Dorothy and Hollywood, the place where she was just beginning to make her mark, had unfinished business and even more intertwined stories to tell.
Among the other allegations that Bogdanovich made in his book, the most significant are: 1 That Stratten had not married Snider out of love, but rather used her marriage as an excuse to block the advances of Hefner who, Bogdanovich claimed, pursued Stratten as a sexual partner after the purported assault, 2 That Stratten loathed nude modeling and dealing with Playboy in general, and only tolerated the humiliating work in order to promote her acting career, and 3 That Hefner was responsible, in part, for enabling Snider's killing rage when he was banned from entering the Playboy Mansion just days before the murder.
He committed suicide on the same day.