Shera Lorraine Marie Bechard (born 14 September 1983 in

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) is a

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who was voted Playboy's Playmate of the Month for November 2010. She also appears sporadically as an

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Bechard was born in Canada and grew up in

. At the age of 18, Bechard moved to

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to pursue a career as a model. In her years as a model, she worked with people like Marcus Klinko,

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, Ian Cuttler and

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and photographer

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. She also worked with director Andrew Thomas Hunt, who chose her in the lead role Karma in his 2009 film Sweet Karma. In 2011, she was the partner of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. ''

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'' reported in April 2018 that Bechard was having an affair with

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. After becoming pregnant with Broidy in late 2017, Bechard had an

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. Her lawyer, Keith Davidson, negotiated the payment of US$1.6 million as money for silence through Michael Cohen, U.S. President

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's lawyer at that time. On July 6, 2018, Bechard filed a lawsuit against Broidy, Davidson and

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in California, alleging that Broidy had stopped paying the rest of the money for her silence.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bechard, Shera 1983 births Canadian film actresses Canadian female models Canadian emigrants to the United States Living people

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