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[Jeana] Melonie Haller
was a beautiful girl
with a beautiful body.

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She's an actress.

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She got to work with
the greatest actor,

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John Travolta.

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[Holly] For Melonie,
Playboy was the next step.

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This was, "Look at me,
I'm glamorous, I'm sexy."

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[Meghan] Unfortunately,
what Melonie couldn't see
at the time is that

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this would have
tragic consequences.

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There were a lot of
darker things

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going on
at the Playboy Mansion,

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things being videotaped,

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sexual boundaries
being pushed.

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[Dennis] He was a hedonist
on steroids,

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and anything that would
satisfy his lust

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or his appetite at the moment
was fair game.

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[Jeana] What happened
in the '80s,

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if it happened today,

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people would be in jail.

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I just don't know why
no one warned her.

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[Meghan]On April 13th, 1980...

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[man on PA system] This is
a New York City bound train,
this station, Southampton...

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...a train was commuting
from Southampton,

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all the way back to New York.

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A conductor...

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found a young woman.

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Her clothes were torn.

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Her makeup was smeared,

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and she had bite marks
on her neck.

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The conductor found
a portfolio

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with many pictures in it.

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It was a feature of a spread
in Playboy.

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He could see
that the young woman

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lying there
bruised and battered

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was the same woman
that was featured
in this Playboy spread.

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And the victim was
22-year-old Melonie Haller.

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Melonie Haller appeared
in the March 1980 issue
of Playboy.

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Being in Playboy in 1980
was really exciting.

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I think in Melonie's issue
Bo Derek was on the cover.

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There was all kinds
of actresses who were posing.

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Some of the covers
I remember were like

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Brooke Shields
and Goldie Hawn,

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and you were getting
these really big names.

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Playboy was huge
in the late'70s, early '80s.

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It was such a staple
in American culture.

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Playboy was being read
by over five million people
each month.

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So it was really a big deal.

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[Stella] The Playboy world

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was at the peak
of its powers.

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Nudity was normal

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plus Woodstock generation.

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The media empire
and the mood was very free.

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People lived together,
marriage was out of vogue,

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clubbing was popular,

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Saturday Night Feverhad just come out.

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Everybody was discoing,
and clubbing and partying,

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and that was the culture.

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[Holly] The original
Playboy Mansion
was in Chicago,

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but in the early '70s
Hef bought a property
in Los Angeles

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and called it
Playboy Mansion West

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and that turned
into his home

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and his hub
for all the parties,

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and all the things
that would become legendary

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about the Playboy world.

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[Hugh] This was a house
when I first got it,

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that sort of turned out
to be a blessing

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because we were able to do
something kind of special.

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The Playboy Mansion was
a really beautiful building.

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It was on several acres
of just beautiful grounds

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and it just really
felt like an escape.

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He could hold these
really lavish parties,

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indoors, in the backyard.

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So it became
a really popular place
for celebrities to just go

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and, you know, party
and nobody was gonna
ask any questions

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'cause they felt like
they could indulge themselves

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and it would be
private and secret

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and just an appropriate place
for them to let loose.

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[Jeana] I think a lot of girls
come to California

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and dream
of being in the movies,

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and Playboy was an easy
stepping stone for them.

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I am Jeana Keough.

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My Playmate name
was Jeana Tomasino.

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I was Miss November 1980.

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Playboy discovered me
in Chicago.

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My modelling agency's
building,

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it was the Playboy building.

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Every time I walked in,
somebody would discover me

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in an elevator
and I would say.
"No, no, no."

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But after being around
the girls all coming in

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excited to show
their pictures and stuff,

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after a couple of years,

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it was like,
"Okay I wanna do this.

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I wanna be
part of the sorority."

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Playboy was a stepping stone
for me and it changed my life

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and brought me opportunities
that I would never have had.

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I remember meeting Melonie.

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She was a beautiful girl.

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She was already
a working actress,

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so I don't know
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any extra boost
from Playboy.

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She had a lot of talent.

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Melonie was born in 1959
in New York City.

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She grew up around
the arts and theater and

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I'm sure that's where
she got her passion
for acting.

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[Meghan] And Melonie
found herself
getting some roles.

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She got couple of
small movie roles

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including one
in the French Connection.

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Melonie Haller
was in the French Connection
when she was 12 years old.

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She got to work
with the greatest actor,
Gene Hackman.

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That had to be, like,
the coolest experience.

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But I think
Melonie's biggest role
was Welcome Back Kotter.

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♪ Welcome back ♪

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♪ Your dreams
were your ticket out ♪

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Welcome Back, Kotter
was a sitcom in the '70s.

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It was about a teacher
and a classroom
full of colorful characters.

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[boys exclaiming and cheering
in excitement]

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[Meghan] Melonie Haller
got a recurrent role
as Angie Grabowski.

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Um, kind of a gregarious,
loving, endearing student.

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[Holly] This is at
a point in time in history

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where people only have like
three TV channels,

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so everybody is watching
the same thing.

