Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend aborted his baby because the sex was ‘like rape’: ‘I felt disgusted’

Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Karissa Shannon has revealed she aborted the Playboy founder’s baby because the sex they had was ‘like rape’.

Karissa and her twin sister Kristina were two of the mogul’s last partners and dated him for 18-months before his death in 2017 aged 91.

The pair spoke about their relationship in , having been romantically engaged with Hefner at just 18-years-old when he was 83.

Karissa claimed she discovered she was pregnant with his child after taking a blood test in preparation for plastic surgery.

‘I got a call saying, “Hey, you’re pregnant’ [and] I freaked,” she said. ‘I’m like, “Who else knows about this? … Don’t call Mary, don’t call Hef, don’t call anyone, I don’t want anyone knowing”.’

Karissa added that she ‘didn’t think it was possible’ to conceive a baby with Hefner, who was 84 at the time.

But she pointed out: ‘We were about the youngest girlfriends he had had — it was the end of [when I was] 19, I was getting ready to turn 20.’

Karissa immediately knew that she wanted to terminate her pregnancy. ‘I didn’t want him to know that I was pregnant,’ she admitted.

‘I didn’t want him to want me to have it. I didn’t want to be stuck even more inside that bubble. I think it’s a way for him to control me even more, have me on a leash.

‘I felt disgusted with my body. I felt like there was something like an alien inside me. I was grossed out. I just wanted to get it over with.’

Following the traumatic ordeal, Karissa stressed that she made the right decision.

‘Every time I’ve done it with him, it’s assault,’ she said, referring to the sex she had with Hefner.

‘To me, it’s like rape. He used control mechanisms completely through everything, so I’m happy that I had the abortion.’

Karissa and her sister are not the first women to allege sexual abuse at the hands of Hefner, with former playmates also detailing their experiences, including claims of an .

A&E advises viewers: ‘The vast majority of allegations have not been the subject of criminal investigations or charges, and they do not constitute proof of guilt.’

Secrets Of Playboy airs on A&E in the US.