On Monday, May 21st, news broke that Stephanie Adams and her son died after falling from a New York City hotel window. Stephanie and her son were found unconscious on the second-floor terrace of the Gotham Hotel.
The incident occurred on May 18th. According to reports, Stephanie Adams pushed her seven-year-old son, Vincent, out of the window of her penthouse suite at the Gotham hotel, before jumping out herself.
@intouchweeklyTheir bodies were discovered around 8:15 AM. New York City Police have now confirmed that the deaths were by murder-suicide.
The New York City medical examiner's office originally ruled Stephanie's death a suicide, but have now confirmed that Vincent's death has been ruled a homicide. An autopsy revealed that the mother and son both died from multiple blunt impact injuries.
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So who is Stephanie Adams? The 46-year-old was famous for being a Playboy centerfold model. She also wrote self-help books, ran an organic beauty products company and managed her husband's doctor's office.
At the time of the suicide, Stephanie was in a horrible custody battle with her husband, Charles Nicolai.
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Stephanie and Charles were estranged for quite some time. The dispute had turned sour when Charles filed a motion to get sole custody of their son on May 15th, which was only days before the murder-suicide.
According to reports, their marriage had been extremely toxic. Sources reported that there were 10 domestic incident reports between Charles and Stephanie.
Stephanie reportedly filed at least three complaints of child abuse against her ex-husband in May 2016, August 2017 and September 2017 but they were all deemed "unfounded" by child-welfare officials.
Source: Hollywood Life, CNN.