Soul Train Founder Don Cornelius Accused Of Tying & Sexually Assaulting 2 Women

Soul Train Founder Don Cornelius Accused Of Tying Up & Sexually Assaulting 2 Playboy Bunnies

Don Cornelius has been accused of sexually assaulting two women in the new Playboy documentary.

P.J. Masten, a “bunny mother,” from 1972 to 1982, said that, as “a Playboy VIP Gold member,” Cornelius allegedly met two new Playboy bunnies who were sisters and took them back to his house for a party.

After three days, one of them called to say they had been held at Cornelius’s house. The head of Playboy’s security team went to Cornelius’ home and allegedly found the women “bloodied, battered [and] drugged.”

The incident was not reported to the police. Masten says she feels guilty.

“They were tied up and bound,” Masten said. “There were wooden objects that they were sodomized with and [one sister] could hear [the] other sister being brutalized. It was horrible, horrible.”

Tony Cornelius, Don Cornelius’ son, told People that Masten’s recollection of the incident is an “unbelievable story without real proof” packed with “salaciousness.”

Masten said Playboy dealt with the incident internally and that Cornelius was back in the Playboy mansion the following week as though nothing had happened.