LOS ANGELES — For the last month, PJ Masten says her Facebook inbox has been filled with death threats.
"You're a piece of s—. You're a liar. You're a f— this and f— that," Masten says, repeating the content of the messages.
She is no stranger to public attacks. In 2014, she alleged she had once been drugged and raped by Bill Cosby — a claim later echoed by dozens of women. But speaking out against nude magazine impresario Hugh Hefner has roused far more vitriol, Masten says. Not only for tarring the reputation of a beloved public figure but for breaking ranks with a tightknit community: Playboy itself.