A judge has decided that former reality star Holly Madison who formerly dated and shared a home with Hugh Hefner, creator of ‘Playboy,’ won’t be summoned to testify at Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial. In order to discredit testimony of actress Ashley Matthau, one of supporting witnesses who was not accused, defense wanted Madison to take stand.

Matthau, who’s accusing Weinstein of sexual battery, claims former mogul masturbated on her at his hotel in 2003 in Puerto Rico, where they were shooting Miramax’s ‘Dirty Dancing sequel, ‘Havana Nights. According to source, Madison is close friends with Matthau. Defense intended to question her about two partying together at Playboy Mansion to prove that Matthau wasn’t a “young, sexually inexperienced naif” who was unfamiliar with “ways of Hollywood”.

“They want to portray her as this innocent girl but they don’t want me to ask about all fun times she spent frolicking in grotto at Hugh Hefner’s mansion with Playboy bunnies,” Weinstein’s lawyer Mark Werksman said about Matthau.–Agencies

Published in The Daily National Courier, October, 20 2022

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