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So, being onWelcome Back, Kotter
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was probably like
being on Game of Thrones now,

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like, so many eyes
are on you.

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[Meghan] Welcome Back, Kotterwas an extremely popular show.

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Made even more popular
with its star...

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John Travolta.

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John Travolta, ah,
he was my heartthrob.

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I was in love with him.

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How wonderful
to work with John Travolta,

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and the fame
that came of that.

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[Holly] Acting alongside
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his career was blowing up
the way it was

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must have made
Melonie feel like,

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"This could happen
for me, too."

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After Melonie's role
in Welcome Back, Kotter
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she got an acting role
in the made-for-TV movie

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about the Hillside Strangler.

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It really became
her star on the rise.

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Somebody brought her
up to the Playboy Mansion,

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and once
Hef would see somebody,

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he would just, you know,

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and then go over
and get her information
and her phone number

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and see
if they wanted do
a pictorial,

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and she got discovered
by Playboy.

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[Holly] In each
issue of Playboy,

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there are kind of
two types of models
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There was like
the new undiscovered talent

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that was usually
the Playmate of the Month
centerfold.

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And then there were
the celebrities

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or the women
who had something

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really interesting
in their background.

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I know Playboy and Hef
definitely very much wanted

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to feature
Hollywood stars in the issue,

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and Melonie Haller
was an established actress.

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An actress like Melonie
would choose to do Playboy

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because it would be
a lot of publicity.

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Again, this was like
five million people

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reading the magazine
each month.

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And it's a way
for somebody like Melonie

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who'd been playing
teenage roles
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she wanted to say,
"I'm an adult. I'm sexy."

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She wanted to be seen
in a new light.

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[Jeana] The name
of her March '80 spread
was "Welcome Back, Haller."

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It was a great pictorial.

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[Holly] Melonie
is very beautiful

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and kinda has that
fresh face look,

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like she could have
easily been a Playmate.

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But I think for Playboy
it was exciting to feature

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somebody who not only fits
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but has also been
in recognizable projects.

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[Jeana] She had
some acting jobs,

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so I think her pictorial
was a little more special

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than if she was just
a Playmate of the Month.

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[Meghan] She's featured
looking sort of tough
and sexy at the same time

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in a leather jacket
standing in front
of a classic car.

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[Holly] She is set up
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backstage dressing room
type area.

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It's very pretty
and very much,

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you know
focusing on the fact

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that she is
a professional actress.

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So the message
is very clear.

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It's very much
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her being seen
in a new light.

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I think for her
this was the next step.

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This was, you know,
"Look at me.

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I'm all grown-up
and glamorous. I'm sexy."

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And it was
a chance for directors
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to see her
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and perhaps get more work

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and move forward
with her career.

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It's a lot of eyes on you.
It's a lot of publicity.

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And it's a way
to make a statement.

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After Melonie
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she was invited
to the Mansion

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and she went
quite regularly.

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In the entertainment industry,
parties like that

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are often seen
as networking

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because so many other
important people go as well.

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But according to some people
who were with Hef

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in the '70s and early 1980s,

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there were
a lot of darker things

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going on
at the Playboy Mansion,

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like things
being videotaped

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and just like,
sexual boundaries
being pushed,

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what seems to be
a common theme in that era.

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[Stella] Everyone
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and it was this whole era
of promiscuous behavior,

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and it was expected of you
if you were at the Mansion.

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If you went there
you were gonna
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and it was a mandatory part
of the job.

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[Meghan] Melonie spent
a few weeks at the Mansion,

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but I don't think
this lifestyle
was really for Melonie.

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The Playboy lifestyle
was one at the time
of parties, wild parties,

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and these were
drug-fueled parties

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and there was
a lot of sex going on.

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What happened
in the '80s,

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if it happened today,

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those people
would be in jail.

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People don't
put up with it anymore.

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I'm sitting
at the dining room table
with six girls

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and one says to me, "Hey,
I don't wanna sleep with Hef.

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Do you think
I can be a centerfold
if I don't sleep with him?"

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And I'm like,
"Oh, yeah, sure.

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Just tell him
you have a boyfriend
or you're engaged

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or... You don't
have to sleep with him.

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He sleeps
with 11 other girls.

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You don't have to sleep
with him."

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Few minutes later,
"Jeana, Mr. Hefner
would like to see you."

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So I go up there
and he's patting the bed,
"Sit down."

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I'm sitting there, like,
"What the freak is going on?"

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And then I hear...

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[voice comes up to speed
on recording]

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"...engaged or, you don't
have to sleep with him.

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He sleeps
with 11 other girls."

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He had before
anyone of us knew what it was,

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he had microphones
in the dining room.

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He could hear
everything we were saying.

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So he was like,
"Don't you ever tell a girl

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that she doesn't
have to sleep with me

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'cause she has no chance

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of being in the magazine
if she doesn't."

