Playboy Hugh’s will bans kids from using drugs
WHEN it came to his money, Hugh Hefner had a hard and fast rule.
The Playboy founder had a clause in his trust blocking any beneficiaries – widow Crystal, daughter Christie and sons David, Marston and Cooper – from access to his cash if they abused drugs or alcohol, documents obtained by Entertainment
Tonight reveal.
Any beneficiary would be blocked “if the trustees reasonably believe that … (the beneficiary) routinely or frequently uses or consumes any illegal substance so as to be physically or psychologically dependent upon that substance, or is clinically dependent upon the use or consumption of alcohol or any other legal drug or chemical substance that is not prescribed by a board certified medical doctor or psychiatrist in a current program of treatment supervised by such doctor or psychiatrist”.
Trustees can also request drug testing and treatment if they suspect substance abuse. The trust also states funds may be distributed once “examinations indicate no such use for 12 months” and when the “trustee(s) in their discretion determine that the beneficiary is able to care for himself or herself”.
Hefner died in September at age 91 after a cardiac arrest and respiratory failure.
It is understood he left Crystal, 31, $5 million in cash and a $7 million fourbedroom home in Los Angeles.
The rest of his $43 million fortune was split between his four children plus the University of Southern California and charities.