In Loving Memory of Dakota Skye (a.k.a.: Lauren Kaye Scott)

Born April 17, 1994 - Passed Away June 9, 2021

This memorial website was created in the memory of Dakota Skye , born in Tampa, FL on April 17, 1994 and passed away on June 9, 2021 at 27 years of age.

Lauren Kaye Scott (born April 17, 1994 - June 9, 2021) known professionally as Dakota Skye, was an American pornographic actress who appeared in more than 300 adult videos from 2013 through 2019.

Skye was born Lauren Kaye Scott on April 17, 1994, in Tampa or Clearwater, Florida. Sexually abused as a child, Skye was first raised by her alcoholic mother and aspired to be a marine biologist. In her early teens, she moved in with her father's family in southern Ohio. Skye met Zachary Lecompte-Goble at a party in 2015, and after terminating a 2016 pregnancy, the two were married that year in Las Vegas, but soon separated before 2017.

In 2019, Skye's mother died of "addiction and alcoholism". Sources close to Skye reported troubles in the final period of her private life. The Toronto Sun reported that in 2020, two of Skye's grandparents died of COVID-19, she found herself homeless, and her pet dog died. In spring 2021 it was revealed that Skye was working as an escort; that May she came under fire for a photo she posted to Instagram showing her flashing her breasts to the camera while standing in front of a George Floyd mural.

According to Lecompte-Goble, it was when Skye lost an industry award in 2015 that her substance abuse dramatically increased. Her Xanax habit jumped to 10-15 pills at a time, and she began smoking methamphetamine. From 2017-2019, Skye entered drug rehabilitation at least six times, but only stayed for a few days each time.

As described by family, friends, and coworkers, Skye's behavior became erratic by the mid-2010s. Fellow actress Kianna Bradley and Jacky St. James both described an impulsive and gregarious woman who "was never too proud to be silly." Yet she would also "become paranoid and violent, accusing people of sexually abusing or harming her or claiming that shadowy forces were pursuing her and trying to end her life." Her husband recalled times she threatened him with a knife, or when she flew to Paris "to make a sex tape with a stranger". Skye would claim to be watched by hidden cameras, a target for assassination because of an affiliation with the Kennedy family, and a victim of rape by Ron Jeremy.

In mid-2017, after she struck her boyfriend, musician Robert Anderson, in Pinellas Park, Florida, Skye was arrested and jailed by police on a charge of misdemeanor domestic battery. Those charges were later dropped. Skye pleaded guilty to driving under the influence in Burbank, California in 2019, and in 2020 she was jailed in Van Nuys for misdemeanor charges.