**The above photo shows Hugh Hefner on the left, his son Marston Hefner in the middle, and Marston’s girlfriend and Playmate Claire Sinclair on the left.
Hugh Hefner’s 21-year-old son Marston Hefner was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence on Sunday for allegedly attacking his Playmate girlfriend, Claire Sinclair. Claire is 20 years old, and she and Marston seem to be living together in Pasadena, although TMZ described their relationship as “on and off”. Sinclair told police that Marston “punched her, kicked her in the stomach and then refused to let her leave the residence.” Marston only admitted that he and Claire had fought, not that he assaulted her. He was arrested anyway, and he was taken in, booked, and is now out on bail:
Hugh Hefner’s oldest son Marston Hefner was arrested last night after he allegedly attacked his Playmate of the Year girlfriend Claire Sinclair … TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … cops were called to the pad Marston shares with Sinclair in Pasadena, CA after one of Sinclair’s family members called 911, claiming Marston had attacked her.
Cops arrived to the scene … and we’re told officers observed visible injuries on Sinclair’s body … including bruises and red marks.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Marston admitted the two had gotten into an argument … but did not cop to striking Sinclair.
Sources tell us … Sinclair told cops Marston had punched her, kicked her in the stomach and then refused to let her leave the residence. We’re told Sinclair called family members after the alleged attack … and her family called the cops.
After a brief investigation, Marston was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence at around 11:15 PM … and hauled to a nearby police station where he was booked.
Marston was released on $20,000 bail a few hours later.
20-year-old Sinclair was named PMOY in 2011. She has been dating Marston on-and-off since August 2010.
[From TMZ]
Hugh Hefner released a statement to People Mag, and it might be the worst part of this horrible story – Hef told People, “If they care about each other, they’ll patch it up.” Damn it, Hef. If even part of Claire’s story is true (which is a decent-to-good possibility), then Hef needs to STFU and stop encouraging one of his Playmates (barely out of her teens!) to stay with her abuser. Hef used to be much better on these kinds of issues – I can only guess that he doesn’t want to admit to himself that his son is the kind of man who would physically assault a girlfriend. This story makes me sick.
Also… if Claire’s claims are true (once again, a good possibility), how in the world is that MISDEMEANOR domestic violence? Why isn’t it a felony?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
So sad. And disappointing on hugh s part–he used to be very much for women’s rights and empowerment. You’re probably right and he doesn’t want to admit his son beat her up.
Um um um………please excuse me for my respectful disagreement but no way is posing nude, so men can view you simply as a piece of meat with no value other than for f’ing, empowering to women. And Hugh also made Holly, Kendra and the other Stepford Hefner clone line up half naked when they wanted to have sex with him. And they couldn’t go out past 9 pm or see other men. I’m epically failing to see how any of this empowers women at all.
I could not agree with you more, Petunia. This whole concept was created by men, for men. Some women do it because they believe they get some sort of empowerment from it or experience some sort of exhilaration, but even if they do, once they are on display in such a manner, men don’t care how the women feel about it; all they know is how they are feeling and therein lies the danger.
This!
Exactly. Hef has always tried to make himself out to be this great feminist, but it’s all such BS. He’s exploited women under the guise of being sex-positive, and he’s treated all the women he’s been in personal relationships with like a controlling, paternalistic creep. I’m not at all surprised that his son doesn’t respect women.
I’m not talking about his magazine, I’m talking about his politics. Hewas an advocate for womens equality and womens rights to contraceptives. Did it go with his agenda to get women naked? probably. Was he an advocate for equal pay? Yes. Was he openly supportive of womens reproductive rights? Yes. Did it go with his agenda? Again, probably. He used to have radical political views, now he’s like ‘oh those crazy kids ll work it out.’ Its a notable change. Do any of you even know his politics or anything about him beyond the porn empire, or is that all you need to know? Calling nudity lewd is basically calling her a slut, assuming she’s manipulated and some sort of sex slave, and belittling this imho.
I so agree with Gine, it all falls under the category of “weak men”. Hef is weak, and so is his “chris brown” son! It is just disgusting!!!!!!!!!
Womens rights & empowerment my behind! That is the b.s he fed stupid girls and they believed it and got naked for HIM (not them) to make milllions.
His Father has degraded women for years – Gee i wonder where the son learned his behavior.
totally agree. i can’t imagine believing this man’s lifestyle/career has anything to do with the empowerment of women…just the opposite.
Dude was no Larry Flint about it though. Those women themselves made a lot of money. Those women made the choice to get naked for Playboy. Besides, if they lived at the mansion they were treated very well. These women knew about Hugh’s lifestyle. Instead of completely objectifying them, Hugh treated them very well. Just because he created a different lifestyle choice doesn’t mean these women were not treated with respect.
