IN JAMAICA: Missing for 10 years, Simone Neil.... St Elizabeth mom's pre-dawn departure, health challenges spur vigorous debate...On June 18, 2005, Neil disappeared without a trace, leaving behind her passport, birth certificate, clothes, and her cellular phone with every contact number deleted..."MOMMY, kiss my little brother for me, and in case of anything, be brave."

BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, January 18, 2015  

"MOMMY, kiss my little brother for me, and in case of anything, be brave."

Those were the last words that Erica Holness heard from her then 24-year-old daughter, Simone Neil, while she lived at New Forest, St Elizabeth, 10 years ago.

Simone Neil, missing

On June 18, 2005, Neil disappeared without a trace, leaving behind her passport, birth certificate, clothes, and her cellular phone with every contact number deleted.

Holness said that after the phone call she became very concerned, as she knew that her daughter was going through a deep state of depression. Shortly afterwards, she got a call informing her that her eldest of three children was missing.

Today, family and community members are torn between two opinions. Did the beautiful light-skinned girl who was accustomed to a flashy lifestyle leave on her own free will and is still alive? Or is she dead?

Family members of Simone Neil (left to right)
 Dave Holness, Juliet Holness, Nicolea
Morgan and the missing woman’s
son David Golding.
 (PHOTOS: GREGORY BENNETT

"She is my first daughter and sometimes I have sleepless nights - even last night," the mother of three who resides in the United States told the Jamaica Observer in a telephone conversation last Thursday. "It's been hard for me. But to be honest she was very depressed."

At the time that Neil went missing, family members said she left in the wee hours of the morning, without taking her then three-year-old son.

Holness explained that her daughter suffered from depression after she gave birth in June 2002 to David Golding (DJ). The child was born with Down's Syndrome, and also had a hole in his heart. She said that the child's father could not accept this fact, or come to grips with a special needs child, and began to accuse Neil of infidelity, while also declaring that the child did not look like him, thus segregating himself from both mother and child. more

ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN JAMAICA: CNN exposé on extremist Jamaican Imam who supports ISIS and inspired many to commit terrorist attacks all over the world

Post by Matthew Thomas.

IN JAMAICA: Alia Atkinson (swimmer), Nicholas Walters (boxer) - Sportsman and Sportswoman for 2014.... Atkinson became the first black woman to win a gold medal at a swimming world championship & Walters successfully defended the WBA World Featherweight title and later won the WBA Super World Featherweight crown

Friday, January 16, 2015 | 11:37 PM 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Swimmer Alia Atkinson and boxer Nicholas Walters are the 2014 RJR Sports Foundation's National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year (2014).

 Boxer Nicholas Walters and swimmer Alia Atkinson

Atkinson became the first black woman to win a gold medal at a swimming world championship, in the process equalling the world record in the 100m breaststroke.

The last time a non-track and field person won the award was in 1976 when cricketer Vivalyn Latty-Scott triumphed.

Atkinson joins Belinda Phillips (1974) and Frances Noble (1968) as the only other swimmers to have won this prestigious  award. Kaliese Spencer was the runner-up. Spencer was listed at the end of 2014 as the top 400m hurdler in the world.

Nicholas 'Axeman' Walters became the first boxer in 24 years to win the award, the last being Michael 'The Body Snatcher' McCallum in 1990.

Walters successfully defended the WBA World Featherweight title and later won the WBA Super World Featherweight crown to remain undefeated in 25 professional fights. O'Dayne Richards was the runner-up for winning the shot-put at the Commonwealth Games.

The 2014 Sports Awards is a landmark one for the RJR Foundation as it is the 10th year that RJR is staging the event.more

JAMAICAN and past student of Vere Technical High, Jeneil Williams, model featured in L'Oreal Paris' make-up video

Friday, January 16, 2015

Jeneil Williams

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican-born international model Jeneil Williams on Friday shared a L'Oreal Paris video with OBSERVER ONLINE in which she is the only black woman featured.

The video highlights the company’s new Infallible 24H-Matte foundation.

Jeneil Williams at Video Shoot

In the 32-second video, close-ups of Jeneil's face and skin can be seen as she, along with a few other models declared: “I don’t just wear it, I live it”.

