Hugh Hefner allegedly contacted the FBI about Jeffrey Epstein after a Playboy Playmate told him she had been raped and trafficked by the disgraced financier, according to a report.
The New York Post reported that Audra Lynn Christiansen, a 2003 Playmate, was living with Hefner at the Playboy Mansion when she sought his help, alleging Epstein had raped her and trafficked her to wealthy associates.
Christiansen claims that in 2005 she asked Hefner to alert authorities on her behalf, believing his fame and influential connections could help ensure her allegations were taken seriously.
The complaint cited by the New York Post states: “Mr. Hefner called the FBI multiple times on behalf of Ms. Christiansen to report Jeffrey Epstein.”
Those claims appear in an amended complaint filed in May in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The lawsuit, brought by Epstein victims, alleges the FBI failed to act on numerous reports of his sexual abuse dating as far back as 1996.
Hugh Hefner allegedly contacted the FBI about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after a Playmate said she had been raped and trafficked by the disgraced financier
Audra Lynn Christiansen, a 2003 Playmate, was living with Hefner at the Playboy Mansion when she turned to him for help, alleging she had been raped by Epstein
Christiansen, now 46, claims that she didn’t hear back from the FBI until October 2020 – fifteen years after Hefner, who died in 2017, had called them.
She reportedly told FBI agents that she’d been introduced to Epstein after her 2003 Playboy shoot was released.
Christiansen also briefly appeared on E!’s The Girls Next Door reality show and had a minor part in the 2007 spoof film Epic Movie.
The allegations are detailed in a new lawsuit which was first reported by Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who shared it on her Substack blog.
The Daily Mail has contacted Playboy for comment.
Epstein killed himself inside of his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City at the age of 66 in August 2019.
At the time of his death, he had pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking minors and conspiracy, and was awaiting trial when he died.
His suicide fueled public speculation that he was assassinated as part of a cover-up to protect high-profile individuals who were potentially complicit in his crimes.
Christiansen is pictured with fellow Playmate Michele Rogers at a Playboy pool party
From that, a theory emerged that the well-connected financier maintained a list of clients to whom underage girls were trafficked.
Aside from his longtime associate and former lover Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to serve 20 years behind bars in June 2022 for her role in luring underage girls for Epstein, there have been no US arrests relating to the financier.
Hefner was also accused of rape, although all the allegations against him came out after he died in 2017 at age 91.
Many women who previously dated and worked with the late magazine editor detailed alleged encounters with him and made numerous explosive accusations as part of the A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy in 2022.
Throughout the series, multiple women accused Hefner of sexual assault, bestiality, and other sexual misconduct.
Christiansen reportedly told FBI agents that she’d been introduced to Epstein after her 2003 Playboy shoot was released before being raped and trafficked to his wealthy friends
However, others later defended the Playboy mogul, including actress and former Playmate Jenny McCarthy.
McCarthy – who first modeled for Playboy in 1993 and moved into the mansion soon after – recalled the house being run like a ‘strict dormitory.’
‘We weren’t even allowed near Hef or around the house. It was almost like Catholic school, to be honest,’ she said on Zack Peter’s No Filter.
She explained that when she lived in the mansion, Hefner was married to Playmate Kimberley Conrad, who was his main focus
‘I’m so grateful that when I was there, Hef was married,’ she said.
‘I think I went in there in a window of time that was kind of safe. There were no orgies or big parties going on. But hearing some of these girls’ stories was really rough. Hearing their stories, my heart broke for a lot of these women.’
