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On the evening of May 17, 2018, Adams with her seven-year-old son Vincent, checked into a 25th-floor penthouse in the Gotham Hotel on 46th Street in [[Manhattan]]. The next morning, both were found dead on a second-floor balcony in the hotel's rear courtyard. According to law enforcement officials, Adams and her husband were involved in a custody battle, and hours before checking into the hotel, Adams told the ''[[New York Post]]'' that her husband and his lawyer were preventing her from taking her son on vacation.<ref name=SFGate /> Adams pushed her son off the 25th floor and committed suicide by jumping.<ref name="esse_Form">{{Cite web| title = Former Playboy Model Jumps To Her Death With 7-Year-Old Son| author = Danielle, Britni| work = Essence.com| date = 2018-05-21| accessdate = 2018-05-21| url = https://www.essence.com/news/former-playboy-model-jumps-death-son}}</ref> The |
On the evening of May 17, 2018, Adams with her seven-year-old son Vincent, checked into a 25th-floor penthouse in the Gotham Hotel on 46th Street in [[Manhattan]]. The next morning, both were found dead on a second-floor balcony in the hotel's rear courtyard. According to law enforcement officials, Adams and her husband were involved in a custody battle, and hours before checking into the hotel, Adams told the ''[[New York Post]]'' that her husband and his lawyer were preventing her from taking her son on vacation.<ref name=SFGate /> Adams pushed her son off the 25th floor and committed suicide by jumping.<ref name="esse_Form">{{Cite web| title = Former Playboy Model Jumps To Her Death With 7-Year-Old Son| author = Danielle, Britni| work = Essence.com| date = 2018-05-21| accessdate = 2018-05-21| url = https://www.essence.com/news/former-playboy-model-jumps-death-son}}</ref> The death of the child was ruled a homicide and the death of the mother a suicide.<ref name="peop_Deat">{{Cite web| title = Death of Former Playboy Centerfold and Son Ruled Murder-Suicide After She Jumped From N.Y.C. Hotel| author = Adams, Char| work = PEOPLE.com| date = 2018-05-21| accessdate = 2018-05-21| url = http://people.com/crime/death-playboy-centerfold-son-murder-suicide/}}</ref><ref name="nyda_Form">{{Cite web| title = Former Playboy model Stephanie Adams pushed 7-year-old son before suicide plunge from hotel penthouse| last = RAY | first = ESHA| work = nydailynews.com| date = 21 May 2018| accessdate = 2018-05-21| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/playboy-model-pushed-son-jumped-death-police-article-1.4001944}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:41, 23 May 2018
Stephanie Adams | |
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Playboy centerfold appearance | |
November 1992 | |
Preceded by | Tiffany Sloan |
Succeeded by | Barbara Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Orange, New Jersey, U.S.[1] | July 24, 1970
Died | May 18, 2018 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 47)
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
Stephanie Adams (July 24, 1970 – May 18, 2018)[1][2] was an American model and author. She was the November 1992 Playboy Playmate.
On May 18, 2018, Adams killed her seven year-old son and herself.[3] According to the New York City Police Department, Adams pushed her son out of a 25th-story window, before jumping herself.[3][4]
Early life
Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey,[1] and was raised by her aunts Joyce and Pearl, former models who encouraged her to begin modeling at the age of 16.[5] She was of African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee ancestry[6][7] and claimed to be a direct descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.[8]
Career
Adams graduated from Ophelia DeVore School of Charm and began a career as a model, appearing in photo shoots for Seventeen magazine, Venus Swimwear, and commercial advertisements for Clairol.[5] She appeared as "Miss November 1992" in Playboy magazine[1] while modeling for Wilhelmina Models. She later moved to Elite Model Management after becoming engaged to its CEO, John Casablancas.[9]
Adams earned a bachelor's degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1992.[9][10][11][12] She made a cameo appearance for the "Top 10" list on the Late Show with David Letterman on November 20, 2003, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Playboy magazine.[13] She appeared on the cover of The Village Voice in 2005.[14]
In 1999, Adams founded Goddessy, according to her a portmanteau of "goddess" and "odyssey". She published her first book in 2003, and started her own publishing company in 2007. Following the death of her aunt from breast cancer in 2003, she dedicated more of her time to writing. That same year, she published a book dedicated to her deceased aunt titled He Only Takes The Best, followed by another book written in honor of her elderly Aunt Pearl titled Guardian. Adams has produced about two dozen metaphysical books, astrology calendars and a tarot card set marketed under the Goddessy brand.[6][15] She also published a novel titled Empress in 2004 featuring women in ancient Rome.[16]
Adams was founder and CEO of the skin care product company Goddessy Organics.[17][18] With her husband, she was co-owner of Wall Street Chiropractic and Wellness.[19]
Personal life
Early in her career, Adams was married to an Italian investment banker, but later divorced.[16] In a February 2003 She magazine cover story, Adams came out as a lesbian, the first Playmate to have done so.[20] In their 2004 "Best of" feature, The Village Voice declared her the "Best lesbian sex symbol", saying it was "hard to turn a page in a queer rag without seeing the willowy model peeking out in a bikini, or nothing at all".[21] However, in 2009 Adams announced that she was engaged to marry a man,[22][23] and about the same time, described herself in an interview as straight.[24] After her marriage to a New York doctor, Adams said she was retiring from public life and would spend most of her time privately with her husband and son.[25]
In May 2006, during a dispute over where to drop her off, a New York City taxi driver called the police and falsely reported that Adams was armed with a gun and had threatened to shoot him.[26][27] The taxi driver's license was subsequently revoked and he was fined $2,700 for the incident.[28][29] Adams alleged that during the incident police threw her to the ground, causing injuries to her neck and back.[30] Adams filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department in 2006. In February 2012, a jury awarded her $1.2 million, $400,000 more than had been sought by her lawyer.[31][32][33] Adams stated that she had "no animosity toward the NYPD".[34][35]
