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Playmate: FBI never reached out about Hugh Hefner's Epstein rape tip

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The then-Playboy model said the FBI told Hefner they would back his tips about the disgraced financier in 2005, but never did.

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  1. News Nation Now

    Hugh Hefner reported Jeffrey Epstein to FBI for alleged rape of Playboy Playmate (opens News Nation Now)

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    Hugh Hefner reportedly notified the FBI that a Playboy Playmate was sexually abused and trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and others in his orbit.

  2. News Nation Now

    Playmate: FBI never reached out about Hugh Hefner's Epstein rape tip (opens News Nation Now)

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    The then-Playboy model said the FBI told Hefner they would back his tips about the disgraced financier in 2005, but never did.

  3. New York Post

    Hugh Hefner tipped FBI about Epstein after Playboy Playmate ‘raped’ (opens New York Post)

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    Hugh Hefner tipped off the FBI about Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, after one of his girls, Audra Lynn, Playboy Magazine's Miss October 2003, was allegedly trafficked by the pedophile.

  4. Just the News

    Hugh Hefner reported Epstein to the FBI in 2005, but it was apparently 'back-burnered' for 15 years (opens Just the News)

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    The Playboy Playmate was Audra Christiansen, who says that Hefner made multiple reports to the FBI, but that the agency didn’t follow up at the time, according to former FBI special agent Jennifer Coffindaffer.

  5. NBC News

    Lawsuit reveals Playboy’s Hugh Hefner contacted FBI about Epstein (opens NBC News)

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    A new lawsuit has revealed that “Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner contacted the FBI with allegations against Jeffrey Epstein over two decades ago. NBC News’ Valerie Castro reports.