Federal researchers have filed an indictment against the husband of the New York -Galerist Brent Sikkema for shifting his murderer, the office of the American lawyers in Manhattan announced Today 11 February.
The news arrives just over a year after the prominent art dealer was found in his Rio de Janeiro residence, which caused a study that shocked both the international art world and the attention of us and Brazilian media.
As the founder of the gallery that is previously known as Sikkema Jenkins and Company, Sikkema had developed a respected reputation in the art world, who represented a selection of artists during his career, including Jeffrey Gibson, Sheila Hicks, Vik Muniz and Kara Walker.
On January 14, his body was found with 18 stab wounds that are suspected of being caused by scissors or a box cutter. Days later, after discovering security cameras of the suspected murderer who fled the scene, the Brazilian authorities arrested the 30-year-old Alejandro Triana Trevez in connection with the murder of Sikkema. On January 31, Trevez confessed that he had stabbed the gallerist with a kitchen knife and accused Sikkema’s ex-husband Daniel van de Moord.
By one replacement chargesT Disguised today, Daniel Sikkema paid “about $ 5,000” to his fellow sample, who was not further mentioned in the federal announcement. In March he was arrested in Manhattan on accusation of passport fraud.
He is now also confronted with accusations of conspiracy to commit a murder-for-rent and conspiracy to kill a person in a foreign country. If convicted, he is confronted with a mandatory fine of life in prison or death.
“As claimed, Daniel Sikkema and his co-sampleer had planned and implemented a cold-blooded conspiracy to kill Sikkema’s husband,” said American lawyer Danielle R. Sassoon in a statement.
Daniel Sikkema’s lawyer, Richard Levitt, the New York Times That his client “now always maintains his innocence and looks forward to his full justification during the trial.”
