the mini-mansion parties.
549
00:22:56,342 --> 00:22:59,243
He wanted to be the next hef.
550
00:22:59,345 --> 00:23:01,078
He would roll over
to the mansion
551
00:23:01,180 --> 00:23:02,713
and just go see hef
and hang out.
552
00:23:02,815 --> 00:23:04,548
They'd play cards.
553
00:23:04,650 --> 00:23:06,050
♪ ♪
554
00:23:06,152 --> 00:23:09,687
- peter nygard has a house
in marina del rey.
555
00:23:09,789 --> 00:23:12,089
It's huge.
It's, like, on the beach.
556
00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,358
When I went to a party
at peter nygard's house,
557
00:23:14,460 --> 00:23:18,262
he tried to pull down my top,
kiss my boob, and kiss me.
558
00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:19,130
And I was like,
"what are you doing?"
559
00:23:19,232 --> 00:23:20,498
like, peter nygard
is a predator.
560
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:25,736
The news is completely true,
what they're saying about him.
561
00:23:25,838 --> 00:23:28,105
- The fbi calls nygard
a predator,
562
00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:30,408
and they allege he sexually
assaulted dozens,
563
00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:33,177
if not hundreds, of women and
girls over a 25-year period.
564
00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:35,980
♪ ♪
565
00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:39,417
- when I was in l.A. Doing
the shooting for playboy,
566
00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:41,986
nygard called me up.
567
00:23:42,088 --> 00:23:42,653
I'm sure that he got
the information from playboy.
568
00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:45,089
I mean, where else?
569
00:23:45,191 --> 00:23:46,590
I was stupid enough
to go to his house
570
00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:48,426
when I was invited there.
571
00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:49,527
♪ ♪
572
00:23:49,629 --> 00:23:53,497
he was hinting about anal sex,
573
00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:56,600
like certain kind of things
that he really liked.
574
00:23:56,702 --> 00:24:00,171
And what he said to me
was the same allegations
575
00:24:00,273 --> 00:24:02,139
that women were telling
about him.
576
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:07,011
- He held me down,
and he sodomized me.
577
00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:10,581
I didn't know what to do.
578
00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:13,050
I had never felt
that kind of pain before,
579
00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:13,784
and I was scared
580
00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:15,753
♪ ♪
581
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:19,089
- when I was there, he probably
could have raped me
582
00:24:19,192 --> 00:24:20,791
or drugged me or something.
583
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:25,162
I was really lucky to be able
to escape that situation.
584
00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:31,101
♪ ♪
585
00:24:38,377 --> 00:24:40,478
- oh, I think hef knew
586
00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:41,512
definitely what was going on
at the parties,
587
00:24:41,614 --> 00:24:43,214
because most of the people
588
00:24:43,316 --> 00:24:45,249
throwing
the mini-mansion parties
589
00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:47,384
had partied at the mansion.
590
00:24:47,487 --> 00:24:49,253
- That's really what it is.
591
00:24:49,355 --> 00:24:51,655
Of course hefner's aware
of the system.
592
00:24:51,757 --> 00:24:54,258
All of his friends were,
you know, housing these girls,
593
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:56,327
and they were the ones
who owned the mini mansions.
594
00:24:56,429 --> 00:24:56,994
♪ ♪
595
00:24:57,096 --> 00:24:58,162
in the '80s and '90s,
596
00:24:58,264 --> 00:25:01,499
even my father's house
was a mini mansion,
597
00:25:01,601 --> 00:25:03,067
a shadow mansion.
598
00:25:03,169 --> 00:25:04,668
There were
so many different young models
599
00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:08,372
living at my father's house.
600
00:25:08,474 --> 00:25:10,407
Bernie cornfeld
and these different men
601
00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:11,342
who owned their own
shadow mansions
602
00:25:11,444 --> 00:25:12,676
would stop by
my father's house
603
00:25:12,778 --> 00:25:13,410
to sort of check
out the cattle.
604
00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:16,714
♪ ♪
605
00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:20,150
and then in 2004, my father
was made the fall guy
606
00:25:20,253 --> 00:25:23,487
for this mini-mansion system.
607
00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:27,191
Hef then publicly distanced
himself from my father.
