Shera Bechard

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Shera Bechard
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Bechard in 2010
Born
Shera Lorraine Marie Bechard

(1983-09-14) September 14, 1983 (age 42)
Kapuskasing, Ontario
OccupationModel
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Shera Lorraine Marie Bechard (born September 14, 1983) is a Canadian model who was Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 2010.

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Biography

Bechard was born and raised in Kapuskasing, Ontario. [1] [2] She moved to Toronto at age 18 to pursue modelling. [2]

She played the lead role in the 2009 Canadian crime film Sweet Karma. [3] When Bechard attended the 2010 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, she had her portrait drawn by cartoonist Doug Sneyd, who proceeded to say she should appear in Playboy , where his cartoons were regularly published. Bechard sent some of her pictures to Sneyd, and two weeks later she participated in a test shoot that led her to become the Playmate of the month for November. [4] In 2011, she became romantically involved with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. [5]

The Wall Street Journal reported in April 2018 that Bechard was having an affair with Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy. After becoming pregnant by Broidy in late 2017, Bechard had an abortion. Her lawyer, Keith Davidson, negotiated the payment of US$1.6 million as money for silence through Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer at that time, who had negotiated a similar confidentiality agreement between Trump and Stormy Daniels. [6] [7] However, after making the first two instalment payments, Broidy publicly announced that he would not make any further payments, claiming that her former lawyer Davidson had caused a breach of the agreement by disclosing the affair to Michael Avenatti, who then hinted at it publicly in a late-night tweet. [8] [9] [10] On July 6, 2018, Bechard filed a lawsuit against Broidy, Davidson and Michael Avenatti in California over Broidy's refusal to carry through with the agreement. She also claimed that Davidson had not properly represented her in negotiating the agreement, preferring his financial interest over her own. [11] [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Alexander, Rachael (30 June 2012). "'Playboy' model is granted 'genius' US visa". Irish Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. 1 2 Powers, Lindsay (2011-06-28). "Shera Bechard: 5 Things to Know About Hugh Hefner's New Girlfriend". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-10-30.
  3. ↑ Leong, Melissa (Mar 10, 2011). "Film Review: Sweet Karma (1 star)". National Post . Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Köhler, Nicholas (2012-03-01). "Hef's bosom buddy". Maclean's . Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Playboy"-Gründer Hugh Hefner 91-jährig gestorben" [Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at age 91]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. ↑ Palazzolo, Joe; Rothfeld, Michael (2018-04-13). "Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. ↑ Ruiz, Rebecca R.; Rutenberg, Jim (2018-04-13). "R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  8. ↑ Rothfeld, Michael; Palazzolo, Joe (2018-07-01). "Top GOP Fundraiser to Stop Hush Payments Over Affair". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  9. ↑ Solis, Nathan. "GOP Donor Deal With Playmate Revealed in Unsealed Suit". www.courthousenews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  10. ↑ Jr, Martin Macias. "GOP Donor Lobbies to Reseal Lurid Lawsuit by Playmate". www.courthousenews.com. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  11. ↑ Dillon, Nancy (2018-07-06). "Ex-Playboy model sues Trump donor Elliott Broidy and Michael Avenatti over hush-money pact tied to secret pregnancy". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  12. ↑ Rothfeld, Michael; Palazzolo, Joe (2018-07-06). "Ex-Playmate Files Suit Against GOP Donor Elliott Broidy Over Hush-Money Deal". The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  13. ↑ Christal Hayes (2018-08-01). "Playboy model who signed hush deal with GOP fundraiser says Cohen 'recruited' to fix problem, lawsuit says". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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