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[Stella] And at that time,
Hefner and his people

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would say, "Oh, no, she's here
because she wants me."

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And that was
how they lived.

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That was... That was
the modus operandi.

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[Jeana] You can't stay
at the Mansion forever.

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Melonie stayed a few weeks.

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Did whatever
she had to do PR-wise

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and went home to her mom
to get on with her life.

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[Meghan] She returned home
to live with her mother
in New York City.

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Unfortunately,
what Melonie probably
couldn't see at the time

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is that this move would have
tragic consequences.

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[Dennis] My name
is Dennis McDougal.

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My beat
on the newspaper

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was... uh, the darker side
of the business of, um,

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movie making.

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I mean, the history
of movie business is...

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if you have the talent
and the looks,

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then by God,

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you're gonna be a star.

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Melonie was that woman,

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that young girl who decided
she wanted to become a star.

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And arguably
she was well on the road.

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[Meghan] Shortly after
Melonie arrives
back to New York,

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Melonie was introduced
to Roy Radin

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by a photographer friend
of hers

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by the name of Ron Sisman.

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Roy Radin
was a showbiz producer

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and kind of
an agent of sorts.

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Ron thought it would be good
for Melonie to meet Roy Radin

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'cause this might be
a branching off in her career

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going from
modelling for Playboy

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to doing
more adult acting roles.

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[Anthony] My name
is Anthony Haden-Guest.

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I describe myself as a writer,
reporter and cartoonist.

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Roy Radin was a fellow
from a show business family

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who'd apparently specialized

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in the fairly defunct
form of vaudeville

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and found, um,
like the bearded ladies
or whatever, you know,

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and he was doing
very well with it.

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Roy Radin fancied himself
as a modern P.T. Barnum,

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making his fortune
by taking his show
on the road,

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and his show included

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animal and human oddities

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and this kind of
vaudeville talent

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really made him a fortune.

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[Holly] Roy Radin
was a very successful producer
of live events.

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He had made a ton of money
before he even turned 30.

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[Meghan] Roy Radin's
father Alexander Radin,
known as Broadway Al,

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made his fortune
by owning clubs

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in Manhattan
from the 1930s to 1950s.

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And these were some
very fancy well-known clubs,

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where very
important people went.

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Roy almost certainly
got his drive

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from watching his father,

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especially interacting with

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kind of the elite
and celebrities.

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[Dennis] Roy Radin
wanted to be a producer

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in the motion picture
business.

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He based his career
on networking

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and promoting, um, people,

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and made enough money
to at least put a down payment

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on this huge mansion
out at the end of Long Island,

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uh, they called
Ocean Castle.

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[Holly] In the 1980s
you could find

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many rich and powerful people
in the entertainment industry

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having their own mansions

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where they would have
their own decadent parties

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and for the East Coast,
the Hamptons

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was a very
sought after place to go.

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The Hamptons is a really
expensive prestigious place

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that people on the East Coast
like to go

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during the summer to party.

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[Dennis] Roy Radin
certainly knew of Hefner
and the Playboy Mansion

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in, uh, Los Angeles.

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And you could make
a good case

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for his trying to turn
the Ocean Castle

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into Playboy Mansion East.

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[Meghan] Melonie had recently
started dating a business man

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by the name of Bob McKeage.

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McKeage was kind of
a slick business guy

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known for loving
wild parties,

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uh, fancy cars
and really fast times.

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[Dennis] Ocean Castle
was essentially
a huge party house.

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It was a non-stop party
all the time,

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and the idea
was to network.

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Anyone who
was connected remotely

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in any way, shape or form,
to the entertainment business

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or the media

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were generally invited
to these parties.

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It was rumored that
at these parties

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he had all types
of sexual debauchery,

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psychedelic drugs.

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Radin was also known
for video-taping these parties

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and the sexual endeavors
that happened.

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[Dennis] He had
his own casting couch.

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He was this kind of a,

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the, the Harvey Weinstein
of his era.

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It was not unusual
for people

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who were involved
in the entertainment business

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and who had
a kinky side to them

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that they would get
their own video cameras

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and instead of just shooting,
uh, vacation videos

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with the family
at Disneyland

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uh, setting it up
in the bedroom.

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[Meghan] Radin was also
rumored though to have

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much more disturbing videos.

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He was rumored
to have snuff videos...

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which are pornographic videos
that feature actual murder.

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[woman gasping]

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The plan was for Melonie
and her new boyfriend

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to go out to the Hamptons
and spend a weekend
at Roy Radin's place.

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[Holly] Melonie
thought this party

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would be a great
networking opportunity,

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so she brought along

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a portfolio
of some of her work

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including
her Playboy pictorial.

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What she expected was that
there'd be some socializing,

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but it was supposed
to be an opportunity for her

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to show Radin her portfolio.

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What Melonie had expected

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was nothing like
what actually happened.

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[woman screaming]

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[Meghan] Radin had notoriety.

