the person who was changing was dorothy stratten. >> maybe in the beginning dorothy loved paul.re she got away from him, the more of a creep he appeared to be, which he was. in other words, she went from being naive to be able to see what he was. >> even now, looking back on those videos, i see this desperate boy, paul snider, who wanted to be hugh hefner. >> he needed her to make him. he was a eunuch. he got his balls from her success. he didn't have any balls. i never saw him naked, but i'd have bet he didn't have any. >> she moves into bogdanovich's house. but she's trying to figure out some way to settle with him. >> all of us were pretty happy when we heard dorothy was gonna divorce paul. we were happy for her. >> i think by that time, it was pretty well established that they were going their separate ways. at least in her mind. >> snider expected that he would receive 50% of everything she did from that point forward because he was the one, he was the creator. he looked at this as not her being a human being, but her being a commodity. >> i don't know if paul was capable o

dorothy stratten, playboy play mate, actress, a living fantasy for millions of men in 1980. >> dorothyr or fan would want. >> she was just a sweet, effervescent angel. >> reporter: when the canadian beauty was still in high school, paul snider, a local pimp and local small time promoter, approached her while she was working at a dairy queen in vancouver. >> he was a predator. you think of him and you think of a wolf. >> he sees a sexy girl at a dairy queen. hmm, what can happen for me through her. that's of interest to . >> reporter: snider and stratten start dating and he convinces dorothy to pose nude for "playboy's" submission photos. >> "playboy" had a playmate hunt looking for the 25th anniversary play mate. dorothy was one of the runners-up. >> i worked for "playboy" for 43 years. it was pretty easy to know if a girl was going to make it or not. >> reporter: after catching the eye of iconic mogul hugh hefner, she was crowned 1980 playmate of the year, earning all of the perks that came with it. >> i got a $65,000 russian fur sable coat. >> i didn't see that one here. >> a $26,000

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