Hugh Hefner’s Son Alleges Foul Play in His Late Father’s Will
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Hugh “Hef” Hefner’s son Marston is making some major claims nearly seven years after his dad passed away at age 91. Marston — who Hefner shared with ex-wife and Playboy Playmate Kimberley Conrad — said he does not believe he received the full inheritance his dad intended for him. The 34-year-old alleged that the Playboy founder made an addition to his will during that final year of his life, a time when he was “incoherent” and thus might not have known what he was doing.
“And nobody f–king knew that the will was being changed until [after] he passed away,” Marston told The New York Post. “I did not know the will was changed until we received the will.”
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On a previous episode of Girls Next Level — a podcast hosted by Hef’s ex-girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt — Marston alleged that his dad changed his will during that last year, ultimately insinuating that the revisions were made to benefit his stepmom, Crystal Harris.
“I was like, ‘Why? When he didn’t know what was up or down half of the time, why would he change his will?’” Marston said, calling Harris “a master manipulator” in a text message to the podcast hosts, per The Post. “The first person who got the money, in my opinion, if I remember it, was Crystal,” said on the show.
He has since backtracked, telling The Post he’s “not sure” if it’s accurate that she got money first. “I don’t know who changed the will,” he continued.
“I was upset,” Marston said. “When they were explaining the inheritance and how it would work, I was baffled. I didn’t understand.”
Per The Daily Mail, Harris received $5 million and a $7 million home as was expected in her prenup. Marston would have received a portion of Hef’s $43 million estate, which was shared among his four adult kids — Marston, Cooper, and his oldest children Christie, and David (shared with his first wife, Millie Williams) — assorted charities, and his alma mater, the University of Southern California.
“There is nothing I can do. I’m happy with what I got,” Marston later said. “I’m grateful to be in a financially secure situation. I can provide for [my wife Anna Lambropoulos and 10-month-old son] and have a blessed life. I don’t have hard feelings and resentment. I just want to put out how I feel.”
Lampropoulos might feel differently about their financial security and Marston’s ability to provide. Last fall, she told Page Six she wasn’t happy when she learned he spent $100 thousand of the money he made on OnlyFans to buy two Pokémon cards and one comic book.
“I’m like, ‘You’re lighting money on fire,’” she said in an interview alongside her husband who said he hopes to profit off the collectibles. “It kind of made me die inside. It’s just so much money! … I think it’s frivolous to spend money that way.”
Crystal Harris denied Marston’s allegations, telling The Post, “This story is untrue and was discredited by Hef’s estate attorney who wrote his will years before Hef passed.”
Though Hef may have not been your typical “dad next door,” he was, according to his kids, a loving father — in his own way. “We were close. He hugged me and said he loved me,” said Marston, revealing that the two had a Sunday backgammon tradition. Oldest daughter Christie opened up in a Playboy interview after her father’s death, saying that she thought of her father “kind of like a favorite uncle — someone I knew absolutely loved me and would be there for me but not someone who knew who my friends were or what I was interested in.” And when the A&E docuseries Secrets of Playboy aired, youngest son Cooper was quick to defend his dad.
“Some may not approve of the life my Dad chose, but my father was not a liar,” he tweeted. “However unconventional, he was sincere in his approach and lived honestly. He was generous in nature and cared deeply for people. These salacious stories are a case study of regret becoming revenge.”
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