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A former Playboy Playmate killed herself and her 7 year old son in a murder suicide leap from a Midtown hotel penthouse Friday amid a bitter custody battle with her estranged husband, sources told The Post.
The bodies of Stephanie Adams canada goose outlet canada and her son, Vincent, were https://www.nationaalzweminstituuteindhoven.nl found on canada goose uk black friday a second floor balcony area by a guest at the Gotham Hotel, police said.
Adams, 47, had been battling with her husband, uk canada goose Manhattan chiropractor Charles Nicolai, in court, canada goose outlet and the dispute had heated up Tuesday when he filed a motion for sole custody of the boy, said his lawyer, William Beslow.
Then, on Wednesday, a judge denied Adams permission to take the boy away for the summer to Spain, where her boyfriend lives, a longtime friend said. Thursday and railed against the ruling. She sounded distraught but gave no hint as to what she was about to do.
“All I want to do is take my son and get away from cheap canada goose this nightmare canada goose outlet black friday for a few days,” she said in the two minute phone call, “but they won’t let me.”
Adams had been ordered by the judge to hand over her son’s canada goose black friday sale passport to ensure that she complied with the order.
Nicolai, 47, had joint custody canada goose outlet jackets of Vincent and was in a “total state of shock” over the deaths of Adams and their son, who was “the center” of his life, according to cheap canada goose uk Beslow.
“He’s numb, as one would expect,” the lawyer said. Thursday.
Sources said the pair never left the room until their fatal plunge at around 8:15 the Canada Goose Outlet next morning.
“I suspect the boy went first. The mother just canada goose outlet nyc tossed the child out first, then followed him. [Guests] said they heard a light sound first, then a heavier sound,” said a bell captain at the hotel, who gave Canada Goose sale his name only as Shaun L. “I’m still shook up about it.”
It didn’t appear that Adams left a suicide note.
The former couple’s friends and lawyers said Vincent had been the apple of their eye.
“This boy was her canada goose outlet new york city whole canada goose clearance life. This is terrible,” said a friend of Adams.
Adams had home schooled official canada goose outlet her kid to keep him cheap canada goose close, said the pal, who knew the ex model for two decades.
“She was so close to that child. She wouldn’t even let [him] go to school,” the friend said. “People have these lives you don’t even know about. I didn’t see suicide.”
A close buddy of Nicolai’s called him “an amazing, caring father.”
“I can remember him talking about when his son first learned to read. He was a very excited father, canada goose outlet shop buy canada goose jacket cheap very proud,” the pal said. She was seeking child support.
Their marriage had apparently been toxic.
Sources said there were 10 domestic incident reports between them, although not all of them were against each other. Some involved Adams and an unidentified woman.
Adams filed at least three complaints of child abuse against Nicolai in May 2016, August 2017 and September 2017 but canada goose jacket outlet all were deemed “unfounded” by child welfare officials, according to court documents obtained by The Post.
Nicolai also was arrested Feb. 9 after Adams claimed he fed Vincent foods that the boy was allergic to but the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office declined to prosecute, court records show.
To avoid further conflicts, canada goose black friday sale the parents goose outlet canada would have to meet at the 1st Precinct station house in Tribeca to hand over Vincent to each other.
But Beslow insisted Nicolai was “as pure as they come.”
“He was very patient in the system. We never made a motion until the other day, when we had to,” he said, referring to the custody request.