The Playboy Murders Season 3 Episode 5

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00:00The original Playboy Mansion was in Chicago, and that's where Hef held all his legendary parties.

00:12They could get a little wild.

00:15And the bunnies that worked at the Playboy Club in Chicago could live on the upper story.

00:20Aidy decided that she wanted to live in the mansion.

00:27But the Playboy life took its toll on Aidy.

00:33Adrienne didn't show up at work.

00:35She was found dead.

00:37We agreed immediately it was murder.

00:41The one person that benefited from her death, whether he wanted it or not, was Hugh Hefner.

00:47Hugh Hefner was the epitome of the evil society.

00:52What was she involved in that led to her demise?

00:56If she was trafficking drugs, there's something that could get somebody killed.

01:01We realized there's much more to this than meets the eye.

01:17In September of 73, a man called to report that his girlfriend was found unresponsive on their bed in their apartment.

01:32When the detectives arrive on the scene, they locate a victim who is lying in her bed, face down.

01:38She's got blood on her clothing, and there's also blood coming out of her nose and mouth.

01:45The victim is transported to a local hospital where she is pronounced dead on arrival.

01:51They don't know exactly what caused her death, but this is clearly not someone who just died in their sleep.

01:57The victim's name is Adrienne Pollack, and she is a Playboy bunny at the Playboy Club in Chicago.

02:06The very first Playboy Club was opened in Chicago in 1960 to provide a themed environment

02:22where customers could go to enjoy the world of Playboy.

02:29When people think of Playboy and Hef, they often think of L.A., but Playboy was actually started in Chicago.

02:34It's where Hef was from, it's where the original offices were, it's where the first Playboy mansion was,

02:41where the first Playboy Club was opened, so it was really headquarters for a long time.

02:46And the Playboy Club in Chicago was unique because it was the one Hef and his friends would actually go to

02:51since it was in his home city.

02:54It was kind of like the test kitchen for the Playboy Clubs, and it became very popular in Chicago for the high society people.

03:02These bunnies became so iconic, it was such an exciting job to have, and not necessarily easy to get.

03:11What Playboy was looking for in a bunny was a beautiful, personable girl who felt approachable,

03:18but not too approachable, like Adrienne Pollack.

03:22We never did really call her Adrienne, we always called her Adie.

03:33We grew up outside Chicago, but it was a newer, growing, middle-class community, Paul, Niles.

03:41Growing up, we did a lot of things together.

03:44Both my parents worked full-time, so she would watch me after school.

03:48We would sit there and watch the old movies.

03:53A lot of times, they'd be romantic old movies.

03:57Prior to high school, she was, I would say, more of a homely-looking person.

04:02She went from having the buck teeth and having the braces and the brown, curly hair

04:09to having blonde hair and this beautiful smile and green eyes.

04:16And at that point, she'd walk into a room, and people would just want to go towards her.

04:23Aidy always liked to be around people.

04:31She did not like to be at home.

04:33She liked having fun and joking around.

04:36She was fun.

04:38She was very outgoing, very free-spirited.

04:41She just had a sparkle to her.

04:43When she graduated high school, she started working towards becoming a dental hygienist,

04:48but she wasn't making enough money, and she wanted a better quality of life.

04:55And then she met somebody that was going to be working the Evel Knievel motorcycle show.

05:04And she got a job as a promotional model.

05:09When she was there, there was someone from Playboy that approached her

05:13and asked her if she wanted to be a Bonnie.

05:18When you're working for a company like Playboy,

05:21it's only natural to kind of have your eyes open all the time

05:25for somebody who might make a great Bonnie candidate.

05:29I worked at the Chicago Club.

05:32At the time, Playboy was an excellent way for young women

05:36who were looking to find their own independence.

05:42I think she had thought about it, and then she decided to go ahead and apply for the job.

05:46Because it seemed like, at that time, being a Playboy bunny was glamorous

05:50and maybe a stepping stone into something else.

05:54And it was later on, in the early summer of 1972,

05:59where she was finally approved as a bunny.

06:02There was definitely a cachet that came with being a Playboy bunny,

06:10especially in Chicago.

06:13The bunnies that work there would live on the upper story

06:16of the original Playboy mansion in Chicago.