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He was famed
in the field of entertainment,

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and he had a lot of money,

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a lot of powerful friends,

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and a lot of influence.

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[Dennis] He saw himself
as a mover and shaker.

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He saw himself as a player.

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And he saw himself
as a powerbroker.

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[Holly] When Melonie
arrived at the party

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it became clear that
Roy was not interested

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in networking

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and things started to take
a sexual turn.

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[Meghan] Instead of
presenting her portfolio,

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Radin kept plying her
with drugs

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and more drugs
and alcohol,

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to the point
where she did feel
completely in a daze

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and completely incoherent.

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[Dennis] I think that
he was a hedonist on steroids,

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and anything that would
satisfy his lust

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or his appetite at the moment
was fair game.

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[Holly] One of
the scary aspects
of the entertainment industry

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is historically the lines
have been very blurred

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between casting
and socializing

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and then the casting couch
comes into play

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and to top it off,
you have this situation

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with someone
with very extreme tastes.

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[Meghan] At one point,
two of the female guests,

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one of whom
was his fiancee, Toni Fillet,

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brought out sexual
bondage equipment.

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I'm not sure
how comfortable Melonie was,

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but her date seemed to be.

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Bob McKeage
tried to tie Melonie up.

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[Holly] Roy liked to film
some of his encounters

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and at some point with Melonie
he brought his camera out.

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And set up
a tripod in his bedroom.

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He was trying to duplicate
Hugh Hefner's rumored hobby

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of capturing everything
on videotape.

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[Meghan] This became
uncomfortable for Melonie

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00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:37,940
and she began to resist.

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In fact, she began
fighting back.

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And during that fight,
she accidentally broke
Roy Radin's camera.

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Which totally enraged him.

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Radin, Bob McKeage
and the two females
begin beating

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and sexually assaulting
Melonie.

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[woman screaming]

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One of the most terrifying
layers of this story

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is that Melonie's boyfriend
was involved.

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She had learned
to trust this person

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and then to have him
turn on her like this
is just brutal.

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After the attack,
Melonie's boyfriend
Bob McKeage and Roy

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actually called
Melonie's mother.

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[phone ringing]

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[Meghan] Radin told Myra that
Melonie was at his house

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completely incoherent,

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and that he had to find a way
to get her home.

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So, Myra pleaded
with Radin

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to please send her home
in a limousine.

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But Radin said no,

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claiming that
the $60 price tag
was simply too high.

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[Anthony] It was also
rather heartbreaking in a way

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what happened to that girl.

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00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,600
To start with,
the incredible meanness

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in putting her on the train,

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these very rich people.

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It was really heartless.

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00:24:33,270 --> 00:24:36,070
They transport Melonie
and they simply throw her

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on a train that is headed
for New York City.

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[man on PA system] This is
a New York City bound train,
this station, Southampton...

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To be assaulted
and brutally beaten
in that way is a nightmare,

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00:24:46,300 --> 00:24:50,540
but to then just be dumped,
left for dead on a train car,

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it must have
been horrifying.

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00:25:00,940 --> 00:25:02,600
[Lee] Working out
in Southampton,

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the clientele
is pretty wealthy,

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00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,340
and you really
have to be careful

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00:25:07,370 --> 00:25:08,240
who you're dealing with.

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I was working in the office

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in Westhampton,
the Seventh squad office.

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[phone ringing]

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And I received the call

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saying that they had a body
in Brookhaven Hospital

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that had been assaulted.

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00:25:33,870 --> 00:25:35,500
And when we got there,

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we were shown
into the emergency room,

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and Melonie Haller
was laying there...

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and she was a real wreck,

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00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:45,140
but still alive.

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[monitor beeping]

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[Lee] Melonie Haller
was laying there

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in the hospital gown
in the emergency room.

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When I got
to first look at her

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00:26:04,770 --> 00:26:06,340
you would never think

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00:26:06,370 --> 00:26:08,800
that she was a...
a Playmate

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because she was...
looked horrible.

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She had bruises on her arms
and a couple on her face.

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Her hair was
every which way,

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and she was like
really out of it.

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We tried to ask her
what happened.

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00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,970
When we were speaking to her,
she was really getting worse.

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00:26:26,770 --> 00:26:28,500
That's when
the nurse came in

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and asked us
to come back

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00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,940
in the next morning
and, and talk to her.

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00:26:31,970 --> 00:26:33,570
The only thing she did say

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is she was in
Roy Radin's house.

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00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:38,900
They called it
the Ocean Castle.

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00:26:48,100 --> 00:26:50,500
[Lee] Roy Radin put on
a lot of variety shows

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00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:53,200
for the police departments
and different organizations

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all around New York state,

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Connecticut, he went
to all the surrounding area
in New York,

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and put on these
vaudeville shows.

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Anybody was in any
of the police departments
knew of him.

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00:27:05,270 --> 00:27:07,100
He was...
he was a good-time guy.

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00:27:07,140 --> 00:27:09,600
If he knew you were
a policeman,
he'd buy you a drink and...