608
00:25:27,293 --> 00:25:30,528
My father was hefner's
very good friend of 40 years,
609
00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:33,364
and he was really upset
610
00:25:33,466 --> 00:25:36,100
that hef would sort of
turn his back on him
611
00:25:36,202 --> 00:25:37,635
in that moment publicly.
612
00:25:37,737 --> 00:25:39,637
At the time,
I didn't understand
613
00:25:39,739 --> 00:25:43,307
why he felt so betrayed.
614
00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:47,545
It led me to reevaluate
their relationship.
615
00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:51,115
I started to connect the dots
over the decades.
616
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,555
That it was much more
than a friendship.
617
00:25:57,657 --> 00:26:02,092
♪ ♪
618
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,495
- say, aren't you
brigham young?
619
00:26:04,597 --> 00:26:05,496
- I am.
620
00:26:05,598 --> 00:26:06,630
- The man with 50 wives?
- I am.
621
00:26:06,732 --> 00:26:07,765
- The man with 240 children?
622
00:26:07,867 --> 00:26:12,269
- I am.
- Why, you should be hung.
623
00:26:12,371 --> 00:26:12,903
- I am.
624
00:26:13,005 --> 00:26:17,708
[cheers and applause]
625
00:26:17,810 --> 00:26:20,277
- in my mind, for many years,
626
00:26:20,379 --> 00:26:23,714
my father and hef
were in a very close friendship
627
00:26:23,816 --> 00:26:24,448
for many, many decades.
628
00:26:24,550 --> 00:26:27,618
[dramatic music]
629
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,321
what I've realized over time
is that their connection
630
00:26:30,423 --> 00:26:34,224
was much more
than just best friends.
631
00:26:34,327 --> 00:26:38,095
It's my personal belief
that the love of hef's life
632
00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:39,063
was my father.
633
00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:41,198
♪ ♪
634
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:42,433
over the years,
635
00:26:42,535 --> 00:26:45,803
my father, you know, really
gave up his family life,
636
00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:50,507
his practice to be with him.
637
00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:51,609
I don't know many men
638
00:26:51,711 --> 00:26:54,378
who just basically give up
their own life
639
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,348
and then move
into some other man's house.
640
00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:00,217
- So, during my tenure
at the playboy mansion,
641
00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:02,186
as far as dr. Saginor
and mr. Hefner,
642
00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:05,656
I experienced those two
becoming very close.
643
00:27:05,758 --> 00:27:07,224
I remember
644
00:27:07,326 --> 00:27:08,826
"a midsummer night's dream"
party,
645
00:27:08,928 --> 00:27:11,362
and I noticed that, you know,
mr. Hefner,
646
00:27:11,464 --> 00:27:13,697
mr. Hefner's girlfriend,
647
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,532
and dr. Saginor
648
00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:16,500
made their way up
to the bedroom--
649
00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:19,370
bedroom one--
that's mr. Hefner's room.
650
00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,471
You could paint the picture
651
00:27:20,573 --> 00:27:23,440
I don't know,
but they didn't come back down.
652
00:27:23,542 --> 00:27:26,543
- You have admitted
to some homosexual curiosities.
653
00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,579
How serious have any
of those dalliances been?
654
00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:31,081
- Not serious at all.
655
00:27:31,183 --> 00:27:34,151
When you're involved
in the swing period
656
00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:36,620
or the orgy period
of the '70s,
657
00:27:36,722 --> 00:27:39,456
there was more than
a little bisexuality.
658
00:27:39,558 --> 00:27:42,526
- Mark became his best friend.
659
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:46,730
They took things really far.
660
00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:49,266
They became
more than best friends.
661
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:51,502
♪ ♪
662
00:27:51,604 --> 00:27:53,170
yeah.
663
00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,172
Yeah, they became that.
664
00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:58,208
- My father and hef
had a spiritual connection
665
00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:02,846
that I don't believe any
of these wives or girlfriends
666
00:28:02,948 --> 00:28:04,648
could ever compete against.
667
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:06,116
♪ ♪
668
00:28:06,218 --> 00:28:07,818
they had
a physical relationship
669
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,620
in the context
of these different orgies.