06:19They called that the bunny hutch,

06:21and the girls would kind of dorm in those rooms.

06:24It was not mandatory for the Chicago bunnies to live at the mansion,

06:27but if they wanted to, there was that option.

06:34Aidy realized that it was a long drive

06:37for her to go from Niles to Chicago.

06:41So she had decided that she wanted to live in the mansion,

06:46and then it would be cheaper than getting an apartment on her own over there.

06:50The original Playboy mansion was where Hef held all his legendary parties

06:57in the 60s and early 70s.

07:01Life at the mansion was always very exciting.

07:06The parties were fun, and they could get a little wild.

07:10When Hef throws a party, the magazine comes to life.

07:13His Chicago mansion is a peeping Tom's paradise.

07:17Forty live-in bunnies are there to be enjoyed,

07:19but only by the eye of the beholder.

07:22If you wanted to go for a swim, there was an indoor pool.

07:27The underground swimming pool is kidney-shaped and filled with bikinis.

07:31Entertainment for the bar flies next door.

07:33You would often see Hefner in the living room ballroom

07:37with his pipe in his mouth and just being very casual.

07:48Sometimes, after work, I would go there just to chill out.

07:53It was always fun.

07:55Living at the Playboy mansion, Aidy had indicated

07:58she met many famous movie stars at the time,

08:01Vic Damone, Warren Beatty.

08:04She met a lot of comedians.

08:06They always had a good time when Don Rickles came to town.

08:10Aidy had the excitement of meeting new people, doing things.

08:15She also did traveling.

08:17She went to different areas like Hawaii, Jamaica, Florida, Las Vegas, California.

08:25It was a different world for her,

08:27something that she hadn't experienced before.

08:29It must have been so exciting to be surrounded by all these parties all the time,

08:34but that catches up to you pretty quick.

08:40Eventually, she started to get bogged down by the day-to-day grind.

08:45I think part of it was tiredness, traveling, and dealing with people that were not always so nice.

08:51The bunnies were like the celebrities themselves.

08:57The constant parties, posing for pictures.

09:00I imagine it got very exhausting for them.

09:02It's just parties, parties, parties all the time.

09:06That can have a huge effect on your mental health.

09:09She had a lot of people that would try to take advantage of her.

09:13Living in the dormitories began to be hard.

09:16People taking her things or interested in her.

09:19Eventually, life at the mansion took its toll on Aidy, and she wanted to move out.

09:31Also, at the same time, she had rekindled her relationship with her ex-boyfriend, Jerry.

09:38She had met Jerry in high school in their sophomore year,

09:43and they were dating through all of high school.

09:49They were like magnets.

09:51They would have their fights, they'd grow apart,

09:54and then they would get back together again.

09:57My family initially was okay with Jerry,

10:01but then as time went on,

10:03they saw that he was kind of a bullying-type person.

10:06He was aggressive, and they really didn't quite like him

10:11and were hoping that she would meet somebody else.

10:13But in the spring of 73,

10:22a year after moving to the mansion,

10:24again that magnet drawing each other back to each other again,

10:29she was committed to being in a relationship with him.

10:33For the bunnies to live at the mansion,

10:44there were a lot of strict rules.

10:47Number one, your boyfriends cannot come to the mansion.

10:51She wanted to move out into an apartment with Jerry.

10:55My parents were not ultra-thrilled,

10:59but they realized that they didn't have any say in the matter.

11:03They accepted the fact that they were making a fresh start,

11:07but we really didn't see her all that much for the next few months.

11:11Then she did a surprise visit on her birthday.

11:26It was her 23rd birthday, and it was late at night.

11:29My parents were already in their pajamas, and I was outside,

11:33and she had come to the door, and it was her and Jerry,

11:38and we hadn't seen Jerry for a long time,

11:40and he looked quite a bit different.

11:43His eyes to me looked really unusual.

11:45They didn't focus,

11:48and to me he was dressed kind of unusual.

11:52My sister was wearing this blonde wig.

11:55She had these red satin pants on,

11:57this sparkly tank top and high platforms.

12:02Even though our parents were in their pajamas,

12:04we took pictures together.

12:10But when I hugged her, I know I felt this boniness.

12:14It was no more like this, just a lean girl.

12:17She was really bony.

