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Forgive the immature response to this serious sentence, but

Is it slander, or reality?
It's reality. A friend's little sister is... um... associated with that organization and the public face is mostly PR. The mansion seems fairly appropriate for an octogenarian bachelor (with a questionable cleaning staff), living in a fantasy land who is going through financially tight times.

Is this an example of exploitation?
Well, um, yes, but this is Playboy after all. I don't attribute to Playboy an abundance of whatever the antonym of exploitation is.

What differences do you see between a living situation such as this and human trafficking for the sex trade?
The women in the mansion are all volunteers. Despite the fact some of them may come from troubled backgrounds, they do move in of their own volition and continue to live there, often rent free, on the off chance of becoming rich and famous. The same cannot be said of the sex trade.

Do you see similarities to other groups, such as communes or polygamous cults?
No. I see massive similarities between this and reality television. This is the sickness of celebrity, and situations like this enable the disease to become much, much worse. Do you know about the relationship of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston? Isn't it amazing how simply being famous can garnish you attention unlike ever before in the history of the species? Imagine that kind of attention, millions of people hanging on your every word, obsessing over you, perhaps even loving you. All you have to do for that kind of insane, global validation of your self-worth is to sleep with an old guy and live in a seedy mansion.