670
00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:13,190
The orgy sort of started
as something
671
00:28:13,292 --> 00:28:14,425
that was an opportunity
for people
672
00:28:14,527 --> 00:28:18,529
to sort of experience
their open sexuality,
673
00:28:18,631 --> 00:28:20,330
and then that sort of
turned into something
674
00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:23,567
that was
a little bit more sinister.
675
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:25,436
It was just more
of a transaction
676
00:28:25,538 --> 00:28:27,571
that was exciting
677
00:28:27,673 --> 00:28:31,341
and that probably stemmed
from their own childhood.
678
00:28:31,444 --> 00:28:32,576
♪ ♪
679
00:28:32,678 --> 00:28:35,579
growing up, they were both
these weird, nerdy guys
680
00:28:35,681 --> 00:28:37,815
who didn't date
a lot of women.
681
00:28:37,917 --> 00:28:38,716
♪ ♪
682
00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:40,784
so having control and power
683
00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:44,054
over these types of women
at the mansion
684
00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:45,823
was something
that is very exciting.
685
00:28:45,925 --> 00:28:49,226
You know,
the breaking down of a woman,
686
00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:51,695
watching them sort of fall
into something
687
00:28:51,797 --> 00:28:53,130
where they're now
doing something
688
00:28:53,232 --> 00:28:55,733
that maybe thought
they would never do.
689
00:28:55,835 --> 00:28:56,867
Maybe they're
crossing boundaries
690
00:28:56,969 --> 00:28:58,836
that they never thought
that they would cross.
691
00:28:58,938 --> 00:29:02,506
There's some kind
of rush in that.
692
00:29:02,608 --> 00:29:03,440
And then it's like anything.
693
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:05,175
You know, once you have
something,
694
00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:06,176
you need, you know,
more of that
695
00:29:06,278 --> 00:29:09,346
to sort of create
the same feeling.
696
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:12,750
"so how do we recruit more
girls like this," you know?
697
00:29:12,852 --> 00:29:14,585
How do we bring in
fresh meat?"
698
00:29:14,687 --> 00:29:15,853
the bigger the situations
they created,
699
00:29:15,955 --> 00:29:18,655
the more their energy
was on the girls,
700
00:29:18,758 --> 00:29:21,759
seducing them into the world
701
00:29:21,861 --> 00:29:24,595
and really just
breaking them down.
702
00:29:24,697 --> 00:29:25,696
♪ ♪
703
00:29:25,798 --> 00:29:28,532
and that, over time, I believe,
704
00:29:28,634 --> 00:29:34,104
became something that turned
into a bigger picture.
705
00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:34,872
♪ ♪
706
00:29:34,974 --> 00:29:36,473
when you moved into the '90s
707
00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:37,674
when hef married kimberly
708
00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:41,712
and all the big orgies
shut down at the mansion,
709
00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:43,714
all of a sudden, we're taking
the party elsewhere.
710
00:29:47,386 --> 00:29:48,452
- Yeah.
- They moved.
711
00:29:48,554 --> 00:29:49,753
At mark's, yeah.
- Yeah.
712
00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:52,256
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
713
00:29:52,358 --> 00:29:54,191
He only went
to my father's house,
714
00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:56,193
'cause they're still partying
and doing--
715
00:29:56,295 --> 00:29:58,595
you know,
they're "partying" together.
716
00:29:58,697 --> 00:30:00,564
I mean, you can't just
stop the machine, right?
717
00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:02,533
The machine must go on,
and that is something
718
00:30:02,635 --> 00:30:05,536
that was now taking place
off the property.
719
00:30:05,638 --> 00:30:07,671
♪ ♪
720
00:30:07,773 --> 00:30:09,540
- one time I remember
being in a limo
721
00:30:09,642 --> 00:30:12,643
with hef and anna nicole.
722
00:30:12,745 --> 00:30:15,579
We were heading
to a mini-mansion party
723
00:30:15,681 --> 00:30:16,446
at mark saginor's house.
724
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:19,683
At the party, it just seemed
725
00:30:19,785 --> 00:30:22,186
like all the girls
were on the menu.
726
00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:23,353
- There was, like,
10, 15 girls
727
00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:26,089
living at my father's house.
