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Woman sues oil exec over daughter's drug death

HOUSTON -- The mother of a stripper who died of a cocaine overdose has filed a lawsuit against a Houston oil industry executive, accusing him of supplying the drugs and not calling for help immediately when her daughter became ill.

Geneva Cloud sued Robert Pace Andrews for $2 million in a lawsuit filed Monday. Andrews is owner, president and CEO of Houston-based Andrews Technologies Inc., a provider and contractor to the oil industry. His ex-wife is married to Neil Bush, a brother of President Bush.

Andrews is serving two years' probation after pleading guilty in April to possession of less than a gram of cocaine. He was granted deferred adjudication, which means he will not have a conviction on his record if he successfully complies with the terms of his probation.

Geneva Cloud alleged that Andrews supplied cocaine to her daughter, 19-year-old Jessica Lynn Cloud.

On Nov. 2, Andrews called 911 to report that a guest at his town house became unconscious after ingesting cocaine. Jessica Lynn Cloud, a part-time dancer at Centerfold's nightclub, died the next day at a hospital. An autopsy found she died from complications of acute cocaine intoxication and her death was ruled an accident.

Andrews' attorney, John Spalding, said Andrews did not delay summoning help and did not supply the woman with drugs, the Houston Chronicle reported in its online edition Monday. He called the lawsuit a money grab.

Geneva Cloud's attorney, Neal Cannon, denied money was the only motivation for the lawsuit.

"Unfortunately, the law can't bring back a person who has died," Cannon told the newspaper. "This is a mother who is upset about the death of her daughter. We can't bring her daughter back."

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