When Playboy was created in the 1950s, being a bunny and a playmate was sexually empowering. Most women were still expected to play Susie Homemaker and be submissive. Hugh offered an alternative and said that it was okay not to be.
Absolutely agree. Typically the women that complain about how it is degrading are the ones who can’t or wouldn’t take it all of themselves. I would do it in a seconod if I had the opportunity for the money. I wouldn’t worry about my bags, or sags, or stretch marks.. If they can make the Cracken’s tits look perky then I only imagine how they can make me look lol. It was a welcome alternative to the Suzy Homemaker option IMO. We come into this world naked.. who cares? It’s just flesh. Nobody can deny that it’s stunning to see a beautiful naked body airbrushed or not.
Again, I must respectfully disagree. How was being a piece of meat, there for the taking, empowering? It made the sanctity of marriage irrelevant to Hugh’s people because now you didn’t even have to pretend to like or respect someone, you could just f them and be done with it. And it had nothing whatever to do with the woman’s pleasure or wants, just the men who read the magazine.
Again, totally agree with Petunia.
I guess I need someone to explain to me what exactly “sexual empowering” means. Again, as alluded to above, choosing to get naked for money in no way gives power to a woman. Historically, women have always stripped down or even had sex for financial gain, so this is nothing new. And as always, the process has (and still does) objectify women.
For me, sexual empowerment would mean that I have the right to say no when I don’t want to be treated in a sexual manner, and that I am viewed as more than a sex object.
My question in genuine: What do you mean when you refer to sexual empowerment?
Some women actually like to show their sexual side. Covering up is all fine and dandy as long as it’s your choice, and no one’s forcing you. Empowerment is about feeling that you have the power to be who/what you want to be without being told you’re supposed to be doing something different just because you’re a woman.
Here’s the deal. As long as a woman who is a consenting adult is fine with being in Playboy, Hustler, etc. I don’t see the problem. At least Hugh Hefner’s contracts were straight up unlike the rumors of the shady deals Larry Flint makes. The girls at the Playboy Mansion are always there of their own free will and NEVER have to do anything they are uncomfortable with other than look cute, be comfortable taking nude photos, wear sexy outfits and wear bunny ears which IS the job description. These women know what they are getting into. While it may look to someone who finds pornography to be “degrading” towards women that they are sleazy, if that woman consented to being in Playboy who are we to judge? I would rather know that this woman participated legally and of her own free will than worry about if this woman is a sex slave. At least with Playboy you know what you are getting. It’s not for me to question why the woman made this choice or if it is the right one. I personally would never be in Playboy and would never get comfortable being naked in front of the camera. But part of being empowered is being able to make that choice for myself.
THIS people seem to forget the context of this in the fifties and early sixties.
After reading excerpts from Kendra’s bio, I shudder at the thought of what his sons saw growing up.
Do tell!
I read the other bio by a former girlfriend. It was insightful but almost apologetic for very detail overturned.
http://www.celebitchy.com/106901/kendra_wilkinson_reveals_details_of_her_first_sex_session_with_hugh_hefner/
Scroll down to the part where she has sex with Hef for the first time. They lined the girls up and had them jump on Hef one at a time.
There’s actually a “book” that describes this in grave detail. It’s kind of a silly, self obsessed book from one seriously desperate chick’s POV, but I couldn’t put it down.
another high-proile celebrity shunning the responsibility of bringing awareness to domestic abuse; shit, any abuse of any kind.
NOT surprised.
Sure Hef….patch it up. Did you and your lout of a son both graduate from the Chris Brown school of relationship etiquette??? You’ve become a slimy old pervert and your son’s an entitled douche-nozzle.
This.
That’s really sad Hugh said that but not surprising. Who wants to believe their son is violent towards women? Especially when you know he was raised to treat women better. What Hef should be doing and probably will when. he comes to terms with this is he should be writing Marsten out of his will and making sure that he has nothing to do with Playboy whe he’s gone.
Eww.. I bet father has slept with son’s girlfriend…considering how that house is run.. lol
That’s what I was thinking, too. Ew.
At least Im not the only one that thought that.. lol
Me three.
*cringing and shuddering* me four
Hugh definitely said the wrong thing. He needs to back up this girl and set his son on the right path. Having said that, I have to point out that I doubt that Hef took a phone call from People and said one sentence. Most likely that was ONE of the things he said and, like us, the reporter was shocked and printed that one sentence. I would be interested to hear his entire comment on the subject.
I agree. This sounds fishy to me.
If her claims are true, I really hope she doesn’t go back to him. I would love to hear what Hef’s ex has to say about this.
