Former Playboy Bunnies Say Hugh Hefner Is A ‘Predator’ Who Practiced Bestiality

What these women have to say about Hugh Hefner is shocking. In the 10-part docuseries “Secrets of Playboy,” several ex-Playboy Bunnies and Playmates speak out against Hugh Hefner and their time at the Playboy Mansion. Many of the women who stayed with Hugh Hefner can’t remember their time with the tycoon in a way that makes them feel anything close to pleasant.

Ex-girlfriend Sondra Theodore is one of those who have opened up about her experience at the Playboy Mansion. She describes Hefner as a “predator.” She said, “I watched him, I watched his game. And I watched a lot of girls go through [the Playboy Mansion] gates looking farm-fresh and leaving looking tired and haggard.”

Sondra Theodore is another Playboy Bunny who also revealed her horrific experience with Hefner. She said that she was only 17 years old when Hugh Hefner started “grooming” her through a mix of substance abuse and words.

Sondra said, “He introduced me to drugs. I’d never had a drink or a drug before going up to the Playboy Mansion. And my first night there I was handed champagne and the drugs came later, and I was underage.” She also claims that aside from the girls at the mansion, Hefner also enjoyed sexual experiences with her dog. She said, “I walked in on him with my dog and I said, ‘What are you doing?’ I was shocked. He made it seem like it was just a one-time thing, and that he was just goofing off. But I never left him alone with my dog again.”

Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend, Holly Madison was the featured star on the reality series “Girls Next Door.” She also details her time in the mansion and her experience as Hefners’ girlfriend. In one of the clips, Holly describes the mansion as “cult-like.”

She says, “It was so easy to get isolated from the outside world there. You had a 9 o’clock curfew. You were encouraged to not have friends over. You weren’t really allowed to leave unless it was like a family holiday.”

The documentary’s director, Alexandra Dean, explained that she didn’t expect to unearth any of these horrifying stories. Talking to the New York Post, Dean said, “I figured it’d be fun, but kind of lightweight.” She adds, “But as I started to have these conversations [with the survivors of Hefner], the project transformed 180 degrees, from lightweight to super-critical.”

Alexandra did not limit her interviews to Hugh Hefner’s exes, though. She also produced a documentary that offers a more critical and in-depth look at a man who baffled many by conducting interviews with former colleagues, staff, and the women themselves.

She said, “One of the most striking things about reporting this story was how much fear there was from the contributors about telling the truth, and how slowly they were able to open up. It was a very slow process. I didn’t want to push the story too far, I really wanted people to tell me what they felt comfortable telling me, and that took a long time.”

Some also said that Hugh Hefner made it hard for them to speak out for a while before he passed away. He threatened that he would put hidden cameras all over the estate to record potentially embarrassing or sexually explicit footage to use against those who will betray him.