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00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,570
Yeah, he was that kind of guy,
you know, he was...

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00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,670
wanted to be
in tight with the police.

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00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:17,670
[Meghan] Radin apparently
had a very good relationship
with the police.

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00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,170
In fact, it was well known

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00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,340
that he donated

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00:27:20,370 --> 00:27:21,640
large sums of money

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to the local police union.

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[Dennis] And he played that
to his benefit.

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00:27:27,970 --> 00:27:30,540
Uh, if anyone
complained about

487
00:27:30,570 --> 00:27:33,470
too much noise
at the Ocean Castle,

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00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,770
he'd just say,
"Well, you know,
go ahead and complain

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to the cops about it
and see what happens.

490
00:27:39,470 --> 00:27:42,040
I've got people
in high places

491
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:43,700
and they're...

492
00:27:43,740 --> 00:27:46,870
uh, they're gonna
side with me, not with you."

493
00:27:51,740 --> 00:27:55,600
[Lee] We come back on Monday
to talk to Melonie Haller

494
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,900
sometime in the morning

495
00:27:56,940 --> 00:27:59,540
and by that point
she, you know,
she looked pretty good,

496
00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:04,270
and she told us at that time
that she was assaulted,

497
00:28:06,940 --> 00:28:09,200
and said she was also raped.

498
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,970
She told us about the drugs
that they had given her

499
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:19,200
and she said that
she was in Roy Radin's
master bedroom

500
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,140
and there was a video camera
on a tripod

501
00:28:22,170 --> 00:28:24,700
at the foot of the bed
facing the bed.

502
00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,300
[Meghan] Melonie describes
the events that happened.

503
00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:32,240
She also tells Detective Roman
that she is pretty sure

504
00:28:32,270 --> 00:28:34,570
she saw a gun
in Radin's bedroom.

505
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,640
This was all
that Detective Roman
needed to hear.

506
00:28:39,670 --> 00:28:41,770
He had the information now
that he needed

507
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:45,000
to go to the courts
and ask for a search warrant,

508
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,800
and that's exactly
what he did.

509
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,140
[Lee] Once we got
a detailed statement
from Melonie Haller,

510
00:28:55,170 --> 00:28:56,840
on the basis
of that statement

511
00:28:56,870 --> 00:29:00,340
the ADA got us
a search warrant.

512
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,370
When we went up
to the house,

513
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,070
we didn't have
any local police with us

514
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:07,700
because at the time,

515
00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:09,300
we know a lot of
the local police

516
00:29:09,340 --> 00:29:11,240
had been working for Radin

517
00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:13,300
and we didn't want anybody
to drop a dime on us

518
00:29:13,340 --> 00:29:14,800
when we...
before we got there.

519
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,600
[sirens approaching]

520
00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:19,270
It looked like a castle,

521
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:21,170
at the Ocean Castle
when you pulled up.

522
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,840
It was right on the ocean
in Southampton Village

523
00:29:23,870 --> 00:29:26,470
in prime real estate area.

524
00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:29,140
Uh, I believe
it had like, 72 rooms in it.

525
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,400
We went in

526
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,840
and we kinda
gathered everybody
into the living room,

527
00:29:39,870 --> 00:29:41,570
and I sent
one guy to each room

528
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,670
and they started searching.

529
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,600
When I saw Roy Radin,

530
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,640
he was probably
in his, maybe 30s.

531
00:29:47,670 --> 00:29:48,970
He wasn't very tall.

532
00:29:49,670 --> 00:29:51,340
Uh, he was very overweight.

533
00:29:51,970 --> 00:29:53,900
Fairly good-looking man.

534
00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:55,970
[Meghan] Roy Radin
seems to be in disbelief

535
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,140
that Detective Roman

536
00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:58,670
would dare
enter his premises.

537
00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:02,640
He is threatening him with

538
00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:04,270
all of the people
that he knows

539
00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:06,540
and that he knows
the sheriff.

540
00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:11,500
Once he realizes
that Roman is not deterred

541
00:30:11,540 --> 00:30:12,870
by his rantings
and ravings,

542
00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:14,900
he says he is
gonna call his lawyer,

543
00:30:14,940 --> 00:30:17,240
and instead he starts
calling other people

544
00:30:17,270 --> 00:30:18,900
that he knows
in the police department.

545
00:30:20,340 --> 00:30:22,000
When we were there,
he was making phone call

546
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,670
after phone call.
He was calling everybody.

547
00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:27,000
I knew that the people
who he were calling

548
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,270
weren't gonna
put any pressure on us.

549
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:30,240
I know the Sheriff
of Suffolk County knew him,

550
00:30:30,270 --> 00:30:31,800
didn't want to be
rude to him.

551
00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:34,470
But he wasn't
about to tell us

552
00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,440
to get out of the house
and forget the search.

553
00:30:37,470 --> 00:30:40,140
[Meghan] Roman simply tells
anyone on the other line

554
00:30:40,170 --> 00:30:42,540
that this was
none of their business.

