Outbreak at the Playboy Mansion! No….not that kind of outbreak! Police in Los Angeles are on the hunt for the 700 guests who attended a recent party at the Playboy Mansion after scores of the attendees fell ill shortly after.
The mansion is at the center of an investigation by officials at the Los Angeles County Health Department after it played host to a fundraiser as part of the Domainfest Conference earlier this month that left roughly 170 guests ill with fever, chills, and coughs. The Feb. 3 conference was attended by hundreds of Internet professionals from 30 countries. The weeklong conference was held at a hotel in Santa Monica, but nighttime events included a charity fundraiser at Hugh Hefner’s 21,987-square-foot Gothic-Tudor-style mansion in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles. Approximately 80 attendees were diagnosed with Legionellosis or Pontiac Fever – a milder strain of the pneumonia-type Legionnaires’ Disease, caused by bacteria – less than 48 hours after celebrating at the Playboy estate.
“There were events every night, and we are giving them a list of all the venues. We have no idea what this is or where it came from. The Mansion being to blame is at the moment, pure speculation,” says a Domainfest spokesperson.
A representative for publishing magnate Hefner, however, has shot down reports that a fog machine used at the party is to blame for the viral outbreak. If the mansion caused the outbreak, why aren’t more attendees present at the bash experiencing symptoms? the publicist asks
“There is no truth in the rumour that anyone caught anything at the Playboy Mansion. Nor is there any evidence. None of the Playboy staff became ill, the deejay was in the middle of the fog and she didn’t get ill. We have been contacted by the Health Department and the Playboy Mansion is cooperating fully with the investigation.”
On Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health sent an e-mail to all conference attendees warning them that health officials had received a cluster of reports that people who attended the function and the conference had become ill.
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