12:19She had lost an enormous amount of weight,

12:22but she said she was happy.

12:24She had indicated that Jerry and her were getting an apartment

12:29beginning of September.

12:31It was near Playboy,

12:33so she had a way of getting to Playboy quickly for work.

12:37She was excited.

12:39They were getting their furniture, get their place set up.

12:42She goes, I'm going to have you over, Bevy.

12:43I'm going to have you overnight,

12:45and then we could spend some time together.

12:47And I thought, wow, that's exciting.

12:54But that never happened.

13:06One morning in September,

13:08my son was going to be born at any time,

13:11and we still couldn't pick out a name.

13:13So I remember we were in bed laughing,

13:16picking out these horrible, stupid names for a baby,

13:20and the phone rang.

13:24And my husband went to answer it,

13:26and all I could hear was,

13:29oh, no, are you sure?

13:31Do you know how it happened?

13:33Then he came back in the bedroom and told me,

13:39and all I could remember was,

13:41sorry, this is the hard part,

13:46that she was dead.

13:52They didn't know when she died.

13:59They didn't have much information,

14:01but they indicated she was found dead

14:03in their apartment by Jerry.

14:08I was just in shock.

14:10I mean, we were all in shock.

14:11We couldn't believe it.

14:12We had all kinds of questions,

14:13and I just remember just feeling crumbled inside.

14:18I just, like, couldn't believe that I lost my sister.

14:22I mean, it's like, that's so traumatic.

14:25I was 18, and she's 23.

14:27How could that happen?

14:30And my parents, I mean, I can only imagine

14:33how they feel their child is gone.

14:37So the crime scene investigators are on the scene

14:48at Adrienne and Jerry's apartment.

14:51Adrienne's lying face down.

14:53She's got blood on her clothing,

14:55and there's also blood coming out of her nose and mouth.

14:59They don't know exactly what caused her death at this point.

15:03Because of the fact that this is a young 23-year-old,

15:06seemingly healthy female,

15:08you process the crime scene

15:10and treat it the same way you would

15:11if you knew it was a homicide.

15:14So the apartment is sealed off

15:16until further investigation will take place.

15:19Right from the very beginning,

15:27her boyfriend, Jerry,

15:28would have been the number one suspect.

15:32So the detectives interviewed Jerry.

15:35He was, as I recall,

15:37was kind of squirrely in the interrogation.

15:41He explains that he and Adrienne

15:45went to a concert the night before.

15:48And at the concert,

15:50she complained of a really bad headache.

15:53So they came home,

15:55and she took a cup of Excedrin

15:57and went upstairs to sleep by herself.

16:04There's no mention of any further contact with Adrienne

16:07after she went to bed.

16:08So the next morning,

16:10Jerry says he went and got some coffee and donuts,

16:13and he actually came back to the apartment,

16:15and he assumed that Adrienne left for the day.

16:19But at 6 p.m.,

16:20Jerry actually got a phone call

16:22from one of the bunny mothers

16:23who was wondering why Adrienne

16:25didn't show up at work that day.

16:28And that is when Jerry says

16:30he located Adrienne lying on her bed,

16:33unresponsive.

16:34There's a lot of problems with Jerry's statement.

16:42The fact that her boyfriend is sitting downstairs

16:44while she's upstairs probably deceased

16:47and doesn't go to check on her.

16:49He doesn't really make any mention of it.

16:51Was there an argument or a fight

16:53that led to them not sleeping together?

16:55Or perhaps was he just giving her some space

16:58because she didn't feel good?

17:00Or did something else happen that night?

17:02He had credibility issues,

17:08and that would have also contributed

17:10to their, shall we say, suspicions

17:13about what the actual circumstances were.

17:17The police told us that it was 18 hours

17:20from the time that she apparently went upstairs

17:23to sleep after the concert

17:26to the time that he found her dead.

17:28We couldn't understand in those 18 hours

17:31that he wouldn't have had some contact with her.

17:35That would have been the first question

17:36these officers would have asked.

17:38When's the last time you saw her

17:39and you're living in the same apartment with her

17:41and you haven't seen her since the previous evening?

17:43That doesn't make any sense.

17:45So they would pretty quickly speak to the family

17:49and get more information about Jerry

17:51and about the interaction between Jerry and Adrienne.

