Former Playboy Model Jumps To Her Death With 7-Year-Old Son In Her Arms

A former Playboy model who was Playboy's Miss November 1992 took a fatal leap off the 25th story balcony of her penthouse suite with her 7-year-old son in her arms. Police identified 47-year-old Stephanie Adams and her son Vincent after discovering their bodies Friday. Adams has spent the last several years mired in lawsuits, failed relationships, and custody battles over her son after separating from her estranged husband Charles Nicolai.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I&#39;m no <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/angel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#angel</a>…but I do have <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/archangel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#archangel</a> qualities, which is why I am the perfect &quot;model&quot; for creating <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/art?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#art</a> with archangels. So here I am… <a href="https://t.co/Ub6wcNa0lK">pic.twitter.com/Ub6wcNa0lK</a></p>&mdash; Stephanie Adams (@stephanieadams) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanieadams/status/880419760827224064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>

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Adam's and Vincent's bodies were found on a second-story landing in the Gotham Hotel's rear courtyard. NYPD Chief of Manhattan Detectives William Aubrey said the pair checked into the hotel around 6 p.m. Thursday and leaped off the balcony around 8:15 a.m. Friday morning. "Early this morning investigators located an individual whose attention was drawn to that same second-floor area when he heard two loud noises," Aubrey said at a press conference Friday. "His attention was drawn to that and he discovered these two deceased individuals."

Wednesday, Adams appeared before a judge in a Manhattan Supreme Court to request that she be able to take her son to Europe where her boyfriend resides. The 47-year-old Nicolai's lawyer demanded that Adams turn over the child's passport and ultimately the judge sided with Nicolai and denied her request to leave the country with Vincent. A friend of the couple told The Post in March that visitation exchanges between the two parents were so toxic they were required to take place at the First Precinct in Tribeca. "It ensures no violence takes place," the friend said.

Nicolai is the owner of Wall Street Chiropractic & Wellness and Adam's used to handle the companies finances. Adam's filed for divorce from Nicolai in 2017 and was seeking child support. She also reportedly owed money to her lawyers. The New York Post's Richard Johnson interviewed Adams as recently as Thursday and she told him, "All I want to do is take my son and get away from this nightmare for a few days but they won't let me."

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Adam's recently won a lawsuit against the NYPD for $1.2 million after she was thrown to the ground by an officer who claimed she pulled a gun on him resulting in injuries. She told Urbasm in 2014 that she was a "wickedly accurate sharpshooter" and had trained with "Special Forces, Secret Service, and Navy Seals.

"I prefer shooting to shopping and — although I might look girly, I am far from it," Adams said. "As far as anything else; well, as much as there is written about me, there is so much more to me. No one truly knows me but my family and I often surprise them once in a while. Mystery and controversy have always stood guard beside me, seldom allowing folks to get close enough to know more about me and I kind of like that, so let’s stop there."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Children First…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peaceful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peaceful</a> guidelines to help them better cope with divorce and most importantly always feel loved. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Children?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Children</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Support?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Support</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Love?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Love</a> <a href="https://t.co/8HCUVqLGY4">https://t.co/8HCUVqLGY4</a></p>&mdash; Stephanie Adams (@stephanieadams) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanieadams/status/938237999854292992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2017</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Children First…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Peaceful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Peaceful</a> guidelines to help them better cope with divorce and most importantly always feel loved. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Children?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Children</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Support?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Support</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Love?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Love</a> <a href="https://t.co/8HCUVqLGY4">https://t.co/8HCUVqLGY4</a></p>&mdash; Stephanie Adams (@stephanieadams) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanieadams/status/938237999854292992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2017</a></blockquote>

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The former Playboy model tweeted about divorce and putting children first in recent months saying, "The best decision many women will ever make is to file for one immediately." Another tweet said, "Children First…#Peaceful guidelines to help them better cope with divorce and most importantly always feel loved." In a caption posted with a selfie, Adams called herself an "archangel" and a "perfect model".

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Source: https://nypost.com/2018/05/18/playboy-playmate-took-young-son-on-fatal-leap-from-nyc-building/