A&E's 'Secrets of Playboy' Reveals What We Already Knew Hugh Hefner Sucked

A&E's 'Secrets of Playboy' guarantees a real tell-all about Hugh Hefner. Curious about who inherited his money? It's beautiful revealing.

Hugh Hefner himself once stated, "It's good to be selfish, but not so self-centered that you never listen to other people." But one of the things we'll learn about Hefner in A&E's new docuseries Secrets of Playboy, is that he hardly listened to other folks, especially if they have been pronouncing no. The pajama-clad media magnate died almost five years ago, leaving a sizable fortune (and multiple kid) behind. Who inherited all of his cash, and what can we be expecting from this docuseries?

Who inherited Hugh Hefner's money?

Hugh Hefner was once by some means best married three times in his lengthy existence, and used to be still along with his third spouse, Crystal Hefner, when he died in September 2017. He left in the back of four youngsters from his first two marriages, a decent chew of cash, and a tarnished legacy (we'll get to this in a minute). In 2013, whilst married to Crystal, he purchased her a $5 million house in the Hollywood Hills that is all concrete and angles. Aesthetically, it gave the look of an overly posh jail.

While the 2 lived in combination within the Playboy Mansion, he it appears sought after to verify she was taken care of after he died. Despite rumors of a prenuptial settlement leaving her nothing, TMZ reported that Crystal used to be left $5 million and the house. Speaking of the house, Crystal bought it for a whopping, you guessed it, $5 million in 2019.

According to Fortune, the Playboy Mansion was once bought to Hefner's neighbor Daren Metropoulos for $A hundred million in August 2016 ahead of he died. At the time of his death, The Daily Mail claimed that Hefner held 35% of the Playboy logo, owned the mag, and had $36 million price of stocks and bonds. He also had $6 million in a joint account with a mysteriously unnamed particular person. His estate was once divided up between his 4 kids who sold its shares for roughly $35 million, which was break up with Crystal.

Hefner's cash couldn't keep his abusive habits a secret.

The new 10-part A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy takes us into the twisted side of Hugh Hefner that no quantity of cash may just stay buried. Primarily narrated through former Director of Playmate Promotions Miki Garcia, ex-girlfriend and Playmate Sondra Theodore, and "Bunny Mother" PJ Masten (who managed female staffers on the Playboy nightclubs), we're offered to a person who some referred to as a "monster."

In a trailer for the series, Hefner's former executive assistant Lisa Loving Barrett disclosed the fact that quaaludes (a sedative) have been known as the "leg spreader" and were a "necessary evil" on the mansion. Several other people, together with Lisa and Hefner, had prescriptions in their names so the drug would be readily to be had at all times. They even saved a calendar so they might take into account whose turn it used to be to fill up their prescription. What a disgusting nightmare.

The sequence also digs deeper into some shocking allegations around coercion, women being forced to have sex with Hefner and his pals, brutal orgies, or even bestiality. It options archival soundbites from Hefner himself, set towards anecdotes from former employees. All in all, in paints an image of a man who satisfied the world that those women had been being empowered, whilst he used to be quietly taking their energy from them at the back of closed doors.

Secrets of Playboy premieres Monday, Jan. 24 at 9:00 p.m. EST on A&E.

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