Hundreds of ex-Playboy employees defend Hugh Hefner amid misconduct allegations
Around 500 ex-Playboy employees and Playmates have shot to Hugh Hefner's defence following accusations of misconduct. The Playboy founder - who died in September 2017 aged 91 - has come under fire in A&E docuseries 'Secrets of Playboy', but now a number of people formerly associated with him, including his ex-wife Kimberly Hefner, and former girlfriends Brande Roderick and Sandy Kauffman Bentley, have come out in support of the late magazine publisher. An open letter reads: "We sign our names to support Hugh M.