Jeneil Williams

Jeneil, a past student of Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, has made strides in the global modeling industry and has been featured on the cover of Vogue as well as the Pirelli calendar.

She also shared the video on her Facebook page.

OBSERVER ONLINE brings you a few screenshots from the video.

WEH DEM A DO! Mavado says former colleague behind attacks....to have him deported from the United States....Created on the White House's website on Sunday by Maryland resident Trudy A Miller, the petition stated that the dancehall entertainer is a non-residing felon living in the USA.

BY SIMONE MORGAN Observer reporter morgans@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, January 17, 2015    

DANCEHALL artiste Mavado has responded to a recent petition to have him deported from the United States.

In an exclusive with the Jamaica Observer, Mavado — whose given name is David Brooks -- said a former business associate is behind the scheme.

DANCEHALL artiste Mavado

"Is somebody that used to work with me. Me find out him no real and let him go, so a fi him way dis to get back at me. I don't know if him create the page or ask someone to do it, but he is the mastermind behind everything," said Mavado.

The singjay, however, declined to name the former associate.

Created on the White House's website on Sunday by Maryland resident Trudy A Miller, the petition stated that the dancehall entertainer is a non-residing felon living in the USA. It further stated that it is "grossly unfair that undocumented immigrants with no serious criminal records are deported daily, while a convicted felon, such as Mavado, has carte blanche to live and work here".

So far, fewer than 10 persons have signed the petition.

Mavado said this is not the first time that his reputation and music career have been attacked by this individual.

"This individual has contacted several media outlets and told them that I had limited amount of days to leave the States, among a bunch of other things; all of which are lies," he said.

The singjay said he has contracted the services of an immigration attorney, who is handling the matter.

"I have been living here [the United States] for three years. My wife and two of my kids are Americans and I have never committed a crime here. All I am doing is spending time with my family while doing music," he said.

A member of DJ Khaled's We the Best Music Group, Mavado said he is busy working on his upcoming 16-track album slated to be released in May.

On Thursday the singjay released I Ain't Going Back Broke, a collaboration with hip-hop artistes Ace Hood and Future. A mixtape entitled The Hands of the Gully God will also be released in two weeks.

Sister Nancy's "Bam Bam" tops iTunes iTunes Reggae Top 100 Chart....Recorded in the mid-1980s for producer Winston Riley

Saturday, January 17, 2015    

Bam Bam, a three decade-old single from deejay Sister Nancy, is receiving a new lease on life. It currently holds the number one spot on the iTunes Reggae Top 100 Chart.

Recorded in the mid-1980s for producer Winston Riley, the track is from the album One Two.

Sister Nancy

Bam Bam is one of two Jamaican songs on the soundtrack of the controversial movie The Interview. The Vybz Kartel-penned Pon de Floor, performed by EDM group Major Laser, is the other.

The Interview had a limited release by Sony on Christmas Day in the United States. The comedy, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen, surrounds a plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

The movie angered North Korea, which threatened military strikes against the United States if it was released. Sony initially postponed the release but it opened it on Christmas Day in only 331 cinemas.

Sister Nancy (given name Ophlin Russell-Myers) is the younger sister of veteran deejay Brigadier Jerry. She is a bank accountant in New Jersey and still performs in North America and Europe. more

Dr. Fuhrman's Nutritarian Pyramid...is based on the principles of high nutrient eating as illustrated by his Health Equation: Health = Nutrients / Calories (H = N / C). Low-calorie, nutrient dense foods are at the base of the pyramid, and high-calorie, nutrient poor foods are at the top. As nutrient density decreases, the quantity of room in the diet decreases.

Dr. Fuhrman’s Nutritarian food pyramid is based on the principles of high nutrient eating as illustrated by his Health Equation: Health = Nutrients / Calories (H = N / C). Low-calorie, nutrient dense foods are at the base of the pyramid, and high-calorie, nutrient poor foods are at the top. As nutrient density decreases, the quantity of room in the diet decreases.