728
00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:30,227
Literally, they would just come
one by one down the staircase.
729
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:31,361
- Even anna nicole--
730
00:30:31,463 --> 00:30:33,864
I got the feeling
when we were at the party
731
00:30:33,966 --> 00:30:37,234
that she was up
for grabs for whoever.
732
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:39,636
Anna nicole was right
around 30 at the time.
733
00:30:39,738 --> 00:30:40,871
Hef made some comment,
734
00:30:40,973 --> 00:30:42,739
like, you know,
she's being phased out.
735
00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:46,176
- That's how it works,
736
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:48,478
even for someone
like anna nicole smith.
737
00:30:48,581 --> 00:30:51,515
They're used
for a certain period of time.
738
00:30:51,617 --> 00:30:53,784
They are then
easily disposable.
739
00:30:53,886 --> 00:30:55,152
♪ ♪
740
00:30:55,254 --> 00:30:57,321
I believe that there's
something exciting
741
00:30:57,423 --> 00:31:00,524
in meeting these young girls
742
00:31:00,626 --> 00:31:02,292
that will come
from small towns
743
00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:04,261
that still kind of had
that light in them
744
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:08,565
and watching them
slowly burn that light out.
745
00:31:08,667 --> 00:31:14,605
♪ ♪
746
00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:17,374
- in the '90s,
747
00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:19,343
once I moved
into my father's house,
748
00:31:19,445 --> 00:31:21,778
he had these
different pictures of women
749
00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:26,516
who were on all fours naked
750
00:31:26,619 --> 00:31:28,385
with a leash
around the girl's neck.
751
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:31,355
When I would try to say
something to him, he was like,
752
00:31:31,457 --> 00:31:32,556
"well, they actually like
to be submissive."
753
00:31:32,658 --> 00:31:34,825
they want to be dominated.
754
00:31:34,927 --> 00:31:37,861
He was on drugs at the time
755
00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:40,731
and offering drugs
to these young girls.
756
00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:42,633
♪ ♪
757
00:31:42,735 --> 00:31:43,967
I remember walking
into his bedroom
758
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:50,407
and seeing these young girls
really incoherent,
759
00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,744
and he would be, you know,
injecting them with something.
760
00:31:53,846 --> 00:31:57,714
I grew up watching these girls
come in looking one way
761
00:31:57,816 --> 00:32:01,919
and slowly becoming
762
00:32:02,021 --> 00:32:03,587
someone that they probably
don't even recognize.
763
00:32:03,689 --> 00:32:06,890
♪ ♪
764
00:32:06,992 --> 00:32:08,258
one of the girls
who was spending time
765
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,994
at my father's house
for a while,
766
00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:12,729
her name was paulina.
767
00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:17,634
She came here from europe,
wanted to become a model,
768
00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:21,905
and she's someone who I became
friends with instantly.
769
00:32:22,007 --> 00:32:23,674
She was just so sweet and nice
770
00:32:23,776 --> 00:32:24,908
and had such a light
in her spirit.
771
00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:27,377
♪ ♪
772
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:30,480
at one of the parties--
I believe it was in malibu.
773
00:32:30,582 --> 00:32:32,649
Again, it was one of the
fake modeling-agency parties.
774
00:32:32,751 --> 00:32:35,819
She was really high.
775
00:32:35,921 --> 00:32:39,489
She kept looking for a guy
to help her get coke.
776
00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:40,958
She's found the next guy,
777
00:32:41,060 --> 00:32:42,993
and she went
in the bathroom with him,
778
00:32:43,095 --> 00:32:45,862
and they did a bunch
of blow, I believe.
779
00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:47,397
♪ ♪
780
00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:50,734
for the longest time,
nobody came out.
781
00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:51,568
♪ ♪
782
00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,037
I walked in on the bathroom
783
00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:56,907
and saw her laying down
in a pool of blood.
784
00:32:57,009 --> 00:32:58,275
♪ ♪
785
00:32:58,377 --> 00:33:01,211
I was scared.
I didn't know what to do.
786
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:02,713
And so I started
screaming for help.
787
00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,948
No one came.
