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addicted to drugs and mired in a succession of volatile relationships. “She wants to stay in that Hollywood life,” says her brother David, a California state employee.
Getting to Hollywood was much easier the first time. Ray, who’d modeled and sung in a rock band as a teen growing up in Japan with her stepfather, James Moore, an Air Force serviceman, her mother, Ruth, a nurse, and eight siblings, was 20 when she dropped off a couple of her glossies at Playboy‘s L.A. bureau. A few months later, Ray became the magazine’s June 1980 centerfold. That opened the door to TV spots, bit movie roles (48 HRS.) and her audition for Thriller in 1983. She remembers Jackson as a practical joker who once offered Ray a ride in his limo, which sped off with her alone in the backseat. A bigger disappointment, she says, “is that after Thriller came along, I stopped working.”

One reason, she claims, was her refusal to give “sexual favors” to producers. “I’m sure that has a little to do with it,” says Terry Clark, a friend and former lover. “But what got her in trouble was not wanting to give up the party life.”
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[Source: People Magazine]

Since this interview in 2002, Ola Ray has had her share of ups and downs. She’s been completely sober and has also allegedly relapsed a few times. We’re not sure what the status of her sobriety is now, but we certainly wish her the best. She’ll forever be the girl who millions of fellas had a crush on in the 80’s and who millions of ladies dreamed of being in her shoes standing next to MJ in “Thriller.” Two years ago, Ola Ray won her lawsuit against Michael Jackson’s estate for unpaid royalties that were owed to her, so kudos to her for sticking to her guns and not giving up the fight to get her bread.

As far as Jim Brown, he is still happily married to his beautiful 41 year old wife, Monique Brown, and you can see pics of them on the next page…