The property's heritage is not only that of a famous address it is a true masterpiece in design," said a Metropoulos in a statement. Hefner has imbued the estate with a rich and storied legacy. But as the Hefner era fades into history, it should be remembered that for all the hedonistic fun the mansion seemed to epitomize, it contained many dark corners."For the last 45 years, Mr. Metropoulos has fastidiously avoided the spotlight, refusing to answer questions about his plans. Daren Metropoulos, a businessman and heir to a fortune built on Chef Boyardee meatballs, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Bumble Bee tuna. Located a few hundred feet off Sunset Boulevard and abutting the Los Angeles Country Club, the Playboy Mansion was purchased last year by J. The stone house, built in 1927 for an heir to the Broadway and Bullock’s department store fortune, may well have another act. Two years later, the grotto pools would be linked to an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease. The flamingos that once prowled the property were long gone (or hiding in shame) and the monkey cages, while clean, seemed to epitomize the place - an icky vestige of another era. Daylight was not kind to the grotto a wet, dirty pad resembling a small mattress appeared to be rotting in an alcove.
I remember being horrified by the aviary, which was stacked thick with white bird excrement. “He tried to get me into the cave, and, when I refused, he really manhandled me,” Ms.
A guy who had seemed nice suddenly had nine hands. But she did not expect to find herself cornered outside - near the mansion’s famous grotto, with its three mammoth hot tubs and wooden shelves stocked with jumbo bottles of Johnson’s Baby Oil. She was not naïve, and ran with a hard-partying crowd. Magnuson, who was then known as Sharan Lea, and a girlfriend were invited to the mansion on a Sunday: movie night. And Hef, who would come downstairs later, was always gracious and cool.” You’d go outside and there were flamingos and monkeys. Magnuson, who went on to become a senior executive at Warner Bros., said by phone on Thursday, a day after the death of Playboy’s founder, Hugh Hefner. Many are unprintable.īut the tale that best sums up Hugh Hefner’s den of iniquity, for a lot of women, comes from Sharan Magnuson, who arrived in Hollywood in 1980 to pursue an acting career and soon discovered a side of the Playboy Mansion that most people never discussed - certainly not if they wanted to be invited back. LOS ANGELES - Everyone in Hollywood has a Playboy Mansion story.
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