Another site had a photo of the bruise. It was ugly. Hugh needs to keep out of this; he’s old, misogynist and out of touch. Meanwhile, it shouldn’t matter whether or not Claire wants to press charges. They should be filed regardless. I’m not sure of the difference between misdomeaner and felony charges in assault cases but it’s clearly assault so something should be done to punish Hugh’s stupid son.
I think he’s getting charged with simple battery or assault. His dad can certainly afford good lawyers so that may be one of the reasons he isn’t charged with aggravated assault or battery.
This was on Wikipedia:
In the United States, criminal battery, or simply battery, is the use of force against another, resulting in harmful or offensive contact.[1] It is a specific common law misdemeanor, although the term is used more generally to refer to any unlawful offensive physical contact with another person, and may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the circumstances. Battery was defined at common law as “any unlawful touching of the person of another by the aggressor himself, or by a substance put in motion by him.”[2] In most cases, battery is now governed by statute, and its severity is determined by the law of the specific jurisdiction.
Well, my understanding is that for an assault to be “aggravated,” another motive must be in place — i.e. beating someone while robbing or raping them.
No surprise when you’re brought up in that kind of environment.. Sad.
This is what we get with all the objectification of women.
Douches who think we’re just tools, which should shut up and endure.
Marsdon’s face looks like Jon Hamm.
Also… if Claire’s claims are true (once again, a good possibility), how in the world is that MISDEMEANOR domestic violence? Why isn’t it a felony?
ITA! When someone kicks the crap out of his partner, he absolutely should have to suffer the consequences. Sadly, most of the time the guy does little to no jail time. As someone who lived through an abusive relationship, it is an absolutely terrifying experience. Bruises are only the visible damage…..
In his household growing up, women were basically lawn decorations. His father had multiple girlfriends while still married to his mother. He probably has a very skewed perspective on how to treat a partner in a loving relationship, less of a partner and more like property (not that I am saying he was taught to be physically abusive at all.) It may not be his fault for this learned behaviour, however he is an adult who should know right from wrong and assaulting someone is wrong, period. And she should hit the trail, you can’t ‘patch up’ someone elses effed up psyche, just save yourself and hope they can get help.
He is super creepy looking.
And she is pretty damn FUGLY to be a playmate.
I agree. He looks like a gross, demented stalker.
I think Claire’s really pretty and quite natural looking for a playmate.
I agree with Penguin.
Okay, I was a bit harsh! I think it’s her hair that is throwing me off. The hairstyle is fugly…Not her! ☻
WOW That girl has Nikki Fox’s original face
what hugh said rhetorically and how he actuallly lives are two different things. When you hear about life at the playboy mansion as one of his stable of girls, it’s degrading. He would hand them out their money once a week like some father giving them their allowance, then complain to them what they needed to improve. They had no control over their living quarters, they had to have unprotected sex with him, one after the other, on a designated night. He was never coercive but please, it’s a very dehumanizing setup, they are treated like cattle.
I think the girl looks like Barbi Benton, one of Hefner’s original girlfriends. The son is quite the asshole, no?
She does look like Barbi Benton!
I think the old fart is senile…have y’all ever heard of f**kin’ your brains out? Well, let me introduce you to the man who has actually done it. Hugh baby needs to get his sh*t straight before he opens his mouth.
Wow. That is one UGLY man.
An I think Captain Obvious was responsible for listing who’s who in the photo at the top. Even blind people could tell who was in the picture even without having heard of them before.
Um, does anyone else find it creepy that Hugh and his homely son date women in the same age bracket? I think Dad once bragged that he never slept with women over 25. EW.
You can’t expect to roll around with sh-t and not end up smelling like it.
Hugh Hefner is a brilliant abuser. He takes a group of poor, uneducated, and emotionally damaged and/or immature women and puts them all in the same house so they can compete for HIS affections. It’s sick, it’s wrong, and I cannot for one minute imagine why anyone would think he has “empowered” women. He is a master manipulator who exploits and uses women. He is his own pimp. And now his son is exposing the truth about the Hefner mindset, because the son probably inherited his IQ from that “model” his dad actually married; and is too stupid to understand physical abuse is pushing it just a little too far.
This.
People tend to forget that abuse takes all forms. I have never understood the rationale behind labeling him a feminist or trailblazer, at least not in the last 20 years. Maybe a bit of a trailblazer in the early days, but feminist icon? Not really the first person who comes to mind.
It sounds cliche, but at the very least, the magazine had a better image when it began. As for morality, well… Some things never change.
Apple doesn’t rot far from the tree, huh?
Its only a felony if he choked her, or it is not his first domestic violence charge. The laws are messed up!
I’m genuinely shocked. Marston always seemed so mild mannered…hard to imagine him abusing anyone.
I’m sure people will eventually make the same excuses for him as they did for Chris Brown.
No, he will get a full on pass like Senn Pean or Michael Fassbender.