17:54I told him I did fear Jerry,

17:57and I couldn't understand why she would go back to him.

18:01He was very, very aggressive, not just verbally.

18:07He did beat her up at times.

18:08What infuriated me was that my parents knew this.

18:16But they never reported this.

18:18They never went to the police.

18:20They never did anything to prevent Jerry from visiting

18:24because they didn't want to cause trouble.

18:27I do feel maybe something happened.

18:33Maybe they got into an argument

18:34when they got home from the concert.

18:38Maybe there was something more that happened.

18:41There was no sign of her being beaten

18:43or physical abuse,

18:45even though I recall there was some blood at the scene

18:49on the bed.

18:50But we need to do an autopsy

18:52to get to the bottom of the cause of death.

18:54When 80s service was held,

19:02Jerry did come.

19:04He was not excluded from it.

19:07And he was crying.

19:09He said,

19:10your mother keeps telling me,

19:13I know you murdered her.

19:14I know you murdered her.

19:16The next thing we knew

19:18is he was throwing himself over the casket, crying.

19:22I mean, they took two men to pull him off the casket.

19:28We were grieving.

19:30There were people that she went to high school with,

19:33relatives, bunnies that brought roses there.

19:38Hefner called the funeral home

19:40and gave Jerry his condolences.

19:42But he didn't talk to my parents.

19:48Hef definitely would have been saddened

19:49by the death of Adrian,

19:50but Playboy, as always,

19:52tried to distance themselves from any scandal

19:54as best they could.

19:56So it was never really commented on.

20:00There was also another gentleman there

20:02by the name of Fred.

20:03He said that he knew Adie

20:06and wanted to come and meet us.

20:09He was a tall, pale-looking gentleman,

20:14cordial, but saying really bizarre things to us.

20:21He said,

20:22I was one of the ones that found her dead,

20:24and I was with Jerry,

20:25and I was in the apartment.

20:28My parents and I had no knowledge

20:31that if anybody else was at the apartment

20:33at the time of her being found dead,

20:36we thought it was just Jerry.

20:40And then he indicated

20:42that he knew the real reason she died.

20:45The whole thing with Fred

20:55was just a very big surprise to us.

21:02We found out he was a man

21:04that visited Playboy often.

21:07He befriended a lot of the bunnies there,

21:10especially my sister.

21:13And he wanted to see the apartment

21:15because Adie said it was really cool.

21:17So the day she was found dead,

21:20Fred showed up at the door.

21:25And that's around when Jerry had gone upstairs

21:27and discovered her as being unresponsible.

21:33Fred was saying a lot of strange things

21:36to my parents and my sister.

21:39He indicated that Adie did not die

21:41of natural causes.

21:42That Adie's death was planned weeks before.

21:51He was concerned about the fact

21:53that he knew all this stuff

21:55and was fearing for his life.

21:58He said that he was going to meet with my mom

22:00at a later date and discuss it with her.

22:03I don't know if he wanted to be a big deal

22:06or did he really know something.

22:09And then Jerry came in

22:11and he said he knew Fred.

22:14He was saying that Fred was an unusual character,

22:17that the girls were afraid of him

22:20and that really didn't like him,

22:22but he just kind of hung around

22:23and he was at the apartment.

22:26Fred was questioned, of course, immediately

22:29and had a lot of wild theories

22:31and hypothetical situations and scenarios.

22:34He said that he was an expert of chemicals

22:36and said he believed that someone threw acid

22:39on Adrian's face.

22:41If you have acid in your face,

22:43trust me, you are going to see the results

22:46on one's face.

22:47And there was no indication of that.

22:49Fred also said that she had been drinking

22:51at the concert.

22:53But Fred was nowhere near them during the concert.

22:56He didn't know what she was doing,

22:58so why would he even say

23:00that she was drinking heavily?

23:02Basically, Fred said a lot of things at the time,

23:05but he had no credibility.

23:13When the autopsy was completed,

23:15there was no alcohol detected.

23:18It also did not show any signs of strangulation

23:21or suffocation.

23:23There were no signs of violence,

23:25blunt force trauma, or bruising.

23:28She had pulmonary edema,

23:29and that's just fluid that collects in the lungs.