788
00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:06,383
And then all of a sudden,
789
00:33:06,485 --> 00:33:10,620
the owner of this particular
mini mansion called security.
790
00:33:10,723 --> 00:33:14,658
Security came and literally
picked up her lifeless body
791
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:17,461
and brought it
into, like, the back.
792
00:33:17,563 --> 00:33:19,496
And I'm like, "wait a minute.
Where are you taking her?"
793
00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:23,266
and they're like,
"we got it from here, kid."
794
00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:24,468
♪ ♪
795
00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:26,970
and I never saw her again.
796
00:33:27,072 --> 00:33:28,638
♪ ♪
797
00:33:28,741 --> 00:33:31,742
[knock at door]
798
00:33:31,844 --> 00:33:35,278
many months later, there was
a knock at my father's door,
799
00:33:35,381 --> 00:33:38,248
and there was this cute
little old man.
800
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,817
He pulled out,
like, a polaroid picture,
801
00:33:40,919 --> 00:33:43,387
and he said, "you know,
have you seen my daughter?
802
00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:44,688
Her name is paulina."
803
00:33:44,790 --> 00:33:47,624
♪ ♪
804
00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,693
I was conditioned from such
a young age, of course,
805
00:33:49,795 --> 00:33:51,762
to be loyal to the men,
806
00:33:51,864 --> 00:33:52,496
and so the last thing
I'm gonna do
807
00:33:52,598 --> 00:33:56,500
is be honest with this man
808
00:33:56,602 --> 00:34:00,337
about what I saw happen
to his daughter.
809
00:34:00,439 --> 00:34:02,572
And so I just said, "no,"
you know,
810
00:34:02,674 --> 00:34:04,274
"I haven't seen paulina.
811
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,310
Maybe you have
the wrong house."
812
00:34:07,413 --> 00:34:08,745
♪ ♪
813
00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:11,982
and he put his head down,
and, you know, he walked away.
814
00:34:12,084 --> 00:34:15,452
♪ ♪
815
00:34:15,554 --> 00:34:16,953
I was too scared
to say anything myself
816
00:34:17,056 --> 00:34:19,890
or to tell anybody.
817
00:34:19,992 --> 00:34:22,926
I just I feel guilty that
I watched these young girls,
818
00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:25,729
you know, many of them...
819
00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:29,232
That were drugged and...
820
00:34:29,334 --> 00:34:30,834
I just knew
what was gonna happen to them,
821
00:34:30,936 --> 00:34:32,602
and I didn't do anything.
822
00:34:32,704 --> 00:34:34,638
♪ ♪
823
00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,974
- how old were you
at this point?
824
00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:39,509
- Um...
825
00:34:39,611 --> 00:34:41,511
I mean, it was
all the years.
826
00:34:41,613 --> 00:34:44,714
[chuckles]
827
00:34:46,718 --> 00:34:50,687
I feel guilty that I was there
attending these parties
828
00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:52,389
and having fun,
and, you know,
829
00:34:52,491 --> 00:34:53,990
and I thought it was fun.
830
00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:56,259
I did have fun.
831
00:34:56,361 --> 00:34:57,961
But it's devastating
832
00:34:58,063 --> 00:35:00,730
that these young girls
were basically--
833
00:35:00,833 --> 00:35:03,533
their spirits were really
sucked out of them,
834
00:35:03,635 --> 00:35:06,970
and that's something
that I can relate to.
835
00:35:07,072 --> 00:35:08,371
I thought since I was
the doctor's daughter
836
00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:11,208
that I was protected,
I was shielded, you know,
837
00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:14,911
against being
taken advantage of.
838
00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:18,482
And then these same experiences
happened to me
839
00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:19,549
that happened to so many
of these girls.
840
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,618
♪ ♪
841
00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:24,955
as a teenager,
842
00:35:25,057 --> 00:35:28,625
I turned to one of my father's
friends for advice
843
00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:30,927
and showed up at his house.
844
00:35:31,029 --> 00:35:32,796
♪ ♪
845
00:35:32,898 --> 00:35:34,764
he ended up
offering me a drink
846
00:35:34,867 --> 00:35:36,766
and putting something
in my drink.