Nutritional science in the last twenty years has demonstrated that colorful plant foods contain a huge assortment of protective compounds, most of which still remain unnamed. Only by eating an assortment of nutrient-rich natural foods can we access these protective compounds and prevent the common diseases that afflict Americans. Our modern, low-nutrient eating style has led to an overweight population, the majority of whom develop diseases of nutritional ignorance, causing our medical costs to spiral out of control.

The base of the pyramid – the foundation of the diet, foods consumed in the highest quantity – should be the foods with the highest ratios of nutrients to calories – these are vegetables. Ninety percent of the daily diet should be made up of nutrient rich plant foods, whose calories are accompanied by health-promoting phytochemicals: green and other non-starchy vegetables; fresh fruits; beans and legumes; raw nuts, seeds, and avocados; starchy vegetables; and whole grains.

If desired, the remaining 10% of the diet may include minimally processed foods such as tortillas, coarsely-ground or sprouted whole grain breads or cereals, tofu, tempeh and a limited amount of animal products, preferably not more than 5 percent of total caloric intake. By keeping low nutrient foods to a minimum and striving to eat at least 90% of calories from the unrefined plant foods that comprise the base of the pyramid each day, you construct a health-promoting, disease-preventing diet. This high nutrient eating style is considered a Nutritarian™ diet. more

SEX AND HEALTH By Walter Last.....According to psychological studies and statistics in the longer term the vast majority of sexual relationships cause more distress and unhappiness rather than happiness...Sexual factors that may contribute to health problems are nutrient deficiencies, hormonal and bio-energetic imbalances, and emotional distress. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

By Walter Last

According to psychological studies and statistics in the longer term the vast majority of sexual relationships cause more distress and unhappiness rather than happiness. It is obvious, at least to me, that stress due to failing relationships also has a major impact on our health, emotionally and biologically. Even medical thinking now regards stress as an underlying problem that aggravates all other diseases.

Getting ready (Stock Photo)

Sexual factors that may contribute to health problems are nutrient deficiencies, hormonal and bio-energetic imbalances, and emotional distress. Several of these may be involved in any one case, and they cannot always be identified.

Nutrient deficiencies relate mainly to loss of ejaculate. The seminal fluid is high in zinc and requires much vitamin B6 and omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oils and linseed oil. Deficiency of these is widespread, especially in teenage boys with frequent loss of seminal fluid. The same deficiencies are common in schizophrenia, which starts most frequently in teenage boys. I believe that there is a causal connection.

Formerly doctors maintained that excessive masturbation could lead to insanity. They may have been right after all although, without proper investigation, modern medicine dismisses this as a myth. Zinc deficiency also leads to underdeveloped male sexual organs and later in life to enlargement of the prostate gland. By pointing out these connections I do not want to create guilt about masturbation but rather improve nutritional awareness. Also orgasm and schizophrenia are both associated with high and unstable levels of dopamine, while during depression dopamine levels are low.

A medical arthritis specialist observed that arthritis tends to get worse with frequent ejaculation (Arthritis can be Cured by Bernard Aschner, MD, The Julian Press, 1957, or Arco Publ. N.Y.).

Hormonal imbalances, especially dopamine excess or deficiency seem to be the greatest contributors to addictive behaviours, such as drug abuse, compulsive behavior and gambling as well as aggression, violence and attention deficit disorder. Oxytocin, on the other hand, has a beneficial influence on these problems. For a referenced discussion of this subject see http://www.reuniting.info/science/sex_and_addiction.

The main factor in raising our stress levels is probably the inability to discharge bio-energetic static. One common example is watching exciting movies that fire us up, and then going to bed without releasing the induced tension. It is likewise with conventional sex. Initially the body may get charged with skin stimulation and anticipation, but then there is little release, especially for women, if the union lasts for less than 30 minutes. No wonder many women develop emotional problems and gynaecological or nervous complaints, or just switch off and abstain from sex. Men, being less emotionally aware, may just develop physical symptoms instead, such as hypertension, heart disease, prostate problems or impotence. more

North Miami Beach Police Use Mug Shots Of African-Americans For Target Practice..."The public thinks there should be one woman and one white man and one black, but that's not really what test is about," Katerman said. "We have targets of all races."

The Huffington Post |  By Michael McLaughlin Email Posted: 01/15/2015 8:29 pm ES

Officers from a South Florida police department are drawing fire after getting caught using photos of real-life suspects for target practice.

