Could 14 2024, Printed 7:50 p.m. ET
Marston Hefner, the son of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, unleashed a scorching critique of his father’s widow, Crystal Hefner, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Showing as a visitor on Monday’s episode of the Ladies Subsequent Stage podcast, Marston accused Crystal of being a “grasp manipulator” and exerting management over his father’s affairs, together with his will and social gatherings on the Playboy Mansion.
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“When Crystal got here in, there began to be tribes,” he advised ex-playmates Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt, “and so there have been individuals who have been on Crystal’s staff.”
“She preferred controlling the visitor checklist,” Marston, Hugh’s son with second spouse Kimberley Conrad, continued. “She preferred taking ladies on and off the visitor checklist relying on how, regardless of the whims have been on the time… She preferred being in that place the place you needed to undergo her otherwise you needed to ask her for issues.”
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Marston went on to say that when his father’s well being took a flip for the more severe and he was “dosed with f—— treatment,” claiming Crystal “did not need individuals to see him not in a position to stroll, not in a position to discuss.”
“He was actually sick and that is why she received all these NDA issues,” Marston claimed. He additionally accused Crystal of manipulation when it got here to the belongings left behind by his father, who died of cardiac arrest and respiratory failure at age 91 in September 2017.
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“The yr that he handed away, he modified the need and he gave me, one other individual, and Crystal more cash,” Marston mentioned, including, “I used to be that once I was getting the inheritance, and I used to be like, ‘Why?’ When he wasn’t right here, when he did not know what the f— was up or down half of the time.”
“And that is why I despatched an e-mail saying, ‘I do not assume he is competent anymore, guys, can we agree on this?'” Marston recalled, “And no person actually wished to deal with what I perceived because the elephant within the room.”
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Marston’s rebuke continued as he expressed skepticism about Crystal’s current memoir, Solely Say Good Issues: Surviving Playboy And Discovering Myself. He scrutinized her claims of feeling imprisoned and unloved of their relationship, elevating doubts about her intentions and questioning her pursuit of fame and monetary acquire.
“‘If you happen to’re not enthusiastic about fame, why are you shopping for Instagram followers?” he mentioned.
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Marston additionally claimed Crystal inspired Hugh to make lavish purchases past his means, together with a property that strained his funds.
Crystal was 26 when she married then 86-year-old Hefner in 2012, changing into his third spouse.