I was just wondering how this story makes Kaiser sick but she still oohs over Fassy.
I thought it was interesting the article mentions her being Playmate of the year for 2011 but she has being dating the son, Marston, since 2010. I wonder how she got the award? hmmm…
Yuck. I have never liked Hugh Hefner, and now I dislike his son. Hefner Sr. exploits women, so I am not surprised to hear this about his son.
Damn. I’ll bet that secretly, Hugh must be disappointed in him. 🙁
And some of the comments I’ve seen here makes me shake my head. I thought feminism was about choice, not about what other women choose for you to be…
..Except those comments (well, I intended mine to be, anyway) aren’t about the women at all; they’re about Hugh. If a woman wants to pose naked, more power to her. I’m sure plenty of Playmates are happy with their choices, and that’s great–but it still doesn’t change the fact that Hugh is a huge creep.
sm255, There’s nothing at all wrong with women expressing their sexuality. But wouldn’t expressing your sexuality involve objectifying your partner and focusing on what YOU want from them? This whole “I’m expressing my sexuality by giving guys boners” mentality is such bull.
Taking control of your sexuality like a man should mean going after what you want, asking guys out, making sure you orgasm everytime, not being afraid to speak up about your desires, and most importantly, having control over when you are NOT seen as a sex object. Being able to walk around topless on the beach on a hot day the same as guys, being able to breast feed in public without it being some big issue because OMG BOOBS!, etc…We aren’t even close to there yet. So simply giving dudes what they want to see the way they want to see it and then claiming “Ooh, this is me taking control over my sexuality” is a joke.
Feminism is not just about choice, it is about equality, and I think most everyone would agree that when it comes to issues of sexual objectification and empowerment, things are not close to equal between the sexes. So the issue that I have with women who defend their right to pose like male fantasy objects as feminist is that this does absolutely nothing to change the way women are viewed or to promote equality for women in this area.
Sure, we have the choice to do all kinds of things, but people make bad, unhealthy, and destructive choices all the time. Unfortunately, this “feminism is about choice” brand of feminist does not allow for examination or critique of such choices, which I find totally disingenuous when it comes to working toward changing the status quo.
I agree. Feminism is having the ability to choose, being equal and understanding the consequences of the choices. Just because a woman can choose to pose naked in a magazine and earn money for it doesn’t mean that choice is an empowering one for women as a whole. For it to be about equality, there would have to be recognition that the women are getting something out of it at the expense of men (spending the money) and the men are getting something out of it at the expense of the women (their naked images). Some people recognize this give and take for what it is, but society at large doesn’t. If I were to post naked pictures that were found by my boss while he was cruising the internet to find something to fap to, I’d be the lambasted one, not him. Posing naked isn’t empowering, what is empowering is encouraging the idea that in a sexually charged society like ours, fairs fair on both sides, and we’re just not there yet.
…so, what’s the matter with women expressing their sexuality and their body to their liking?
See, this is the problem. Female Americans automatically equate sexual empowerment/sexual imagery as a ‘bad thing’. Stop the Puritanical madness!!!!
But in all honestly, I get what you’re saying. I just don’t see how nobody says anything about men posing naked, but if a woman poses naked it’s ‘disempowering’.
I will accept the argument that there is nothing wrong with nudity, promiscuity and pornography. Just don’t try to paint Hef as some sort of beleaguered or misunderstood feminist. He is nothing but a sophisticated and perverted pimp.
‘Sophisticated’, indeed. Hey, at least he would the legal kind of pimp!
The guy made a career off of what he did. A worldwide career, no doubt. That’s some damned ambition and I admire that. As for Hugh the person, I can’t really judge what kind of person he is based on what his company puts out.
@ sm255, Hefner is sophisticated enough to have made a hugely lucrative career out of being an insatiable and lascivious pervert, all while convincing much of the world he was empowering women.
And I do not judge him by the contents of Playboy either… I am judging him based on the show “The Girls Next Door” and various things Kendra, Barbie Benton, and other bunnies have written or said about him. He is repulsive.
I’m so happy to hear that so many women see Hugh the way he really is. Thank you, ladies. My faith in humanity has been restored just a bit.
He probably found out that she was also sleeping with his Dad!
Of course this is awful, and would be awful under any circumstances. I have a feeling that it is true. (I haven’t seen any photos.) However, I used to watch Holly’s World on E! including the season when Claire joined the cast, and she’s a sweet, down-to-earth girl. I thought she came off really well. Hopefully she heals up and doesn’t let Mason off the hook.
Oldest son? Hugh Hefner has an older son, who must be in his 50s. David? I think he is gay and Hefner shuns him. Or maybe he just doesn’t want to be part of his father’s world.
So strange, I wonder where this boy learned to have no respect for women…mystery of the decade.