Death
On the evening of May 17, 2018, Adams with her seven-year-old son Vincent, checked into a 25th-floor penthouse in the Gotham Hotel on 46th Street in Manhattan. The next morning, both were found dead on a second-floor balcony in the hotel's rear courtyard. According to law enforcement officials, Adams and her husband were involved in a custody battle, and hours before checking into the hotel, Adams told the New York Post that her husband and his lawyer were preventing her from taking her son on vacation.[2] Adams pushed her son off the 25th floor and committed suicide by jumping.[36] The death of the child was ruled a homicide and the death of the mother a suicide.[37][38]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Stephanie Adams". playboy.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Former Playboy model Stephanie Adams killed her son before plunging to her death". Newsweek. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Playboy model pushed 7-year-old son before suicide plunge from hotel". palmbeachpost. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ a b "Stephanie Adams homepage". stephanieadams.com. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ a b Voo, Jocelyn (April 2005). "Honing her craft". Curve. Outspoken Enterprises. p. 57. Archived from the original on December 2, 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
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(help) - ^ Adams, Stephanie. Goddessy 2009 Monthly Horoscopes & Photo Calendar. Goddessy. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ Mongelli, Lorena; Golding, Bruce (November 20, 2013). "'Fired for being too cute' by ex-Playmate boss". New York Post. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ a b Marcus Baram. "Live and Uncensored: It's Dave". Observer. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ "Fairleigh Dickinson University graduation certificate". Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ Playboy – November 1992 – Vol. 39 No. 11, p. 115
- ^ "Stephanie Adams". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Show #2080, Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, November 20, 2003
- ^ Village Voice – June 22–28, 2005 – Vol. L No. 25
- ^ Diane Wilde, "Cover to Cover", She Magazine, September 2003, p. 16.
- ^ a b Lester, Neal A.; Goggin, Maureen Daly (December 28, 2007). Racialized Politics of Desire in Personal Ads. Lexington Books. pp. 151–. ISBN 9780739122082. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ "Who we are", Goddessy Organics, Accessed July 5, 2014
- ^ Janene Mascarella, "Cheap tricks 17 ways to look beautiful for less", Parade, Condé Nast, May 8, 2014. Accessed July 5, 2014.
- ^ Abigail Rubenstein, "'Too Cute' Yoga Teacher Can't Show Bias, Ex-Bosses Say", Law360, February 10, 2014, Accessed June 30, 2014
- ^ Megan Cossey, "Pioneering Playmate: As the first Playboy centerfold to come out of the closet, Stephanie Adams is hopping down a brand new bunny trail", She Magazine, February 2003. Reproduced within this page of "brief versions of a few articles" within Adams' Goddessy.com. See also: Shazia Khan, "Gay Pride Week: Same-Sex Marriage Debate Looms Over Annual Festivities", NY1 News, June 21, 2004; "Playmate Sues Taxi Driver, NYC Police". USA Today. September 22, 2006. All three retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ^ Kramer Bussel, Rachel (2004). "The Best of NYC". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Playboy bunny Stephanie Adams playing straight". New York Post. November 9, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ "First Lesbian Playboy Playmate Engaged To A Dude!". Radar Online. November 9, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Sandi (November 17, 2009). "Intrvw w/ Playboy Bunny Stephanie Adams" (podcast, just before 9 minutes in). The Lesbian Mafia. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
- ^ Press release, Goddessy.com (undated).
- ^ Hays, Tom (September 25, 2006). "Former playmate sues NYPD, taxi driver". Associated Press. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Standora, Leo (August 25, 2006). "Cabbie Catches Hail From Bunn". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Hayes, Melissa (May 2, 2010). "Former Playmate, Stephanie Adams, fights in Hudson court for custody of aunt". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Olshan, Jeremy (August 2, 2006). "PLAYMATE A VAMPIRE, CABBY SAID". New York Post. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ Gregorian, Dareh. "Playboy gal sues cops over takedown". New York Post. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Neil, Martha (February 22, 2012). "Model Who Said Her Skintight Outfit Showed She Wasn't Armed Wins $1.2M in NYPD Excessive-Force Suit". ABA Journal. American Bar Association. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Martinez, Edecio. "Ex-Playboy Playmate wins $1.2M for rough treatment by NYPD". CBS News. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Chow, Andrew (February 23, 2012). "Ex-Playmate Strips NYC of $1.2M in Jury Verdict". FindLaw. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ "Roughed-up ex-Playmate Stephanie Adams has no animosity toward the NYPD". 10 news. February 23, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ "Former playmate talks about $1.2 million lawsuit". YouTube: New York Daily News. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ^ Danielle, Britni (May 21, 2018). "Former Playboy Model Jumps To Her Death With 7-Year-Old Son". Essence.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Adams, Char (May 21, 2018). "Death of Former Playboy Centerfold and Son Ruled Murder-Suicide After She Jumped From N.Y.C. Hotel". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ RAY, ESHA (May 21, 2018). "Former Playboy model Stephanie Adams pushed 7-year-old son before suicide plunge from hotel penthouse". nydailynews.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Stephanie Adams on Twitter
- Stephanie Adams at Playboy Online
- Stephanie Adams at IMDb
- 1970 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Orange, New Jersey
- Writers from New York (state)
- Fairleigh Dickinson University alumni
- Native American writers
- American astrologers
- 20th-century astrologers
- 21st-century astrologers
- African-American writers
- American writers
- American metaphysics writers
- American occult writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Playboy Playmates (1990–1999)
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American writers
- Female models from New Jersey
- Female suicides
- Suicides by jumping in the United States
- Filicides