847
00:35:36,869 --> 00:35:39,536
♪ ♪
848
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,838
before I knew it,
I was, you know, out of body
849
00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:45,542
and came to with him
trying to have sex with me...
850
00:35:45,644 --> 00:35:46,910
♪ ♪
851
00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:49,546
telling me I had to take
my, like, clothes off,
852
00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:50,447
and I was in his bed,
853
00:35:50,549 --> 00:35:54,351
and the whole thing
was so horrific.
854
00:35:54,453 --> 00:35:57,654
♪ ♪
855
00:35:57,756 --> 00:36:00,257
for me, growing up
in that setting,
856
00:36:00,359 --> 00:36:03,760
I was the only female that's
welcomed into this boys' club.
857
00:36:03,862 --> 00:36:05,362
You know,
I felt good about myself.
858
00:36:05,464 --> 00:36:07,564
I felt special and different.
859
00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:09,199
And really at the end
of the day, I'm not.
860
00:36:09,301 --> 00:36:11,401
I'm just the same as, you know,
861
00:36:11,503 --> 00:36:13,603
any other girl who's coming
to los angeles
862
00:36:13,705 --> 00:36:15,372
who's, you know--
863
00:36:15,474 --> 00:36:18,542
who eventually is gonna be
sucked up by the system.
864
00:36:18,644 --> 00:36:21,411
♪ ♪
865
00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:26,082
[dramatic music]
866
00:36:26,185 --> 00:36:27,250
♪ ♪
867
00:36:27,352 --> 00:36:30,053
- he's misusing his position
as a doctor
868
00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:31,955
and as hefner's friend.
869
00:36:32,057 --> 00:36:35,025
He's using it
to ruin young girls' lives.
870
00:36:35,127 --> 00:36:36,159
♪ ♪
871
00:36:36,261 --> 00:36:39,162
- over the years,
I've seen it so much--
872
00:36:39,264 --> 00:36:42,666
girls who were subject to...
873
00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:44,901
These--especially
the mini mansions,
874
00:36:45,003 --> 00:36:49,372
but, you know, really taken in,
you know, and their innocence
875
00:36:49,474 --> 00:36:51,541
and their spirits
were really sucked out of them.
876
00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:53,310
♪ ♪
877
00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:55,912
in 2004,
878
00:36:56,014 --> 00:36:59,115
when the girls
made claims against my father,
879
00:36:59,218 --> 00:37:00,450
his medical license
was suspended
880
00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:01,985
for a short period of time.
881
00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:05,589
- Mark saginor is not allowed
to practice medicine
882
00:37:05,691 --> 00:37:09,526
because he is a danger
to his patients.
883
00:37:09,628 --> 00:37:11,127
- It was definitely
a turning point for my father.
884
00:37:11,230 --> 00:37:16,099
He checked into rehab.
He became sober.
885
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:17,033
During that time period
886
00:37:17,135 --> 00:37:20,036
when hef distanced
himself publicly
887
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:23,440
hef and my father
still spoke on the phone
888
00:37:23,542 --> 00:37:25,642
and then they did start
spending time together again,
889
00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:30,447
especially towards
the end of hef's life.
890
00:37:30,549 --> 00:37:33,350
When hef was passing,
891
00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:35,418
the one that was by his side
in the end was my father.
892
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,389
♪ ♪
893
00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:41,658
after hefner passed,
894
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,295
my father decided to marry
a young woman he met in rehab.
895
00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:48,298
♪ ♪
896
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,166
I remember showing up
to this wedding,
897
00:37:50,269 --> 00:37:53,336
and it was so surreal
898
00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:58,908
to see these giant,
blown-up posters on easels
899
00:37:59,011 --> 00:38:01,945
of hefner and mary o'connor
and keith hefner.
900
00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:04,347
♪ ♪
901
00:38:04,449 --> 00:38:06,650
my father and this woman
were at the altar,
902
00:38:06,752 --> 00:38:10,053
and I remember my father,
903
00:38:10,155 --> 00:38:12,489
you know, asked for this moment
of silence
904
00:38:12,591 --> 00:38:17,060
within the group to honor
and remember hef.
905
00:38:17,162 --> 00:38:22,299
And he asked the orchestra
who is there to please play,
906
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:25,035
you know,
hefner's favorite song.
