Crystal Hefner has sent a cease and desist notice to Holly Madison over comments she made last month on the Girls Next Level podcast, claiming they were false and damaging to her reputation.
Crystal, 38, condemned the remarks from Madison, 44, as ‘malicious and intentionally misleading,’ and had caused her ‘serious harm,’ TMZ reported Tuesday after reviewing court docs in the case.
The Lake Havasu City native, who was wed to Hugh Hefner from 2012 until his death in 2017, said that Madison lied on her May 12 podcast with Bridget Marquardt.
On the podcast, titled, ‘What We REALLY Think About Crystal’s Book,’ Madison and Marquardt welcomed Hefner’s son Marston Hefner as a guest.
Amid a discussion about Crystal’s book Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, Madison implied that Crystal kept Hugh ‘dosed with f***ing medication’ in his later years to exploit him financially.
Crystal Hefner, 38, has sent a cease and desist notice to Holly Madison, 44, over comments she made last month on the Girls Next Level podcast, claiming they were false and damaging to her reputation
Crystal’s legal team said in the letter that ‘nothing could be further from the truth’ in that regard, as the allegation ‘is entirely false and will not be tolerated.
‘As we understand it, Ms. Hefner was steadfast in her commitment to Mr. Hefner through his final days, ensuring that he was cared for and received the best medical attention available,’ Crystal’s legal team said.
According to the outlet, Crystal vowed in the letter to pull Madison into litigation if she made accusations as such moving forward.
Madison appeared to respond to the legal letter in a statement on her Twitter page Monday.
‘Imagine running a free speech foundation and then sending someone a cease and desist for talking,’ she wrote, accompanied by a series of laughing emojis.
Madison added in a subsequent tweet, ‘Your attorney can’t even find my correct email address’ with a clown emoji.
A lawyer for Crystal told TMZ in a statement, ‘Ms. Hefner will not have her name and reputation tarnished by opportunists.
‘We stand by the contents of the letter and will enforce Ms. Hefner’s rights to the fullest.’
Crystal condemned the remarks from Madison as ‘malicious and intentionally misleading,’ and had caused her ‘serious harm,’ according to court docs
Madison pictured on her May 12 podcast with Bridget Marquardt and Hefner’s son Marston Hefner
Madison appeared to respond to the legal letter in a statement on her Twitter page Monday
Madison clashed with Crystal earlier this year when she said that Crystal’s 2024 book lifted a number of narrative elements from her own 2015 book
Madison posted a pair of tweets in response to the legal letter she received
Madison clashed with Crystal earlier this year when she said that Crystal’s 2024 book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, lifted a number of narrative elements from her own 2015 book Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny.
‘Anybody who’s read my book that came out eight years ago and then read her book, tell me the narrative voice doesn’t sound exactly the same,’ Madison told the Lady Gang podcast in April.
She added, ‘I was reading it and there were some times I was like: “I feel like I’m reading my own book. This is creepy.”‘