555
00:30:42,570 --> 00:30:45,470
He was going to conduct
a fair investigation.

556
00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:48,500
[Lee] Melonie Haller
told us

557
00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:50,870
that there was drugs
in the house

558
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:54,240
and there was also,
she had seen a revolver
in the house,

559
00:30:54,270 --> 00:30:55,470
a loaded revolver.

560
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,300
One of the detectives
found the drugs
in Toni Fillet's room,

561
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,540
and then we found the gun
in Radin's room.

562
00:31:06,570 --> 00:31:09,700
Bob McKeage was there.
He was in the living room
with everybody else.

563
00:31:10,100 --> 00:31:11,640
He was very quiet.

564
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:13,900
He was like
melting into the couch.

565
00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:16,800
He was
a distinguished-looking guy.

566
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,570
He was dressed
to the nines.

567
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,670
He has black
rim glasses on.

568
00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:22,200
He looked like
a school teacher.

569
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,440
He said he didn't know
Melonie Haller.

570
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:26,070
Never saw her.

571
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:27,640
Didn't even know
she was there,

572
00:31:27,670 --> 00:31:28,900
had nothing to do with her.

573
00:31:30,270 --> 00:31:31,740
The main thing
that we were looking for,

574
00:31:31,770 --> 00:31:33,940
she told us
about the bedroom

575
00:31:33,970 --> 00:31:35,670
with the, uh, video camera.

576
00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:39,000
And when we found
that room,

577
00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:43,070
we knew that's where
everything had happened.

578
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,700
We took the video camera

579
00:31:50,270 --> 00:31:52,700
with the tape inside of it.

580
00:31:59,770 --> 00:32:01,740
When we got the film,

581
00:32:01,770 --> 00:32:04,470
we took it over
to the police AV section

582
00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:06,900
and asked them
if they could find
anything on it.

583
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,600
They realized right away
that the film had been erased.

584
00:32:16,870 --> 00:32:19,740
They said probably
not gonna be able
to get any evidence.

585
00:32:19,770 --> 00:32:22,600
[Meghan] Rumor had it is well
that Roy Radin had gotten wind

586
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,270
of this search
from some of his friends
in the department.

587
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:28,240
When they got the tip about
the raid on Radin's house,

588
00:32:28,270 --> 00:32:31,870
they had deleted all of that
video camera footage.

589
00:32:36,170 --> 00:32:40,500
[Lee] Our AV department
went through the whole tape.

590
00:32:40,540 --> 00:32:44,440
There were two frames
that were on the beginning
of the tape that was erased.

591
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,070
And they found them.

592
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,070
I guess when it erased,
it didn't get the two

593
00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:50,940
that were still
inside the reel.

594
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,000
And that was
a few frames

595
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,170
that showed McKeage
and Melonie Haller

596
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:57,140
on the bed.

597
00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:59,800
He denied that
he even knew her.

598
00:33:01,170 --> 00:33:03,940
When we saw that tape,
I knew we had him good.

599
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:18,770
[Lee] We arrested Roy Radin,

600
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,370
and we arrested
Toni Fillet, his girlfriend,

601
00:33:22,410 --> 00:33:24,770
and we arrested
Bob McKeage for assault.

602
00:33:26,110 --> 00:33:29,610
[Holly] The story breaks.
It becomes national news.

603
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:30,900
Story like this
would attract

604
00:33:30,940 --> 00:33:32,610
a lot of attention
and intrigue.

605
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,740
You have this person
who is a successful producer.

606
00:33:35,770 --> 00:33:37,700
He's throwing
all these mysterious,

607
00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:39,940
lavish exclusive parties.

608
00:33:39,970 --> 00:33:41,570
There's all kinds of,
you know,

609
00:33:41,610 --> 00:33:43,470
scary things going on.

610
00:33:43,510 --> 00:33:46,840
So, it captures
the public's imagination.

611
00:33:46,870 --> 00:33:49,170
[Meghan] Radin consistently
denied to the press

612
00:33:49,210 --> 00:33:51,010
that he was guilty
of a crime.

613
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,010
What he said instead
was that he and Melonie

614
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,570
and his other guests
had engaged

615
00:33:55,610 --> 00:33:58,240
in consensual sex games

616
00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:00,040
and to explain her injuries,

617
00:34:00,070 --> 00:34:01,040
he said that Melonie

618
00:34:01,070 --> 00:34:02,670
had sustained
a slip and fall

619
00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:04,210
on the stairs
at the mansion.

620
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,239
[Holly] Her issue of Playboyis still on the stands,

621
00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:11,139
and it must have been

622
00:34:11,170 --> 00:34:12,840
a terrifying thing
to go through

623
00:34:12,870 --> 00:34:14,540
on top of
what had already happened.

624
00:34:15,370 --> 00:34:16,699
It must have
been horrifying.

