Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt have fired back at Crystal Hefner for sending them a cease and desist order.
The former Girls Next Door stars found themselves in Crystal’s crosshairs after shooting her on an episode of their Girls Next Level podcast with Hugh Hefner’s son Marston, 34, last month.
Holly, 44, previously accused Crystal, 38, of “copying” her, while Marston branded his ex-stepmother a “master manipulator” on Holly’s podcast.
In response to Crystal’s legal retaliation, Holly mockingly called the blonde “cease and desist lady” on the latest episode of her show this week.
“What really surprises me about this is that she’s trying to issue a cease and desist order, essentially threatening a lawsuit for us to express our views, and this woman is the head of a foundation for freedom of speech ‘, she said.
Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt (both pictured) have fired back at Crystal Hefner for sending them a cease and desist letter
In response to Crystal’s (pictured) legal retaliation, Holly mockingly called the blonde ‘cease and desist lady’ before branding her a ‘hypocrite’.
“I can’t deal with the hypocrisy right now,” Holly added.
Bridget said: “First it was NDAs, now it’s cease and desist. No one is allowed to talk but her!’
She added, “Apparently the First Amendment is only for her.”
Crystal currently serves as chairman of the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing freedom of expression and individual liberties.
DailyMail.com has contacted Crystal for comment.
The former DJ sent a cease and desist letter to Holly and Bridget last week, claiming their comments about her were false and damaging to her reputation.
Crystal condemned the comments as ‘malicious and deliberately misleading’ and said they had caused her ‘serious harm’. TMZ reported after reviewing court documents in the case.
The former Girls Next Door stars found themselves in Crystal’s crosshairs after shooting her on an episode of their Girls Next Level podcast with Hugh Hefner’s son Marston, 34
Holly, 44, previously accused Crystal, 38, of ‘copying’ her, while Marston called his ex-stepmother a ‘master manipulator’ on Holly’s podcast
The Lake Havasu City resident, who was married to Hugh Hefner from 2012 until his death in 2017, said Holly “lied” on her May 12 podcast with co-host Bridget.
The podcast, titled ‘What We REALLY Think About Crystal’s Book’, saw Holly and Bridget Hefner’s son Marston as a guest.
During a discussion about Crystal’s book Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, Marston suggested that Crystal kept the late Hugh “dosed on damn drugs” in his later years to exploit him financially.
Crystal’s legal team said in the letter that “nothing could be further from the truth” in that regard, as the allegation “is completely false and will not be tolerated.”
“As we understand it, Ms. Hefner was steadfast in her commitment to Mr. Hefner during his final days, ensuring he was cared for and received the best possible medical care,” Crystal’s legal team said.
According to the outlet, Crystal promised in the letter to sue Holly if she made such allegations in the future.
Holly appeared to respond to the legal letter in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday.
“Imagine running a free speech foundation and then sending someone a subpoena to talk,” she wrote, accompanied by a series of laughing emojis.
Holly added in a subsequent tweet: “Your lawyer can’t even find my correct email address” with a clown emoji.
Crystal famously married the magazine publisher in 2012, when she was 26 and he was 86
Holly posted a few tweets in response to the legal letter she received last week
An attorney for Crystal told TMZ in a statement: “Ms. Hefner does not want her name and reputation tarnished by opportunists.
“We stand by the contents of the letter and will fully enforce Ms. Hefner’s rights.”
Holly clashed with Crystal earlier this year when she said that Crystal’s 2024 book, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, included some narrative elements from her own 2015 book Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former took over. Playboy bunny.
“Anyone who read my book that came out eight years ago and then read her book, tell me the narrative voice doesn’t sound exactly the same,” Madison told the Lady Gang podcast in April.
She added: ‘I was reading it and there were moments when I thought, “I feel like I’m reading my own book. This is creepy.”
Crystal famously married the magazine publisher in 2012, when she was 26 and he was 86.
They were married until his death, aged 91, in 2017 due to heart failure and blood poisoning after contracting a fatal form of e-coli.
He left behind a fortune of $43 million.