Former Playboy Model Holly Madison Blasts Hollywood As Dark Place Teeming With ‘leeches’

Holly Madison, a erstwhile Playboy exemplary and 1 of Hugh Hefner’s longtime girlfriends, near nan Playboy Mansion successful 2008. After telling her communicative complete nan years, she’s definite astir 1 point – Hollywood tin beryllium an evil place.

"There’s decidedly a acheronian underbelly," nan 45-year-old told Fox News Digital. "There’s benignant of an power successful Hollywood that I felt ever since I moved here. There’s this power of erstwhile you’re that young female who steps disconnected nan autobus from nan Midwest aliases wherever you’re from.

"There are leeches looking to return advantage of and destruct you and usage you everywhere," nan mother of 2 added. 

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Holly Madison is returning for play 3 of "The Playboy Murders." (Investigation Discovery)

"And I’m not conscionable talking astir rich, powerful people. I’m talking astir pimps connected nan street. I’m talking astir group trying to bait and move and get girls progressive successful activity trafficking. … It’s really everyplace here. I saw it firsthand erstwhile I moved present astatine 19."

Holly Madison moved into nan Playboy Mansion erstwhile she was 21. (Ethan Miller/American Media/Getty Images for American Media)

On Monday, Madison is kicking disconnected play 3 of Investigation Discovery’s (ID) true crime series, "The Playboy Murders," which explores high-profile tragedies and crimes associated pinch nan iconic mag brand.

Looking back, Madison said she felt Hollywood’s acheronian "right away."

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"It’s almost ironic because I felt for illustration Playboy, erstwhile I moved into nan mansion, felt benignant of safe successful a way, moreover though location were each these things going connected that I hated and didn’t like," said Madison. 

"It felt for illustration almost nan sanitized firm type of sexuality. But it felt a batch safer to maine to beryllium surviving successful this big, guarded location than to beryllium retired driving astir successful my car that’s fresh to break down, struggling to make ends meet and group approaching you connected nan street."

At 1 point, Holly Madison was a Playboy Bunny. (Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images)

"I thought I was going to extremity up for illustration nan Black Dahlia aliases something," Madison remarked, referring to 1 of LA’s astir notorious execution cases. "I thought Playboy was my safe haven."

Elizabeth Short, known arsenic nan "Black Dahlia," was murdered Jan. 15, 1947, successful Los Angeles. (Getty Images)

Madison was 21 erstwhile she moved into nan Playboy Mansion. She made her exit astatine property 29 after wrapping "The Girls Next Door," a reality TV bid astir Hefner’s aggregate girlfriends. In 2016, she wrote a memoir, "Down nan Rabbit Hole," alleging years of verbal and affectional abuse. 

Looking backmost astatine her experience, Madison would counsel immoderate hopeful exemplary making her measurement to Hollywood for a large break to "keep your circle of friends" close.

Today, Holly Madison calls Las Vegas location pinch her 2 children. (Investigation Discovery)

"Hopefully, they tin springiness you immoderate level-headed proposal aliases fto you cognize if thing seems to beryllium getting a small retired of control," she advised. "And do your research. [Dive] successful connected nan downsides of each different industry."

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Holly Madison has remained adjacent friends pinch Bridget Marquardt complete nan years. (Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage/Getty Images)

"I retrieve being 18 and 19 and reasoning I was specified a badass and that I could conscionable return connected nan world and that I could person activity for illustration a man and person nary affectional attachment," she reflected. 

"But it’s really not for illustration that. Doing things for illustration that carries a batch of affectional weight. I deliberation looking into people’s stories who are honorable astir each nan sides of nan manufacture is simply a really bully point to do. And look astatine immoderate of nan cautionary tales earlier you conscionable dive in."

Holly Madison astatine nan Playboy Mansion successful 2006. She ne'er crossed paths pinch Kimberly Fattorini, whose lawsuit is being featured connected "The Playboy Murders." (Hector Mata/AFP via Getty Images)

Madison ne'er crossed paths pinch Kimberly Fattorini, a Playboy casting subordinate and part-time model. Fattorini's 2017 death is nan taxable of nan season’s first episode.

Kimberly Fattorini died successful 2017. She was 30. (Investigation Discovery)

"The communicative came to my attraction because respective of her friends were messaging maine connected Instagram aft play 2 of ‘The Playboy Murders’ aired, and they’re like, ‘Can you please screen Kimmy’s story?’" said Madison. 

