AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Lawsuit alleges Hugh Hefner called FBI repeatedly to report Epstein — and the bureau did nothing for 15 years
An amended federal lawsuit claims Playboy founder Hugh Hefner contacted the FBI multiple times in 2005 to report Jeffrey Epstein on behalf of a Playmate who alleged she was raped and trafficked, but the bureau waited until 2020 to follow up. Audra Lynn Christiansen, Playboy's Miss October 2003, told Hefner when she was 23 years […] The post Lawsuit alleges Hugh Hefner called FBI repeatedly to report Epstein — and the bureau did nothing for 15 years appeared first on American Almanac .
An amended federal lawsuit claims Playboy founder Hugh Hefner contacted the FBI multiple times in 2005 to report Jeffrey Epstein on behalf of a Playmate who alleged she was raped and trafficked, but the bureau waited until 2020 to follow up. Audra Lynn Christiansen, Playboy's Miss October 2003, told Hefner when she was 23 years old that Epstein had raped her and that she had been trafficked to Macau casino billionaire Stanley Ho, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Hefner, she said, had the "clout" and the connections to get someone at the FBI to listen. He made the calls. The FBI, the lawsuit alleges, sat on the information for a decade and a half. The amended complaint,…Open
AI:An amended federal lawsuit alleges that the FBI demonstrated gross negligence by failing to act on multiple urgent reports made by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in 2005 regarding Jeffrey Epstein's predatory behavior. According to court documents, Hefner contacted the Bureau repeatedly on behalf of Audra Lynn Christiansen, a former Playmate who claimed she was raped and trafficked to Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho. Despite these high-profile warnings and a pattern of complaints dating back to 1996, federal authorities did not follow up with Christiansen until October 2020, long after Epstein, Hefner, and Ho had all passed away. While the FBI has moved to dismiss the lawsuit by arguing it is not required to investigate every complaint,…Open