Critics told NBC South Florida, which first reported the controversy, that the North Miami Beach cops are racially insensitive because the six mug shots used at the firing range feature only African-American suspects.  A Florida National Guard sergeant arrived at the shooting range on a Saturday last month for training and recognized her brother's 15-year-old booking photo among the bullet-riddled targets left behind by North Miami Beach police officers, the station said.

Major Kathy Katerman told HuffPost that the department has multiple lineups for target practice. Some feature only white men, others are all Latino and one features photos of only women.

"The public thinks there should be one woman and one white man and one black, but that's not really what test is about," Katerman said. "We have targets of all races."

Police Chief Scott Dennis told NBC South Florida that officers used poor judgment. No one would be punished, however, Dennis said.

The misstep was reminiscent of a flap in 2013 over a Port Canaveral, Florida police sergeant who was fired for distributing targets of Trayvon Martin for shooting practice. Martin was the 17-year-old unarmed teenager who was followed and fatally shot by George Zimmerman in February 2012. more

Body Of Woman, Carmen Yarira Esparza Noriega, a 27-year-old psychology graduate Missing For 10 Months Found In Apartment Water Tank

The Huffington Post |  By Hilary Hanson Email Posted: 01/15/2015 11:21 am EST 

The body of a woman missing for almost a year was found floating in an apartment building’s water tank in Mexico City.

Carmen Yarira Esparza Noriega, a 27-year-old psychology graduate and aspiring actress, was reported missing last February, according to Fox News Latino. Family and friends feared the woman had been kidnapped and forced into a sex trafficking ring, according to Mexican newspaper El Milenio. “But it seems,” her friend, 30-year-oldJavier Paz, told the Daily Mail, “that her body was back in her apartment block the whole time.”

Three weeks ago, residents at the Grand Chapuletepec, where Esparza Noriega had lived, began complaining about the taste of the tap water. An investigation found that inside the tank was a severely decomposed body, which officials were able to identify as the missing woman by her breast and hip implants.

A police spokesman told the Daily Mail that investigators are attempting to determine her cause of death. more

IN JAMAICA: MURDER-SUICIDE, Woman cop, 28-year-old Pagiet Davie among two killed in suspected murder-suicide...."She was a person who was determined; she loved life and she was goal-oriented"

BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, January 16, 2015    

A female police corporal and her male partner were yesterday killed in what was suspected to be a case of murder-suicide.

The bodies of 28-year-old Pagiet Davie and her common-law partner, Sheldon Douse, were found at their Fairview Park home with gunshot wounds in the morning.

Police theorised that Douse killed Davie in her sleep before turning the gun on himself. They leave behind a three-year-old son.

The incident left relatives, friends and colleagues of the slain cop in shock.

"All now I cannot believe that something like this happen. All now I feel as if I am dreaming. This can't be real!" exclaimed on unidentified family member who was on the scene.

But the news was particularly difficult to absorb for Davie's mother, 53-year-old Pauline White, who said that she could not have imagined that when her daughter visited her home last Friday, it would be her last time.

"We didn't talk about a lot of things. She had just stopped by the house to say hello and to see if I was okay as she normally does," said White, tears streaming down her face as her gaze switched between her now orphaned grandson playing with a toy truck and a photo of her daughter in happier times.

"She was a person who was determined; she loved life and she was goal-oriented. All now I can't believe that something like this happened. When the year started I never envision anything like this," White told the Jamaica Observer. more

Gangsters causing unease in Kingston Western police division...following the shooting death of two men, including a gang leader on Wednesday. Killed were 40-year-old Brian Belnavis and 37-year-old Ricardo Kerr, who went by the alias 'Shabba'

Friday, January 16, 2015    

A tense calm prevailed in the Kingston Western police division yesterday following the shooting death of two men, including a gang leader on Wednesday.

Crime scene (Observer file photo)

In the first incident, 40-year-old Brian Belnavis was shot and killed by gunmen at about 4:00 pm while he was driving a motorcycle through sections of the community. About three hours later, in what was suspected to be a reprisal killing, 37-year-old Ricardo Kerr, who went by the alias 'Shabba', was attacked and shot by gunmen while he was at a shop in the neighbouring community of Jones Town. The gunmen fled the community.

