Model Audra Lynn Christiansen, once recognized as Playboy's Playmate of the Month, complained to her boss Hugh Hefner that she was a victim of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2005, according to a new lawsuit. In this regard, Hefner personally contacted the FBI several times, but law enforcement agencies did not respond to complaints from the media mogul and model, according to court documents.
Christiansen's testimony was added to a lawsuit filed in May in federal court in Florida by 32 potential victims of Epstein's actions. The US federal authorities are named as defendants in connection with the alleged disregard of complaints during Epstein's lifetime. The notorious New York financier was twice convicted of sex trafficking during his lifetime, and during his second federal trial, he committed suicide in prison in 2019.
The model emphasized in her appeal that she sent several complaints to the FBI, and investigators promised that they would study them, but at the same time “never contacted” the girl and “did not investigate the facts of violence.” According to the 46-year-old model, the FBI returned a call only in October 2020, almost a year after Epstein's death.
“In 2005, I contacted the FBI several times regarding Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring and was told that they would help me and investigate Jeffrey Epstein. No one from the FBI ever called me back, despite my repeated calls to the Bureau. The FBI never returned my calls and ignored my statements,” Christiansen said in a statement.
At the time of the alleged sexual assault by Epstein, the 23-year-old “Miss October 2003” lived in Hefner’s mansion in Beverly Hills, writes the New York Post (NYP). The now deceased publisher of Playboy personally called the FBI several times, but there was no response, the publication clarifies.
Christiansen also told Hefner that Epstein sold her sex services to one of his wealthy friends, Macau billionaire Stanley Ho, the “godfather of gambling” in China who died in 2020, according to the lawsuit.
The model’s testimony notes that she was introduced to Epstein by her own agents after the financier contacted them after seeing the girl in a magazine.
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The FBI did not comment on information about Hefner’s appeals, and in June they demanded that the new lawsuit be dismissed, citing the fact that they are not obliged to respond to every appeal. Lawyer Arik Fudali, who represents several victims, told NewsNation that problems with the investigation into Epstein's crimes are being actively covered up.
“Recent reports that the FBI ignored complaints against Epstein in 2005 are appalling but not surprising. Law enforcement ignored victims of Epstein for decades and continues to do so today at the highest levels,” Fudali said.
Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution in Florida in 2008, but spent less than a year in prison as part of a plea deal. He was arrested again in New York in 2019 on similar federal charges. Prosecutors alleged that the financier and multimillionaire maintained a network of girls for years at his homes in Manhattan, Palm Beach, Florida, and on an island near St. Thomas in the Caribbean.
Epstein’s life, death, and acquaintances with celebrities were overgrown with conspiracy theories, and in November 2025, Congress demanded that all materials available about him from the US Department of Justice be declassified by Congress. In the “Epstein files,” including his correspondence, US President Donald Trump, ex-President Bill Clinton, billionaires Bill Gates and Elon Musk and many other famous people in different countries of the world were mentioned in one way or another.
Hefner, by the way, was also accused by women of rape and bestiality. The claims came five years after his death in the 2022 documentary Playboy Confidential. There were no legal proceedings in connection with these allegations. Hefner founded Playboy magazine in 1953 in Chicago.