23:32And a lot of times, this fluid has blood in it,

23:35and that would probably account for the blood

23:38that was coming out of her nose and mouth

23:40and the blood that was seen on the side of the bed.

23:43And it's a typical, if not common,

23:47thing that occurs when you overdose.

23:51The toxicology report basically indicated

23:55she died from an overdose of Quaaludes.

24:03A Quaalude is a pill that will make you very relaxed

24:07to the point where it's very easy

24:08to take advantage of someone

24:10because they basically don't have the inhibitions

24:13they would usually have.

24:14Quaaludes were a common theme with Hef

24:17and the Playboy Mansion from the 70s on.

24:20I know he told me that he liked them

24:23because, you know, it made it easier

24:25to get a woman in bed.

24:26In the 1970s, Quaaludes were basically party drugs,

24:32and they actually called them the leg spreaders.

24:35My parents didn't know my sister did drugs,

24:39so them listening to somebody saying

24:41she died of Quaaludes,

24:43and they're already confused about all of this.

24:47We weren't sure how she got access to the Quaaludes,

24:51how she took them.

24:54Law enforcement never really had drug units

24:57prior to the 70s.

24:59They said Jerry has a moral blame.

25:01That it was his lifestyle, from all indications,

25:04that introduced Adrian to the drugs.

25:07But this is, again, in the early 70s.

25:11You've got to understand

25:12that a homicide detective in Chicago at that time

25:15is absolutely swamped with cases,

25:17and unless he's got something to really grab onto

25:20and can solve a situation quickly,

25:23he has to move on to his next file.

25:25And when he had a drug overdose possibility,

25:28they closed the homicide

25:29or potential homicide aspect of the file

25:32and classified it as a drug overdose.

25:41At the time, that had to be accepted.

25:43Case closed.

25:45And my mother was angry

25:47because she wanted to see Jerry hang for this.

25:52Unfortunately, this is a common occurrence.

25:55We often have people who die from overdoses,

25:57and there are people that may be responsible

26:01for their death, but they're never charged.

26:06Finally, after the investigation was over,

26:09we were able to get into her apartment

26:14and get all her clothing.

26:20After going through her items,

26:22we found different things that were suggestive

26:26of the fact that Adi was more involved in drugs

26:29than what we had thought.

26:32And that convinced them

26:33that now they have to ask more questions.

26:37We contacted Jerry

26:38because some of the things that we got

26:40were probably his.

26:42When he came,

26:42he started to reveal some of the information

26:45that we didn't have about Adrian.

26:49He said that Adi was afraid

26:51and wanted a gun.

26:54And we found wigs in her belongings,

26:57and he says,

26:58yeah, she would wear those as a disguise.

27:01And we were like,

27:02a disguise?

27:03And then Jerry dropped a bomb on us.

27:15Jerry said that the reason why Adi did get the wigs

27:19and she wanted the gun

27:20was the fact that she was trafficking drugs

27:23through the Playboy Club.

27:26Jerry outlined a scenario

27:28where she was basically a drug mule for Hefner.

27:32We didn't want to believe him,

27:35but when we thought about it,

27:36the pieces of the puzzle were coming together.

27:40She did fly on the Playboy jet a lot.

27:43We were thinking,

27:45is that why she was traveling to Hawaii,

27:47Jamaica,

27:48all these places

27:49that she normally couldn't afford?

27:53Then in her apartment,

27:54we found letters

27:55that were from a bunny in England

27:58asking her to send ludes,

28:00that she needed ludes.

28:01No one's going to make mention

28:07of Quaaludes in a letter

28:08and ask to send them some

28:09if they didn't have prior knowledge

28:11that this person can get it for them.

28:14There was a cartoon

28:15talking about Quaaludes,

28:17talking about the individuals

28:18that were at Playboy,

28:20including Jerry,

28:21that were depicted

28:22in this cartoon picture,

28:24saying that, like,

28:25Adi was the head of this process.

28:28We were questioning,

28:30well, maybe this is true.

28:31Maybe Jerry's right.

28:33We don't know his involvement,

28:35but apparently there was something more there

28:37than just a simple overdose.

28:43If she was trafficking drugs,

28:46that's something

28:47that could get somebody killed.

