ONE of Hugh Hefner’s ex lovers is terrified that some of his sordid sex tapes still exist – and were not dumped at sea as previously believed.
The Sun revealed that Playboy founder Hefner ditched a concrete lined casket full of his private sex tapes into the sea before he passed away, back in 2018.
Orgy videos dumped
A senior Playboy executive confirmed the exclusive story in new documentary The Secrets of Playboy, saying that the magazine founder ordered his hidden archive of sex tapes, personal orgy videos and nude photo collection dumped into the sea.
But now his former lover Sondra Theodore, who recently revealed how she walked in on Hef engaging in sex acts with his dog, fears that Hefner stashed away videos of his most favorite bedroom encounters.
She believes that Hefner kept a secret selection of the tapes, which some partners claim may even feature abuse and rape.
‘He had tapes on everyone’
Sondra and Miki Garcia, former head of promotions, pressured Hefner and his lawyers to come clean about the videos in 2011.
During his final years, security emptied his archive, placed them in a concrete casket and discarded them off the California coast.
Sondra said: “He had tapes on anybody.
“Anybody that walked into that bedroom disrobed they had tape on them.
“They knew they were there and it kept everybody in line. They were fearful about what if it got out and everybody saw them.”
Sex tape fears
Speaking in the final episode of the documentary, yet to be aired, Sondra and Miki admitted they wanted Playboy to release information on the video archive.
Sondra said: “In 2011 I told Miki I am worried about these tapes and what is going to happen to them.
“He was in his 80s, could kick the bucket at any time and who would have the key to open that panel?”
The pair fired off legal letters “getting in his face”, vowing to sue Hefner and Playboy for millions if a tape was released.
Sondra added: “We were told that it would be taken care of that Mary (O’Connor, Hef’s administrator) was in charge.
“And if anything happened to them she knew what to do – that she was going to destroy the tapes.”
‘Hef’s ego would not destroy the tapes’
Lisa Loving Barrett, Hefner’s ex executive assistant, also confirmed the sea sex tape dump.
She said: “One of the video department heads had a boat and they put all of those video tapes, after they were pulled from their cases, in a barrel and taken to sea. I had reason to believe that was true.”
But Sondra, Hefner’s lover for five years from the late 70s, does not trust that all the X-rated material was thrown away.
She said:”Even then I did not think he would not destroy all of them. His ego would not destroy all those tapes.
“Even in all the letters, I did not get an apology from him. He did not apologize.”
Living in fear
Hundreds of women stayed quiet as they lived in fear of Hef and his handlers leaking tapes or sexual photos.
The new seven-part A&E show paints a disturbing picture into the calculating mind of Hefner, who claimed to be a “women’s and free speech advocate”
Former Playmate Susie Krabacher, along with Holly Madison, confirmed they lived with the fear of their reputations being destroyed by a tape leak.
Susie said: “It haunted me that he might have a video of me when he was on top of me.
Abuse claims
“I pray that because I was unconscious that he would not show it to anyone because it was illegal.
“My saving thought is that he had to have destroyed it because he is showing himself committing a crime. I didn’t get over what happened in that bedroom.”
Miki added: “Hefner held himself up as this big lover, and the person that every man wanted to be. And here was the lowest and most vilest scum on earth.
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“I think he hated women underneath it all. I have spoken to enough people that just seems to be the only conclusion I can come to.”
‘A-listers were on the tapes’
In 2018, The Sun revealed how Hefner had a special casket made, peeled with cement and dumped in the ocean.
Insiders say the casket featured hundreds of tapes, including encounters with A listers and Playmates.
Over 900 actresses, models and VIPs such as Anna Nicole Smith, Naomi Campbell, Charlize Theron, Jordan, Denise Richards, Darryl Hannah, Jenny McCarthy have appeared in Playboy – and Hef had confessed he secretly bedded some of his centerfolds.
Hefner died aged 91 in 2017 from natural causes at the Playboy Mansion.
The owners of Playboy – the PLBY Group – have already released a statement regarding the claims in the documentary, in which they appear to distance themselves from Hefner.
It said: “First and foremost, we want to say: we trust and validate women and their stories, and we strongly support the individuals who have come forward to share their experiences.
“As a brand with sex positivity at its core, we believe safety, security and accountability are paramount, and anything less is inexcusable.”