Steve McGregor, senior superintendent in charge of the police division, said yesterday that residents in the community were on edge, but sought to assure them that they had nothing to fear.

"Police are moving to clamp down on any possible violent flare-up so we want to assure the residents," McGregor said. "We want to call on members of the community to not take matters into their [own] hands but to allow the police to do their job."

Meanwhile, McGregor also disclosed that there was unease in Denham Town as a result of fighting among gangs. more

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15 Tips For Healthier Meals In 2015....1) Start your day with breakfast 2) Consume three to six meals each day 3) Eat or drink at least five servings of YOUR favourite fruits and vegetables every day 4) Eat at least quarter-cup of peas and, or beans daily and increase as tolerated 5) Consume at least one small handful of nuts (raw, roasted/ baked) every day & MORE....

Marsha N. Woolery, Contributor Published: Wednesday | January 14, 2015 
Another year has begun, plans and decisions have been made - 'I will go to church', 'I will be a better friend, parent, spouse', 'I will eat healthier, exercise, take my medication as prescribed' - and the list goes on and on and on.

Breakfast

When planning to make changes, it is important to be aware of the real reason the change is desired. Ask yourself, 'Will this change benefit me?' Rate the benefit on a scale of one to 10 - 'What is the level of importance?'

The more important the change is to YOU, the more likely YOU are to succeed at making this desired change.

Many of us in 2015 have decided to prepare and consume healthier meals and snacks, but I believe it is important to assess our eating habits to be aware of the real changes that need to be made. Most times than not, it is just a few things that we need to adjust in order to make healthier food choices.

Here are some practical tips towards healthier eating in 2015:

Nuts

1 Start your day with breakfast. Break your fast with healthy fooditems, a mixture of at least one food from two food groups. For example, milk (cow's or soy) and bread/ crackers/oats, fruit and nuts. Carbohydrates from the bread and fruit provide energy to jump-start the day and the milk and nuts provide protein to prevent the hunger that occurs mid-morning or a few hours after waking up.

2 Consume three to six meals each day. The number and size of meals consumed depend on your preference, physical activity, illness, medications and recommendations from a trained and registered medical professional. Eating more often (four to six times per day) also means consuming less or breaking up 'regular-sized' meals into smaller amounts.

Fruits

3 Eat or drink at least five servings of YOUR favourite fruits and vegetables every day. One serving is half-cup fruit or half-cup cooked vegetables or half-cup unsweetened juice. Use vegetable and fruits to add colour to your meals or snacks. The more colours consumed during the day means a healthier body.

4 Eat at least quarter-cup of peas and, or beans daily and increase as tolerated. String beans do NOT count as peas and beans because of immature or 'young' beans inside of pod. String bean is considered a vegetable. more

HAPPY 86Th BIRTHDAY, To Activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

HAPPY 86Th BIRTHDAY, To Activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) - Arguably, the one name, most synonymous with Black Civil Rights in America, is that of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He literally moved an entire nation to action during the 1960s, with his nonviolent approach to protesting the injustices inflicted upon Black Americans. During his lifetime -- Despite being beaten, stabbed, stoned, jailed and threatened daily -- Dr, King remained committed to the concept of Peace.In1964, at age 34, he became the youngest person to with the Nobel Peace Prize.As a speaker, he was equally as impressive. His "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered at the 1963, March On Washington, is considered one of the greatest orations of the 20th century.Dr. King was murdered April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN. To date, he is the ONLY BLACK AMERICAN TO HAVE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN HIS HONOR.

Nearly half of young JAMAICAN'S would give up citizenship - for foreign opportunities, says UWI study.... "Further yet, 60 per cent believe that the country is not being managed effectively and 62 per cent noted that the current leaders do not have the capacity to manage the country's affairs,"

Thursday, January 15, 2015

A University of the West Indies (UWI) study has found that nearly half of Jamaica's young people would be willing to give up their citizenship, most for better opportunities in another country.

According to the researchers, more effort is needed to
address the decaying values and attitudes among Jamaica’s
 youth population.