28:49I have heard a story

28:51from one of Hef's girlfriends

28:52from the 70s,

28:53Sondra Theodore.

28:54She said that she was sent out

28:56to go pick up cocaine for Hef.

28:58and she was, like,

28:58his 19-year-old girlfriend.

29:01So I don't disbelieve it.

29:03After that,

29:04my mom decided

29:05to talk to the investigators

29:07to explain

29:08what Jerry had told her.

29:11And they said,

29:11well, it's just a simple overdose.

29:13And she's like,

29:14no, there's much more to this

29:15than meets the eye.

29:17But it went nowhere.

29:22So my mom decided

29:23to take things

29:24into her own hand,

29:25and she was very persistent

29:26about trying to figure out

29:28what really happened.

29:30She's contacting anyone

29:32that will hear her

29:33because she wants to get

29:34to the bottom

29:35of her daughter's death.

29:37She tried to contact Fred again,

29:39and he was basically gone.

29:43He would not return calls,

29:44and he would not return letters

29:46or anything like that.

29:47But she didn't know

29:49of a senator

29:49who previously lived

29:51down the street

29:51from us in Chicago

29:52and contacted his office

29:54and talked to him

29:55and explained to him

29:57about what happened.

29:59And he agreed

30:00to send information

30:01to the Cook County

30:03State's Attorney,

30:04Bernard Carey,

30:05to look into this.

30:07Well,

30:08State's Attorney's Office

30:09is a political office

30:10in a lot of ways.

30:11So if a higher-ranking official

30:14or politician

30:16is asking you

30:17to look at a specific case,

30:20the answer, of course,

30:20is we'll look into it.

30:25In the 70s,

30:26drug use was rampant.

30:28Many people died

30:29from drug overdoses,

30:31and I think the government

30:34wanted to stop it.

30:36And the way of doing that

30:37was to do the war on drugs.

30:39We must wage

30:40what I have called

30:41total war

30:42against public enemy number one.

30:44in the United States

30:45the problem

30:46of dangerous drugs.

30:47The war on drugs

30:48is really a number one subject

30:50for a lot

30:51of the political campaigns.

30:53They want to get a conviction,

30:54and when you get a conviction,

30:56what happens

30:56to your political aspirations,

30:58they get more realized.

31:00And I think that Hugh Hefner

31:02basically had an X on his back.

31:06Hefner was sex, drugs, rock and roll.

31:11He was the epitome

31:12of the evil society

31:14by the conservative politicians.

31:17So if drug trafficking

31:18was proven as linked to Hefner,

31:20it would have taken down Hefner

31:21and all of Playboy Enterprises.

31:23And that was the goal

31:24of law enforcement.

31:26When I moved into the mansion,

31:28Hef always tried to present himself

31:30as being very anti-drug.

31:32And I kind of came into the situation

31:34thinking that was the case,

31:35and on our very first night out,

31:36he offers me a Quailube.

31:39So I think that was kind of

31:41all a facade.

31:43The assumption that law enforcement

31:44took looking at Playboy

31:46was we know there's got

31:47to be drugs there.

31:48We just got to figure out

31:49how to make a case.

31:55That's when the investigators

31:57recontacted my mom

31:59and said that they were going

32:00to look into Adrian's death.

32:05I was personally involved

32:07as the investigator

32:08for the state's attorney's office,

32:10and they said,

32:11go over the case again.

32:13But in the bigger picture,

32:15I want us to look

32:16at the whole Hefner world

32:18and the Playboy Enterprises

32:20and find out

32:22if they were trafficking drugs.

32:27We realized that

32:29Eddie was a smaller part

32:30of this particular investigation,

32:33but an important part

32:34in understanding

32:35what Hefner was involved with

32:37at the time.

32:43We ran an undercover operation.

32:46We went to the Playboy Club

32:47in Chicago

32:48and tried to solicit sources

32:51to see if there was drugs

32:53running in the clubs.

32:56But we had real problems

32:57breaking through

32:58with the bunnies.

32:59Staff wouldn't talk to us,

33:01and everybody would just

33:02deny anything.

33:05We needed one witness.

33:06If one bunny had come forward,

33:09one staff member

33:10had come forward,

33:11we could have had something.

