Transgender Instagram model allegedly killed father and stabbed sister after ‘argument over laptop’: prosecutors

The transgender Instagram model allegedly brutally murdered her father and stabbed to death her teenage sister at their New York home after an “argument over a laptop,” prosecutors said Monday.

On Monday, 22-year-old Nikki Secondino was charged with murder, attempted murder and other charges in Brooklyn Superior Court in connection with the midnight murder of her father, 61-year-old Carlo Secondino, and the near-fatal wounding of a 19-year-old. sister Liana 29 December.

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement that “this defendant is charged with the brutal murder of her own father and then the stabbing of her younger sister, allegedly after an altercation over a laptop,” according to the New York Post. “My office will vigorously investigate this horrific case and seek justice for the victims.”

Prosecutors said Nikki Secondino “blew loose” after years of family unrest when her father told her she had to move out of her home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, within 30 days. The six-count indictment, which was revealed during the hearing, alleges that Secondino admitted to leaving her bedroom around 5:20 a.m., spotting her father sleeping on the couch, and hitting him over the head with a hammer, WNBC reported.

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She then allegedly told investigators that she “grabbed my favorite German steel knife and stabbed the crap into it,” according to the complaint, according to the Post.

Hearing a noise in the living room, the sister tried to intervene. It was then that Secondino allegedly stabbed the 19-year-old in the back, head and stomach. Despite severe injuries, the 19-year-old was operated on and survived.

“I wanted them to die,” Secondino allegedly told investigators, according to the complaint.

NY Daily News reported that court documents say Nikki Secondino tried to blame the assault on a fabricated pair of burglars during the home invasion, but later admitted to being behind the bloody rampage. Just 40 minutes after the police arrived on the scene, she told the officers, “They took my fucking family. Two men burst into the kitchen. They exited through the kitchen window. They slaughtered my father and sister. They tried to rape me,” the court documents say.

New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle
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The Post reported on previous family troubles. In July, Nikki Secondino received a temporary protection order from her father and sister. She claimed that her father was in the “mafia” and threatened her. She dialed 911 during an argument and her sister was charged with assault and criminal disorderly conduct for allegedly ripping off the window blinds and cutting Nikki’s hand.

Entrance to Rikers Island on October 19, 2021 in New York.
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In a 2020 interview on the United We Rant podcast, Nikki Secondino said she was born Nicholas Secondino but turned into a woman in her teens, adding that her father supported her, the Post reported. She was sent back to Rikers Island, where she remains in custody without bail.

WNBC reported that Secondino had nearly 16,000 Instagram followers. In her biography, she described herself as a “public figure”, “model” and “live lookbook”.