Hugh Hefner’s Wife Crystal to Tell “Hard Stories” From Playboy Mansion

She also took part in the Secrets of Playboy docuseries, alleging that as Hugh’s girlfriend, she had a “9 o’clock curfew” at the Playboy Mansion, where her peers were allegedly “encouraged to not have friends over” and “weren’t really allowed to leave unless it was like a family holiday.”

In response to all the allegations made on the docuseries, Playboy had said in a statement at the time, “Today’s Playboy is not Hugh Hefner’s Playboy. We trust and validate these women and their stories and we strongly support those individuals who have come forward to share their experiences.” 

The group added, “As a brand with sex positivity at its core, we believe safety, security, and accountability are paramount. The most important thing we can do right now is actively listen and learn from their experiences.”

Crystal has spoken vaguely about her experience at the Playboy Mansion before. “In a lot of ways it was a sanctuary to me,” she wrote on Instagram in December 2021, “but in other ways, it was my prison.”

She continued, “The same with Hef. He was good to me in many ways, but in other ways, he wasn’t.”

Crystal’s memoir, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, is set for release Jan. 23, 2024.