33:12But we just couldn't get it.

33:15Hefner took care of everybody.

33:17He was hiding witnesses,

33:19protecting witnesses,

33:20and luring them all up.

33:23Then things got really interesting

33:25in March of 1974.

33:28As the state's attorney office

33:30was investigating,

33:32they learned that Bobby Arnstein,

33:34the top secretary,

33:35Hugh Hefner,

33:36was arrested

33:36outside the Playboy mansion

33:39with cocaine.

33:40She was arrested by the feds,

33:42not by us,

33:43the locals,

33:44but by the feds.

33:45The feds were already

33:46looking at the drug involvement,

33:48so we were looking at it

33:50simultaneously.

33:52Bobby was charged

33:53with conspiracy

33:54to distribute cocaine.

33:58Bobby Arnstein

33:59was one of Hef's

34:00social secretaries

34:01back in the 60s

34:02and early 70s.

34:03She was his girl Friday.

34:05She did everything for him.

34:06She was basically

34:08probably his closest confidant.

34:10Potentially,

34:11Bobby Arnstein

34:11was a missing link.

34:12She had the knowledge.

34:13They'd get Bobby Arnstein

34:14to talk

34:15they could get Hefner.

34:24Police thought

34:26Bobby Arnstein

34:26might be a weak link

34:28that they could exploit

34:29to bring Playboy down.

34:30She figures

34:33because she is

34:34a first-time offender,

34:36she'll be able

34:37to probably avoid

34:37any jail time

34:38and get probation.

34:40So Bobby refuses

34:41to talk.

34:43But Bobby

34:44is actually convicted

34:46and sentenced

34:47to the maximum

34:49in prison,

34:49which is 15 years.

34:52The Cook County

34:54State's Attorney's Office

34:55then decided

34:56to open

34:56a grand jury investigation

34:58into Hugh Hefner

34:59and also

35:00the death

35:01of Adrian.

35:06Ideally,

35:07in the best-case scenario

35:08for the feds

35:09would be

35:09for Bobby

35:10to cooperate

35:11with the investigation

35:12and give information

35:13about Hef

35:14and about

35:15the narcotics

35:15distribution

35:16inside the Playboy mansion

35:17that would,

35:19in turn,

35:20lower her sentence

35:21or at least

35:22give her the possibility

35:23of not spending

35:2415 years in prison.

35:26They figured

35:29that would be

35:30their leverage

35:30against Bobby Arsene.

35:34I'm sure Hef

35:35was very worried

35:36about what Bobby

35:37might say.

35:38Bobby was so close

35:40to him.

35:40Bobby would have known

35:41everything he was doing,

35:43everything that was

35:44going on

35:44in the mansion,

35:45and there's so much

35:47pressure on her

35:48that anybody

35:49could crack.

35:49I mean,

35:51he must have

35:52been petrified.

35:53The feds

35:54were trying

35:54to just squeeze her

35:55in every possible

35:56way they could

35:57to try and get her

35:57to testify.

35:59In fact,

35:59they said,

36:00well,

36:01we've heard rumors

36:01that there may be

36:02a hit on your life.

36:04They said,

36:05if you don't testify

36:06against Hefner,

36:07we can't protect you.

36:09Things could get

36:10dangerous for you.

36:11The pressure

36:12was the highest

36:13at this point

36:13for Bobby.

36:14And then

36:19January 1975,

36:24Bobby Arnstein

36:24is found dead

36:25inside the Maryland

36:26Hotel in Chicago.

36:30She died

36:31from a drug overdose.

36:33Police suspected

36:34suicide,

36:35but it was the day

36:36before she was

36:37supposed to go

36:38to the grand jury.

36:40I had turned

36:42on the news

36:43and said

36:44she was dead

36:45and I immediately

36:46called my sister.

36:48I think we were

36:48both a little surprised

36:50and a little shocked.

36:52But we agreed

36:53immediately

36:54it was murder.

36:56We never felt

36:57it was suicide.

36:58I feel like

36:58it was so coincidental.

37:01There was definitely

37:02conspiracies

37:03about Bobby

37:04being taken out

37:05and if you look at it,

37:06the one person

37:07that benefited

37:08from her death,

37:09whether he wanted it

37:10or not,

37:11was Hugh Hefner.

