Hugh Hefner’s son Marston launched a scathing attack on Crystal Hefner, accusing her of being a “master manipulator” and even seemed to suggest she took advantage of the Playboy mogul before he died.
Marston, 34, made a series of damning claims about his father’s widow on the Girls Next Level podcast, suggesting the 38-year-old was hell-bent on power and oversaw changes to his father’s will when he was mentally ill. fragile.
Speaking to hosts Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt on Monday, he said: “When Crystal came into (the mansion), there started to be tribes. And then there were people who were on Crystal’s team.”
He said she became addicted to the “idea of control and power” and that it would determine who could and couldn’t enter.
Marston Hefner made a series of damning claims about his father’s widow Crystal on the Girls Next Level podcast, suggesting she was bent on power (pictured with Hugh Hefner).
Marston (left), 34, accused Crystal of being a “master manipulator” and appeared to suggest she took advantage of the Playboy mogul before he died (pictured with brother Cooper).
“She liked to control the guest list,” he said. “She liked to take girls on and off the guest list depending on how, whatever the whims of the moment were… She liked being in that position where you had to pick her up or ask her for things.”
Marston, who welcomed a baby boy with his wife last year, also accused Crystal of destroying the fun he used to have with his father during game night at the mansion when they played Uno, claiming she brought an “energy dark” that dissuaded him from doing so. ever coming back.
Her alleged obsession with control appeared to extend to issues in Hugh’s will, with Marston suggesting Crystal oversaw the changes when her father was “sick” and “given some bloody medication”, which he claims left the businessman unconscious. of your environment.
“He was very sick and that’s why she got all this NDA stuff,” she said. “According to her, he didn’t want people to see him unable to walk or talk.”
Marston, whose mother is model Kimberley Conrad, said his father had trouble remembering how to play backgammon with him because of strong medication for his back pain.
“The year he passed away, he changed his will and gave me, someone else and Crystal more money,” she said. ‘And I don’t know how much more, I don’t remember if Crystal got more than us….
“I was looking at that when I was getting the inheritance, and I thought, ‘Why? When he wasn’t here, when he didn’t know what the hell he was up or down half the time, why? Would you change his will?
He continued, “And that’s why I sent an email saying, ‘I don’t think I’m competent anymore, guys, can we agree on this?'” And no one really wanted to address what I perceived to be the elephant in the room.
Marston questioned some of Crystal’s claims in her memoir Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy And Finding Myself, as well as her motivation for writing them.
Marston and his brother Cooper, photographed with their father Hugh and mother Kimberley Conrad in 1998.
Masrston (pictured with his wife) accused Crystal of bringing a “dark energy” to her father’s famous game nights and, as a result, never returned.
Crystal, pictured right, was the last wife of the Playboy founder; She is pictured along with Kristina and Karissa Shannon at Hugh’s 83rd birthday pool party in 2009.
‘And then, more than that, it’s like if someone can’t play their favorite song and they don’t know where it is, why are they changing their damn will?’ Why do people allow that to happen?
Crystal married the magazine’s editor in 2012, when she was 26 and he was 86. They were married until his death, aged 91, in 2017 as a result of heart failure and septicemia after contracting a deadly strain of e-coli. She left a fortune of 43 million dollars.
Earlier this year she published her explosive memoir, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy And Finding Myself, in which she made a series of explosive claims, including that she never loved the magazine’s late boss and that she felt like a prisoner during their marriage. of four years.
Marston revealed how he messaged Holly and Bridget, referring to Crystal as a “master manipulator” after reading her book, and questioned some of her claims, as well as her motivation for writing the memoir.
Suggesting that she buy Instagram followers, he asked, “If you’re not interested in fame, why do you buy Instagram followers?”
Crystal (pictured with Hugh on her 84th birthday in 2010) made a series of explosive claims about the notorious rake in her memoirs.
‘If you’re not looking for money, then why would you strive like Crystal DJ Hefner? And she said that she was building a real estate empire, but that she was building it like Hefner. So, in my opinion, she needed to be there to build it.
Marston, who has an Onlyfans account to fund his love of collecting Pokémon cards and rare comics, then accused Crystal of allowing Hugh to buy property from him against the advice of his accountants.
“I heard it was way beyond their budget,” Marston continued. ‘It was not wise. And I heard his financial advisors say, “Don’t buy this, buddy. You can’t afford this…”
And he said, “I love this person and I’m going to…” These are my own subjective feelings, like: why would you ask your husband, who is in debt, to buy you a mansion that he actually can’t? afford it if you don’t need the money?’
DailyMail.com has contacted Crystal representatives for comment.
Crystal was Hugh’s third wife. He married her in 2012, two years after he finalized her divorce from Kimberley.
They were married for 21 years starting in 1989 and also share a son Cooper, 32.
His first wife was Millie Williams with whom he had children Christie and David.