"Everything astir her communicative conscionable looks truthful acquainted to me. … It was really scary to maine because I consciousness for illustration I’ve been successful galore situations wherever you’re conscionable retired pinch friends, and location are guys who don’t person people’s champion interests successful mind."

Holly Madison said loved ones reached retired to her pinch stories to show for "The Playboy Murders." (Investigation Discovery)

According to nan episode, Fattorini died from ingesting a lethal cocktail of alcohol, cocaine and nan day rape supplier gamma hydroxybutyrate, aliases "GHB." She was 30 years old. 

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Kimberly Fattorini's family is still seeking answers astir what happened to their daughter. (Investigation Discovery)

According to nan episode, a wrongful decease suit revenge by Fattorini’s parents against erstwhile NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman, promoter Eli Wehbe and exemplary Monica Maass is pending. It noted that Merriman, Wehbe and Maass declined to talk Fattorini’s decease for nan series. They've antecedently denied accusations that were connected to Fattorini's death.

"[It was] wished location wasn’t capable grounds for a criminal trial, but location are matter messages that look to bespeak she knew personification had drugged her drink," said Madison. "It seemed for illustration location was a batch of negligence and group astir her who should person helped her and didn’t.

Holly Madison was 1 of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. (Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images)

"It’s conscionable a really scary emotion to look astatine a lawsuit for illustration this and consciousness for illustration this could person been maine aliases 1 of my friends erstwhile we were retired partying and conscionable having fun, [being] normal young people," she said. "I dream her family tin get immoderate answers and closure connected that."

While Holly Madison wasn't happy pinch everything that took spot down nan doors of nan Playboy Mansion, she admitted she felt safer location than being extracurricular connected nan streets of LA. (Getty Images)

When asked if Playboy should person stepped successful astatine nan clip and pushed for answers, Madison admitted it was complicated.

"Playboy was specified a immense institution pinch truthful galore group moving for it," she explained. "That’s why we’ve been capable to find 3 seasons' worthy of cases. There were Playboy Clubs each complete nan state pinch truthful galore women moving arsenic Bunnies. I deliberation it’s intolerable for 1 institution to really … babysit nan lives of everybody who’s ever worked for them, particularly if thing happened while nan personification wasn’t connected nan job.

In 2016, Holly Madison wrote a memoir, "Down nan Rabbit Hole." (Investigation Discovery)

"I don’t deliberation it’s truthful overmuch Playboy’s responsibility, but personification needs to beryllium held accountable for sure," she added.

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The section that focuses connected Kimberly Fattorini's lawsuit airs Monday. (Investigation Discovery)

Madison noted that erstwhile you’re portion of a "high-stakes environment," location are plentifulness of risks to face. That’s why it’s crucial, she said, for aspiring models to support a adjacent circle of friends who aren’t from Hollywood.

"You’re going into Playboy and there’s truthful overmuch perchance to beryllium gained," she said. "There’s fame, there’s money, there’s opportunities. And erstwhile you are nan personification who gets those opportunities, location tin beryllium a batch of jealousy, a batch of possessiveness. It’s surviving life successful nan accelerated lane.

Holly Madison said being portion of a "high-stakes environment" tin travel astatine a price. (Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images)

"When you’re doing that, much utmost things tin happen," she said. "Even though a batch of group tin person a affirmative acquisition successful that setting, a batch of crazy things tin hap too."

Holly Madison told Fox News Digital galore loved ones of victims came guardant to speak retired for nan caller play of "The Playboy Murders." (Investigation Discovery)

Today, Madison calls Las Vegas home. She has credited nan bid pinch helping her link pinch different women from her Playboy past who’ve faced their ain struggles successful Hollywood.

"It was treatment to stock my story," she said. "I felt for illustration erstwhile I [went] out, conscionable based connected nan TV show that I was on, group thought I had this magical relationship, and they expected only affirmative things. I would only opportunity affirmative things astatine first, conscionable because I thought it was nan bully point to do. But it started to consciousness for illustration I was surviving a lie.

Holly Madison hopes nan bid will empower those who've knowledgeable akin situations to speak out. (Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images)

"So conscionable getting that disconnected my thorax and being capable to beryllium truthful astir my acquisition is truthful treatment for me. … To spot different group who went done akin things arsenic me, to beryllium capable to consciousness empowered capable to travel retired and show nan truth. … It feels good."