907
00:38:25,137 --> 00:38:29,506
And my father, you know,
had tears at the altar.
908
00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:31,074
♪ ♪
909
00:38:31,176 --> 00:38:34,144
and I just remember being
910
00:38:34,246 --> 00:38:37,514
just so, you know, surprised
this was happening.
911
00:38:37,616 --> 00:38:39,082
Like, we're basically
celebrating somebody
912
00:38:39,184 --> 00:38:41,217
who's not here.
913
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,486
We're celebrating hef.
914
00:38:43,588 --> 00:38:44,587
♪ ♪
915
00:38:44,690 --> 00:38:46,656
and I just remember
looking at everybody.
916
00:38:46,758 --> 00:38:50,493
All the mansion regulars
were there
917
00:38:50,595 --> 00:38:52,028
with their playboy pins,
918
00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:53,496
and there was just
something about it
919
00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:57,367
that just reminded me
920
00:38:57,469 --> 00:39:00,070
of being in this sort of,
like, private cult.
921
00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:03,506
Everyone in this environment
put hef on a pedestal
922
00:39:03,608 --> 00:39:07,010
and everything he believed in
on a pedestal.
923
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:08,178
I just felt alone.
924
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:11,247
I felt like I was the only one
925
00:39:11,350 --> 00:39:14,384
seeing playboy for what it is.
926
00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:16,319
♪ ♪
927
00:39:16,421 --> 00:39:19,289
when I see this, it reiterates
in my mind even more
928
00:39:19,391 --> 00:39:20,724
that it wasn't
about connection.
929
00:39:20,826 --> 00:39:23,526
I do believe that
with all these men,
930
00:39:23,628 --> 00:39:26,763
it was really about knowing
931
00:39:26,865 --> 00:39:30,667
that you had power
over someone else.
932
00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:33,470
And my father,
although he played a role,
933
00:39:33,572 --> 00:39:38,141
he still wasn't
the master puppeteer.
934
00:39:38,243 --> 00:39:40,677
- One man did this--
hugh hefner.
935
00:39:40,779 --> 00:39:43,213
- Instead of giving
the young women
936
00:39:43,315 --> 00:39:45,682
the right to consent
to any of it,
937
00:39:45,784 --> 00:39:46,416
he simply took it.
938
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:47,650
- When I was 18 years old,
939
00:39:47,753 --> 00:39:52,188
I didn't get the opportunity
that night in hef's room
940
00:39:52,290 --> 00:39:54,090
to make any choice.
941
00:39:54,192 --> 00:39:57,627
People should know
he was not a hero.
942
00:39:57,729 --> 00:40:00,196
- He was a predator.
That's what he was.
943
00:40:00,298 --> 00:40:05,368
Let's get it out in the open.
It's time to talk about it.
944
00:40:05,470 --> 00:40:07,537
♪ ♪
945
00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:48,878
for god sakes,
946
00:40:48,980 --> 00:40:51,347
it's time for the playboy
women to come forward.
947
00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:53,316
- This whole thing
that had to be a secret,
948
00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:55,385
I've got to tell somebody.
949
00:40:55,487 --> 00:40:57,086
- It wasn't just
hefner's buddies,
950
00:40:57,189 --> 00:40:58,354
the big vips.
951
00:40:58,457 --> 00:41:01,090
It was hugh hefner himself.
952
00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:03,026
I think he hated women
underneath it all.
953
00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:04,227
- It was a total giveaway
954
00:41:04,329 --> 00:41:05,962
when he brought out his
skeleton key and he told me,
955
00:41:06,064 --> 00:41:10,333
why wouldn't I want a key
to every room in this house?
956
00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:11,701
- There was nothing in
the relationship with dorothy
957
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:12,936
that I am less than proud of.
958
00:41:13,038 --> 00:41:16,873
- Dorothy stratten--
she was psychically destroyed.
959
00:41:16,975 --> 00:41:17,740
- Hold hef accountable.
960
00:41:17,843 --> 00:41:20,443
- Hefner was
a sexual predator...
961
00:41:20,545 --> 00:41:26,416
That didn't care
who he damaged.