Overview
- At a Los Angeles news conference, Crystal Hefner and attorney Gloria Allred said they filed regulatory complaints in California and Illinois over the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation’s custody of roughly 3,000 scrapbooks and a diary attributed to Hugh Hefner.
- The filings ask state attorneys general to investigate stewardship of the materials, secure them, and prevent digitization or distribution that could expose intimate images.
- Hefner alleges the archive contains thousands of nude photos, some possibly depicting minors or taken without informed consent, including instances involving intoxication.
- She says she was removed as the foundation’s CEO and president after raising concerns about consent, security, and potential plans to scan the collection.
- In a new response, Hefner’s sons Cooper and Marston said they have never seen inappropriate images of minors in the collection, urged evidence-based claims, and indicated support for vetted archival placement.