What to Know
- The 22-year-old Instagram model accused of using a kitchen knife and hammer to mercilessly murder her father while he slept on a couch at their Brooklyn home in late December, a bloodbath she first blamed on two strangers violent, she was forced to kill over an argument over a laptop, prosecutors revealed in their court appearance this week.
- Nikki Secondino was sent back to Rikers Island, where she has been held without bail since the December 29 beating and stabbing frenzy in Bensonhurst, after Monday’s arraignment.
- According to the six-count indictment unsealed during the hearing, Secondino and his father, Carlo, had an argument over a laptop sometime before the murder. Plot details were unclear.
NEW YORK — The 22-year-old Instagram model accused of using a kitchen knife and hammer to mercilessly murder her father as he slept on a couch at their Brooklyn home in late December, a bloodbath that first blamed two violent strangers, was forced to kill over an argument over a laptop, prosecutors revealed in their court appearance this week.
Nikki Secondino was sent back to Rikers Island, where she has been held without bail since the December 29 beating and stabbing frenzy in Bensonhurst, after Monday’s arraignment. According to the six-count indictment unsealed during the hearing, Secondino and her father, Carlo, had an argument over a laptop sometime before the murder.
The nature of the argument was unclear, but Secondino, who has amassed nearly 16,000 followers on Instagram, where her bio reads “public figure,” “model” and “living lookbook,” allegedly freaked out, prosecutors say.
He allegedly attacked his 61-year-old father as he slept on the couch at around 5:20 a.m. on the penultimate day of 2022, hitting him with a hammer and then stabbing him with a kitchen knife. Her sister Liana, 19, heard the commotion in the living room and came to intervene, at which point Secondino allegedly pulled the knife on her and repeatedly stabbed her. Her sister ended up with cuts on her body, hands and face. She needed surgery, but she survived, and she was able to tell investigators that the story Nikki Secondino initially told was a complete fabrication, prosecutors said.
According to the indictment, Nikki Secondino ran out after the attack and told responding officers that two people had broken into her home, killed her sister and father, and sexually assaulted her. She later allegedly admitted that she lied.
Carlo Secondino died at the scene. The indictment unsealed Monday charges her eldest daughter with second-degree murder for her death, as well as attempted second-degree murder for the attack on her sister. First-degree assault and weapons charges have also been filed in the case. Nikki Secondino faces 50 years to life in prison if she is convicted.
Prosecutors made a harrowing case at their initial post-arrest hearing, sharing a chilling criminal complaint detailing how the young woman allegedly wanted her family to die. The investigation revealed a history of domestic incident reports at the home involving Nikki Secondino and her father, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said.
“She is accused of brutally killing her own father and then stabbing her younger sister, allegedly following an argument over a laptop,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement. “My office will vigorously prosecute this horrible case and seek justice for the victims.”
Nikki Secondino is due to return to court in April. The information from her lawyer was not clear.
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