πͺ‘: Hefnerβs former girlfriends say life at the mansion was cultlike, Holly Madison and other Playmates say they were pressed to get plastic surgery to look like each other
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly didnβt use protection during group sex. Twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon say they both caught chlamydia at the mansion
πͺ‘: Playboy Cleanup crews allegedly hid rape & drug overdoses from the public. P.J. Masten, who worked as a Bunny Mother from 1975 until 1982, claims she saw 40 or 50 incidents of sexual abuse
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly raped women at the Playboy mansion. Former Playmate Susie Krabacher alleges Hefner raped her in 1983 after she went to his room one night to ask him to consider her for Playmate of the Year.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly raped women at the Playboy mansion. Audrey Huskey claims Hefner raped her in 1994 after inviting her to his room to look over test shots. According to Huskey, Hefner allegedly offered her a joint and pulled down his pants.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly gave his celebrity friends permission to abuse Playboy Bunnies. Many VIP celebrities allegedly raped Bunnies and returned to the clubs without their memberships getting revoked.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly knew about & initiated affairs with minors. Jennifer Saginor, aged 16, had an affair with one of Hefnerβs girlfriends & in response to finding out Hefner tried to initiate a threesome. Hefner knew Saginor since she was six.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly used women as drug mules sometimes with fatal consequences. Bobbie Arnstein, committed suicide after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Police detectives suggest that Arnstein was a βfall girlβ for Hefner.
πͺ‘: Abuse was allegedly rampant at the corporate level. It was expected that to become Playmate of the Year, a woman would have to sleep with Hefner.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly turned Playboy models into porn stars without their consent. Sondra Theodore also recalls the brand releasing nude footage of her from a photo shoot without payment or consent.
πͺ‘: Hefnerβs inner circle had shadow mansions, where they allegedly abused women. Women at shadow mansion parties were drugged and photographed nude under the guise of modelling contracts and other fake opportunities.
πͺ‘: Hefner allegedly shared racist views with women he dated. Hefner especially disapproved of his girlfriends hanging out with βAsian girlsβ or βBlack guys.β
πͺ‘: TRIGGER WARNING: This is the source for this thread & it includes ADDITIONAL incidents I did not mention above bc of graphic depictions of assault on sex workers & the sexual assault of animals. (I was worried about Twitter TOS violations. )
The CANNES FILM FESTIVAL is notorious for celebrating men who have a history of violence, including sexual assault.
The festival seems proud of this, as though they are champions of art for looking past crimes such as rape, domestic violence, assault & child sexual assault toβ¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1β¦
Woody Allen (won: honorary Palme d'Or 2002)
This award is given to renowned directors whose works have achieved a global impact but have never won the Palme dβOr.
In August 1992, American filmmaker and actor Woody Allen was alleged to have sexually molested his adoptiveβ¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1β¦
Luc Besson (President of the Jury for Feature Films 2000)
The Cannes Film Festival's board of directors appoints the juries responsible for choosing which films will receive an award. The jury president is an internationally recognized personality of cinema.
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Everyone knows how much I love to debunk sad attempts at debunking AH support. I may only get a part of the way through this tonight because Iβm le tired.
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So, this is blatantly wrong. Organisations have been talking about the use of defamation lawsuits (&NDAs) to silence survivors for a while.
Ms Mag: βperpetrators of sexual violence use the courts to punish survivors for speaking out about abuse.β