37:13names were going

37:14to come out,

37:15trafficking was

37:16going to come out.

37:17I just think

37:18he was going

37:19to be destroyed.

37:20I think that

37:21Bobby knew enough

37:23all these years

37:24that she could

37:26take him down.

37:27There was a lot

37:28of rumors

37:28that she was killed

37:29to prevent her

37:31from testifying.

37:32There was no information

37:33that we ever learned

37:35that there was a hit

37:36out on Bobby

37:37Arnstein's life.

37:38It was just a bluff.

37:39Bobby committed suicide

37:41and I'm absolutely

37:42sure that that's

37:43what it was.

37:46When she was found,

37:48there was a suicide note

37:49she had left.

37:50And in her suicide letter,

37:52she never, ever

37:54said anything

37:55to implicate Hefner.

37:57Right to the very,

37:58very end.

38:00Did she know

38:01about Hefner's drug use?

38:02Of course she did.

38:03Of course she did.

38:05But she was loyal

38:06to the death.

38:07Hefner bought time

38:13on all the major

38:14television stations

38:15in Chicago

38:16after Bobby died

38:18and gave a very

38:21emotional speech

38:23blaming the government

38:24saying they did this.

38:26They killed her,

38:27basically.

38:28An already emotionally

38:29troubled woman

38:30was pushed beyond

38:32endurance

38:33and she killed herself.

38:35When Bobby passed away

38:37that must have been

38:38incredibly devastating

38:39to Hef and scary.

38:41I know it was

38:42a big regret

38:44in his life

38:45but he probably

38:48wouldn't admit

38:49he felt responsible

38:50for it even

38:51in a remote way

38:52but probably did.

38:54With Bobby Arnstein's death,

38:56the Hugh Hefner

38:57investigation

38:58almost seemed

38:59to have vanished

39:00as well

39:02as the investigation

39:03into Adrian Pollack's death.

39:05And I think

39:07a big part of it

39:08was the media blitz

39:10that occurred

39:11after Bobby's death

39:13and Hefner's appearance

39:15on all the television stations.

39:17All of a sudden

39:18he was somewhat

39:19of a sympathetic character

39:21so now

39:22the publicity

39:23was going against

39:24the government

39:25at that point.

39:29And the most difficult

39:31part of that

39:32quite honestly

39:32was going

39:33with my partner

39:34back to Adrian Pollack's house

39:37and talking to her family

39:39and saying

39:40I'm sorry

39:41we couldn't

39:42give you closure

39:42on this.

39:44It was just like

39:45over with.

39:46It was done.

39:47That was it.

39:48It's devastating

39:51to know

39:52every one of these people

39:54got away with it all.

39:56Nobody paid

39:57but my sister

39:59and Bobby

40:00really

40:01they paid

40:01with their life.

40:06I think of Adrian's family

40:07and how tragic it is

40:09that they probably

40:09will never get answers.

40:11It must be so hurtful

40:12to have a loved one

40:13just brushed off

40:14as an accidental overdose.

40:15when you're so sure

40:17there's something else

40:18going on.

40:20My mom wrote

40:21to so many individuals

40:22over the years.

40:24She wrote

40:24to whoever she could

40:25to try to find answers

40:26or to open this up

40:28and she did write

40:29to Hugh Hefner

40:30and I do have a copy

40:32of the letter

40:33and I'd like to read it.

40:35The truth will be made known

40:37and perhaps not in our time

40:39but someone will be

40:40inquisitive

40:41and a great movie

40:43will be made

40:44with Playboy

40:44as the background

40:45with the glitter

40:47the dazzle

40:48disillusion

40:49heartbreak story

40:50that a sensitive director

40:52shall bring to the screen.

40:54I do not believe

40:55Adrian died in vain.

40:57God chose this time

40:58to shake up

40:59many young women

41:00who had dreams

41:01of grandeur

41:02only to result

41:03in tragedy.

41:03Lisa Kale

41:12went from

41:13an unknown waitress

41:15to a Playboy

41:17sensation

41:18overnight.

41:20I never thought

41:20my safety

41:21could be

41:22at risk.

41:24I saw

41:24blood everywhere.

41:26How could someone

41:26look at her

41:27and do this?

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