625
00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:18,239
People are judging you
because you still have this

626
00:34:18,270 --> 00:34:19,870
nude pictorial on newsstands.

627
00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:21,570
That must have felt
incredibly unfair

628
00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:23,570
and scary and isolating.

629
00:34:28,340 --> 00:34:29,840
Playboy probably
would have tried

630
00:34:29,870 --> 00:34:32,239
to distance themselves
from this situation

631
00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:34,239
and just not
comment on it at all.

632
00:34:35,370 --> 00:34:37,670
[Stella] They don't want
any connection to that.

633
00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:39,969
And Playboywas really strict about,

634
00:34:40,010 --> 00:34:42,270
if there was any trouble,
that was it.

635
00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:44,139
You were sent away.

636
00:34:44,170 --> 00:34:45,969
You weren't
getting any pictorials.

637
00:34:46,010 --> 00:34:47,699
You weren't getting any work.

638
00:34:47,739 --> 00:34:49,570
You're considered a liability.

639
00:34:50,969 --> 00:34:53,239
And that's what
happened to Melonie.

640
00:34:53,270 --> 00:34:55,340
But anytime something
happened to a woman,

641
00:34:55,370 --> 00:34:57,440
it was talked
about amongst

642
00:34:57,470 --> 00:34:59,170
all of the people
in the Mansion.

643
00:35:00,310 --> 00:35:03,410
And it was well-known
and documented in the press

644
00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:06,340
and she was a casualty,

645
00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:09,540
and everyone talked about it
and how terrible it was.

646
00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:14,040
[Meghan] The press
had printed stories

647
00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,540
that kinda blamed
the victim.

648
00:35:15,570 --> 00:35:18,370
They were
printing headlines that

649
00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:20,800
she must have been
complicit somehow.

650
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:21,940
We've heard this before,

651
00:35:21,970 --> 00:35:23,700
that she must've
asked for this.

652
00:35:25,610 --> 00:35:27,610
[Holly] Unfortunately, people
can have some prejudices

653
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,800
against people
who choose to pose nude

654
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:31,840
or portray themselves
in Playboy.

655
00:35:31,870 --> 00:35:33,340
When something
like this happens,

656
00:35:33,370 --> 00:35:35,240
there can be
a lot of victim-blaming,

657
00:35:35,270 --> 00:35:37,970
saying, "Well,
you're portraying yourself
in this certain way,"

658
00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:39,610
or, "You're going
to this party,"

659
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,140
you know, as if somebody
should've known

660
00:35:41,170 --> 00:35:42,970
that was going to happen.

661
00:35:43,010 --> 00:35:45,310
People have a way
of looking at you

662
00:35:45,340 --> 00:35:48,610
expressing yourself that way,
as if you're asking for it.

663
00:35:51,140 --> 00:35:54,340
I think that
we who are alive and well

664
00:35:54,370 --> 00:35:56,900
in the post Me-Too era

665
00:35:56,940 --> 00:36:01,010
may have a little difficulty
reaching back

666
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,410
20, 30, 40 years ago,

667
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,440
when women
like Melonie Haller,

668
00:36:06,470 --> 00:36:10,800
um, were viewed
as being sluts, prostitutes.

669
00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:14,240
"They dressed provocatively.

670
00:36:14,270 --> 00:36:17,770
They came on
to these men."

671
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,870
But there is
an awareness now

672
00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:22,370
that people
like Melonie Haller

673
00:36:22,410 --> 00:36:24,140
were speaking the truth.

674
00:36:30,270 --> 00:36:32,670
[Lee] The videotape
pointed a lot of fingers

675
00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:35,370
that she was there partying
on her own free will

676
00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:37,800
until the fight broke out.

677
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,640
So, the DA didn't wanna
pursue with the rape charge.

678
00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:46,870
[Meghan] In the end,
Bob McKeage was convicted
of sexual assault,

679
00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:50,610
but he only served
30 days in jail
for this crime.

680
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:55,340
I thought
because it was a felony,
he'd get at least a year,

681
00:36:55,370 --> 00:36:57,540
and we were surprised
when we heard that,

682
00:36:57,570 --> 00:36:59,370
but at that point,
it was all,

683
00:36:59,410 --> 00:37:00,940
and we couldn't do
anything about it.

684
00:37:02,740 --> 00:37:06,270
Roy Radin was not convicted
of a sexual offense.

685
00:37:06,970 --> 00:37:08,270
Radin was convicted

686
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:10,540
of possession
of an illegal firearm

687
00:37:10,570 --> 00:37:12,470
and cocaine and LSD

688
00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:15,310
for which he paid
a $1,000 fine.

689
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:20,940
[Holly] Thirty days in jail
is nothing for assault.

690
00:37:20,970 --> 00:37:22,940
It's really scary to me.

691
00:37:22,970 --> 00:37:25,570
And Radin did not get
any jail time.

