American officers filed expenses on Tuesday accusing a New York man of hiring successful man to kill his husband, Brent Sikkema, a outstanding artwork vendor, in Brazil amid their contentious divorce proceedings.
The appearing head of the U.S. legal professional’s workplace in Manhattan, Danielle R. Sassoon, introduced the fees in an announcement that described the actions of the person, Daniel Sikkema, as “a cold-blooded plot to homicide.”
Richard Levitt, a lawyer representing Mr. Sikkema, stated in an e-mail that his shopper “now as at all times maintains his innocence and appears ahead to his full vindication at trial.”
Final January, Brazilian authorities discovered Brent Sikkema’s physique with 18 stab wounds inside his Rio de Janeiro house.
Investigators recovered surveillance footage that they stated confirmed his former bodyguard, a 30-year-old man named Alejandro Triana Prevez, coming into and exiting the house. A manhunt resulted in Mr. Prevez’s arrest; his lawyer stated that Daniel Sikkema had provided him $200,000 to hold out the assassination.
In March, Mr. Sikkema was arrested in Manhattan on expenses of passport fraud.