An Upper West Side man was stabbed to death early today outside a popular Chelsea nightclub after a star-studded event that included LeBron James and players from the New York Giants.
Cops said Christopher Adames, 23, was brutally stabbed multiple times in the torso — apparently in a dispute over a woman — outside the celeb-magnet Juliet Supperclub on West 21st Street shortly after 5 a.m.
“If I could get one more chance to speak to him, I would tell him how much I loved him and how I miss him,’’ said Adames’ grieving sister, Sasha, 16. “I wish I could have said goodbye.’’
Sources said Adames had gone to the club with a buddy and at some point started chatting up two women inside the hot spot, where Miami Heat star James, music mogul Jermaine Dupri and several Giants players who were celebrating their win over the Philadelphia Eagles also were partying.
After Adames and his pal left the club, the friend went to try to hail a street cab for them, the source said, and Adames started talking to several women outside as he waited. It was unclear if the women were the same ones who Adames had chatted with inside the club.
Adames’ pal told cops that as his back was still turned, he then heard arguing between Adames and a man, apparently over a woman, the source said.
The friend said that by the time he turned around, Adames was on the ground, fatally stabbed.
The attacker fled in a black Audi, which included several women, although not any of the ones Adames had been talking with, the law-enforcement source said.
Club publicist Amanda Mitchell said investigators had been given surveillance video and images of drivers licenses that were scanned at the door.
“I was told by police that the man who stabbed my brother was someone he didn’t know,’’ Sasha Adames said.
“Christopher worked in a hospital as a security guard. He was very artistic. He could paint and draw so well,’’ the shattered sister said.
He was definitely a family man. He had a little girl who he loved so much. … My mom isn’t doing so well. She’s just shocked.
“I want whoever did this to my brother to go to jail,’’ the sister added.
Christopher Adames’ cousin called the victim — known to family as “Kiko” — “a sweetheart.
“Christopher was loved by everybody,’’ said the man, who wouldn’t give his name. “He worked hard to provide for his [5-year-old daughter], Christy.”
Added Christopher’s childhood friend, Omar Castillo, 23: “The last time I saw him was about a month ago, and he was in good spirits. He didn’t have a lot of time to spend with his friends recently. He was just working a lot to provide for his family. … He never got in trouble.’’
The Supperclub is known for drawing celebs such as Kim Kardashian and Jay-Z.
At this morning’s wee-hours party, Dupri tweeted from the event at 4 a.m. Hip-hop artist DJ Whoo Kid also tweeted a picture of him and James at the club.
The club was scheduled to open again for business last night to host a fashion event featuring menswear designer Darius Gibbs, who waited outside the club last night with several models while staffers cleaned inside.
“1 can’t cancel my show,” Gibbs said. “it’s one of my big events. “it’s tough, but I can’t cancel.”
Additional reporting by Jessica Simeone