692
00:37:27,410 --> 00:37:29,640
[Dennis] At the end
of the '70s

693
00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:31,570
and into the '80s,

694
00:37:31,610 --> 00:37:34,310
Radin had kinda fallen
on hard times,

695
00:37:35,210 --> 00:37:36,940
and wasn't doing as well

696
00:37:36,970 --> 00:37:41,210
in part because
he had traded in
his notoriety

697
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:43,840
for a roaring coke habit.

698
00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:49,900
[Lee] Because
of what happened
at Southampton, he was done.

699
00:37:49,940 --> 00:37:52,010
No more variety shows,

700
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,670
no more
police departments wanting
anything to do with him.

701
00:37:54,700 --> 00:37:57,770
So, he was completely done
with his career.

702
00:38:00,170 --> 00:38:04,840
After Roy saw the wisdom
in leaving New York

703
00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:06,800
where his name was mud,

704
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:09,440
came to Hollywood

705
00:38:09,470 --> 00:38:12,470
and tried to break
into the movies.

706
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:21,040
A woman who was married
to a major cocaine trafficker

707
00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:23,610
did not
get on well with Radin.

708
00:38:28,870 --> 00:38:31,010
Her action was to

709
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,210
give the order
to kill Roy Radin.

710
00:38:40,370 --> 00:38:41,440
[gunshot]

711
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:43,970
[gunshot]

712
00:38:44,010 --> 00:38:47,800
And that was, uh,
the end of both him

713
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,570
and his so-called career.

714
00:38:54,010 --> 00:38:57,610
These stories
all end the same way.

715
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,570
You put out bad karma
and it usually comes back
to bite you on the butt,

716
00:39:02,610 --> 00:39:03,770
or kill you.

717
00:39:19,470 --> 00:39:21,110
[Holly] Today
Melonie has taken herself

718
00:39:21,140 --> 00:39:23,410
out of public eye
and lives privately.

719
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,270
I can certainly
understand her choice
to do so

720
00:39:26,310 --> 00:39:28,010
after everything
she went through

721
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:29,440
in the entertainment industry.

722
00:39:31,140 --> 00:39:33,610
[Meghan] You have
a young innocent woman

723
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,270
doing the right things
for her career.

724
00:39:36,310 --> 00:39:38,900
She has aspiration,
hopes, dreams.

725
00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:41,110
Her career would never
recover from the incident.

726
00:39:42,340 --> 00:39:44,440
The two parties
responsible for this crime

727
00:39:44,470 --> 00:39:46,900
were barely given
a slap on the wrist.

728
00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:51,700
[Jeana] I just don't know
why no one warned her.

729
00:39:52,510 --> 00:39:55,570
I do not believe
justice was served.

730
00:39:55,610 --> 00:39:59,800
Melonie was an up-and-coming
brilliant little actress,

731
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:01,510
who had it all going on

732
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,610
losing in the court system

733
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,870
and not feeling like
she had anyone
to support her.

734
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,800
I think it just
made her disappear

735
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,900
from... everything.

736
00:40:17,570 --> 00:40:21,370
[Dennis] As long as there is
an entertainment industry

737
00:40:21,410 --> 00:40:24,110
and there is
a young woman out there

738
00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:25,440
who wants to be a star

739
00:40:26,310 --> 00:40:28,270
and there is a young man

740
00:40:28,310 --> 00:40:30,840
who wants to be a moghul

741
00:40:30,870 --> 00:40:36,740
and exercise, uh, his right
to be a full-blown hedonist

742
00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:38,610
without impunity,

743
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,040
this story is...

744
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,700
never gonna end.

745
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,510
[Holly] It seems
so crazy to me that

746
00:40:48,540 --> 00:40:51,510
you know, the early '80s
was such a time of, you know,

747
00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:53,440
sexual liberation and freedom

748
00:40:53,470 --> 00:40:54,700
and people feel like
they can push

749
00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:56,210
all these boundaries,

750
00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:59,110
but it's not okay for a woman
to express herself sexually

751
00:40:59,140 --> 00:41:01,370
or to be portrayed
in Playboy.

752
00:41:01,410 --> 00:41:02,610
If something
bad happens to her,

753
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,270
she ends up
getting blamed.

754
00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:07,440
It just breaks my heart.

755
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:18,740
[camera clicking]

756
00:41:18,770 --> 00:41:21,670
He saw what all of us saw,
this sweet, magical being.

757
00:41:21,700 --> 00:41:24,510
Hugh Hefner had a master plan
for her.

758
00:41:24,540 --> 00:41:25,800
At the Playboy mansion,

759
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,540
if you get the wrong set
of eyes on you

760
00:41:27,570 --> 00:41:29,340
it could lead to something
really awful.

761
00:41:29,370 --> 00:41:31,270
I called it
the "Playboy Curse" because

762
00:41:31,310 --> 00:41:33,270
once you were associated with
that world

763
00:41:33,310 --> 00:41:35,110
things went horribly wrong.

764
00:41:35,140 --> 00:41:37,170
♪