Local News in Brief : Ex-Lover Sues Hefner
Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner was sued for palimony Thursday by his former live-in lover, who charged that he broke promises to support her and store his sperm to impregnate her if he became too old to do so.
In her Los Angeles Superior Court suit, former Canadian model Carrie Leigh, 24, claims Hefner promised her full financial support--including a $60,000-a-year allowance, a Malibu beach home and a credit card allowance--in return for being his “companion, social hostess and confidante” after she moved into the Playboy mansion in Holmby Hills in 1983.
The suit states that Hefner has not only cut off support, but also failed to “medically and scientifically store a sufficient amount of his own sperm in a sperm bank in order to impregnate (Leigh),” as he allegedly promised to do in 1985.
Hefner, 61, called all allegations of “marriage, children, a house and support” a “complete fabrication. . . .” He labeled the suit “a publicity stunt.”
Leigh’s attorney, Marvin Mitchelson, called the suit “a modest claim,” since his client is seeking only $5 million from Hefner’s $2.5-billion empire.
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