{"podcast":{"title":"Characters","slug":"characters-690001","podcast_index_feed_id":690001,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CTL1306680285","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/930d0e10-bf70-11ec-9e15-e3ca8f6b8efc/image/cef69a6a588c0b9cc12b5779cb4d0e8b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":288,"summary":"Diving deeper on the characters we love to consume! Laura Diez hosts guest conversations and shares stories exploring the portrayals of real people on reality tv, fictionalized women that stay in our memories, and pop culture legends. New episodes Tuesdays and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:17:26.790728+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001"},"episode":{"title":"Carrie Leigh sued Hugh Hefner for wasting her time","slug":"carrie-leigh-sued-hugh-hefner-for-wasting-her-time","published_at":"2026-04-07T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/carrie-leigh-sued-hugh-hefner-for-wasting-her-time","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL4141806905.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL4141806905.mp3","summary":"By popular demand, we're visiting the story of Carrie Leigh: the 19-year-old model who became Hefner's live-in girlfriend for five years... and then sued him for $35 million. Carrie Leigh was the first person on record to refer to the world of Playboy as a \"cult.\" We're covering her rise in the public eye as \"first lady of the Playboy Mansion,\" and the palimony suit alleging she was promised marriage, children, a Malibu beach house, and an annual salary. Plus: the (suspected?) allegation against Carrie Leigh by Jennifer Saginor, author of Playground, that they had a romantic relationship while the author was a teenager. Find me everywhere: linktr.ee/literallylaurad Time stamps: 01:41 Road to Playboy 04:22 Relationship with Hugh Hefner 06:43 Life at the Playboy Mansion 09:06 Break up 09:44 Palimony suit 11:55 More lawsuits 12:36 Jennifer Saginor 16:30 Calling Playboy a Cult Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"By popular demand, we're visiting the story of Carrie Leigh: the 19-year-old model who became Hefner's live-in girlfriend for five years... and then sued…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1249,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/characters-690001/episodes/carrie-leigh-sued-hugh-hefner-for-wasting-her-time/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/carrie-leigh-sued-hugh-hefner-for-wasting-her-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}