By JACQUES PETERSON, US SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
Published: 02:09 BST, 15 August 2026 | Updated: 07:34 BST, 15 August 2026
Late Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner allegedly called the FBI to report convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after a Playmate told him that she'd been raped and trafficked by the disgraced financier.
According to the New York Post, Audra Lynn Christiansen, a 2003 Playmate, was living with Hefner at the Playboy Mansion when she turned to him for help, claiming that she had been raped by Epstein and trafficked to his wealthy friends.
She claims that in 2005 she asked Hefner to call the authorities on her behalf due to his celebrity status and connections, hoping that his clout would help her allegations to be taken more seriously.
According to the complaint, which is cited by the New York Post, 'Mr. Hefner called the FBI multiple times on behalf of Ms. Christiansen to report Jeffrey Epstein.'
The allegations are detailed in an amended complaint filed in May in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The lawsuit, brought by Epstein victims, accuses the FBI of failing to act on multiple reports of his sexual abuse dating back to 1996.
Late Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner allegedly called the FBI to report convicted sex offender after a Playmate told him that she'd been raped and trafficked by the disgraced fancier
Audra Lynn Christiansen, a 2003 Playmate, was living with Hefner at the Playboy Mansion when she turned to him for help, claiming that she had been raped by Epstein
Christiansen, now 46, claims that she didn't hear back from the FBI until October 2020 – fifteen years after Hefner, who died in 2017, had called them.
She reportedly told FBI agents that she'd been introduced to Epstein after her 2003 Playboy shoot was released.
Christiansen also briefly appeared on E!'s The Girls Next Door reality show and had a minor part in the 2007 spoof film Epic Movie.
The allegations are detailed in a new lawsuit which was first reported by Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who shared it on her Substack blog.
The Daily Mail has contacted Playboy for comment.
