Speaking out. Hundreds of former Playboy employees, models and Playmates have signed a letter in support of the late Hugh Hefner in the wake of A&E’s docuseries Secrets of Playboy.“We sign our names to support Hugh M.
Hefner. From all we know of Hef, he was a person of upstanding character, exceptional kindness and dedication to free thought,” read the missive, obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, February 2. “He demonstrated a commitment to living an honest life beyond everything else.
Our time within Hugh Hefner’s Playboy and the organization’s subsidiaries remains a period all of us are fond of.”The signatories concluded the letter by calling the allegations detailed in Secrets of Playboy “unfounded.” Several of the participants, including some of Hefner’s exes, attached their own personal statements to the letter.“All people should be encouraged to share their individual experience in this world, but no one should be emboldened to rewrite the truth at the expense of another person’s character,” said Kimberley Conrad, who was married to Hefner from 1989 to 2010. (The Playboy founder died in September 2017 at age 91.)“What the allegers who speak out now seem to ignore is that there were many of us throughout the years who were there with them as well,” Conrad, 59, continued. “I’m saddened, mostly, that these accounts take light away from true victims of sexual abuse, and hope that in time those selling lies to defame Hef find peace within their own lives.”The 10-part docuseries premiered last month and includes interviews with former Playboy employees and Hefner associates.
During the Monday, January 31, episode, several participants claimed that multiple women were assaulted by members of Playboy clubs, a now-defunct
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