The National Youth Values and Attitudes Survey, which was conducted in April last year by UWI's Centre for Leadership and Governance (CLG), found that 43.2 per cent of respondents below age 18 would be willing to relinquish their Jamaican citizenship while nearly half the number of young adults, 49.3 per cent, indicated that they would.

The survey targeted 1,000 Jamaican youths from ages 14 to 25 from a total youth population of 627,026. It covered Jamaica's 14 parishes and carries a margin of error of four per cent and a confidence level of 95 per cent, according to CLG.

Meanwhile, the survey also found that only 35 per cent of youths viewed politicians as being important. This compares to value of family (98 per cent), attending school (98 per cent), hard work (99 per cent), educational attainment (98 per cent), and attending church was (88 per cent). Additionally, 78 per cent of the respondents value leisure activities and 76 per cent and 77 per cent, respectively holding the view that friends and intimate partners are important.

"Further yet, 60 per cent believe that the country is not being managed effectively and 62 per cent noted that the current leaders do not have the capacity to manage the country's affairs," the CLG noted. more

'Look Out, I'm Coming To Take My Country Back' JAMAICA..25-year-old Shantelee Brown, who repeatedly declares her unequivocal love for her country, is a university student in the United States..."Tell the criminals to be on the lookout because I'm coming to take my country back," she added. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Published: Thursday | January 15, 2015  

A young Jamaican woman studying overseas with her eyes set on combatting hoodlums and fighting criminality at the highest level is urging Government to address ills identified in a survey carried out by the Centre for Leadership and Government at the University of the West Indies that Jamaican youths are coming up at the short end of the stick.

Shantelee Brown

With the survey showing that, if given the opportunity, the majority of Jamaicans between ages 14 and 25 would readily leave the land of their birth to seek opportunities in foreign lands, Shantelee Brown, who says she falls in that category of youths, has described herself as a "refugee from rural Jamaica".

Limited Career Choices

The 25-year-old who repeatedly declares her unequivocal love for her country, is a university student in the United States. She told The Gleaner that limited career choices in universities across the country have forced her from her homeland.

"I am the kind of girl who loves a good challenge, and so, I would also like to create history by becoming Jamaica's first female national security minister," said Brown. "Tell the criminals to be on the lookout because I'm coming to take my country back," she added.

Brown lamented that critical courses in forensic psychology; speech language pathology; biomedical engineering; criminology; foreign service; industrial engineering; information systems; manufacturing engineering; neuroscience; software engineering and respiratory therapy are not available.

"For example, in high school, they don't teach how to cite work using Modern Language Association/American Psychology Association (MLA /APA) format in Jamaica," said Brown.

"It's impossible to compete for employment in a global market with the limited career choices offered to us through our colleges," added Brown, who is studying psychology at City University of New York. more

Chloe Goins To Pursue Criminal Charges Against Bill Cosby After Sexual Abuse Claims...More than 15 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, including several who say the comedian drugged and raped them

AP  |  By ANTHONY McCARTNEY Posted: 01/14/2015 5:47 pm EST 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A model who claims Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion met with Los Angeles police on Wednesday to pursue criminal charges against the comedian over the 2008 incident.

Bill Cosby

An attorney for Chloe Goins said after the meeting that his client is the first woman accusing Cosby of sexual misconduct whose case may fall within the statute of limitations. More than 15 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, including several who say the comedian drugged and raped them in incidents dating back at least four decades.

Goins did not speak during a press conference Wednesday. Her attorney, Spencer Kuvin, said she came forward after hearing about other women describing abuse by Cosby and realizing she might have a valid criminal case. An email to Cosby's attorney, Marty Singer, was not immediately returned.

Chloe Goins, a model who claims entertainer Bill Cosby
 drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion
 in 2008, and her attorney Spencer Kuvin

Kuvin declined to discuss what Goins told detectives but restated her allegations that Cosby drugged her at a 2008 event at the Playboy Mansion. Goins does not know what happened while she was blacked out but Kuvin says she awoke to find herself naked and Cosby over her.

"Ms. Goins and I are here for two reasons: for justice and accountability," Kuvin said.

Goins is at least the second woman to meet with Los Angeles police detectives to recount accusations against Cosby. more

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