Hugh Hefner called the FBI in 2005 to report Epstein after a Playmate alleged abuse. The bureau didn't contact her until 2020, after Epstein's death, a new lawsuit shows.
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner personally called the FBI in 2005 to report Jeffrey Epstein, after a former Playboy Playmate said Epstein abused and trafficked her. The bureau did not follow up with the woman until October 2020, nearly 15 years later and after Epstein's death, according to an amended complaint filed in May in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The complaint was reported this week by Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown on her Substack. It is part of a lawsuit brought by 32 Epstein victims.
Audra Lynn Christiansen, Playboy's Miss October 2003, was 23 when she asked Hefner to contact the FBI on her behalf. She believed agents would take the allegations more seriously coming from someone with his stature. Hefner called the FBI "multiple times," Christiansen said in the filing. She also alleged she was trafficked to one of Hefner's wealthy associates, Macau casino billionaire Stanley Ho, who died in 2020.
The complaint states the FBI failed to act on multiple reports concerning Epstein's sexual abuse, some dating to 1996. In a 2020 FBI report included in the lawsuit, Christiansen told agents she was introduced to Epstein by her agents after her Playboy shoot was published. She later appeared on the reality series "The Girls Next Door."
Epstein described Ho in a 2011 email as "the richest man in Hong Kong" who "owns most of Macau." Ho was a dominant figure in Macau's casino industry.
The FBI has sought to have the lawsuit dismissed, arguing in June the agency was "not required to investigate every complaint" it received. The case remains before the court. The bureau has not publicly addressed Hefner's reports.
The disclosures come amid continued scrutiny of how the FBI and Justice Department handled cases linked to Epstein, who faced multiple allegations of sex trafficking involving minor girls.
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