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A Russian-born former dominatrix accused of trying to kill her doppelganger with poison-laced cheesecake as part of an identity theft plot appears to have shrugged off the allegations with a smile in court.
Viktoria Nasyrova, 45, appeared in the Queen’s High Court on Monday for her opening statements alleging she left a trail of DNA evidence and discussed the allegations in several jailhouse interviews.
Prosecutors said these media interviews, which took place in the wake of her arrest, are likely to be a central issue in the trial and, if convicted of her crimes, Nasyrova could face up to 25 years in prison.
The 45-year-old’s twisted past has become the subject of the media as stories of her running from the law emerged after the murder of a woman in Russia in 2014 amid accusations of attacking men on news websites. dates, drug them and rob them.
Russian-born former dominatrix Viktoria Nasyrova is accused of trying to kill her doppelganger with a poison-laced cheesecake as part of an identity theft plot and appeared to brush off the accusations with a smile in court.
Assistant District Attorney Konstantinos Litourgis painted a picture for jurors Monday of what they could expect to learn during the trial, according to foxnews.
“The DNA that was in that container belongs to Viktoria Nasyrova,” Litourgis said in his opening remarks.
‘So, in addition to everything you’re going to hear from the civilian witnesses, you’re going to learn that there’s a container of cheesecake that had [tranquilizer] Phenazepam on it and it also had the defendant’s DNA on it.
Litourgis continued, referring to alleged victim Olga Tsvyk, that Nasyrova was specifically questioned about the crimes and appeared to show no remorse.
“He was asked this specific question: ‘There is a woman named Olga who looks a lot like you and she said you poisoned her with a piece of cheesecake to steal her identity,'” Litourgis said.
Do you know what this defendant did when she was asked that question? She smiled. And do you know what her response was? I can tell you that I know this person. I know who you mean. I didn’t force her to eat her cheesecake.
Nasyrova appeared in a black high-necked top, glasses and her hair in a ponytail during the court appearance.
For the most part, the 45-year-old kept a fairly neutral disposition, but she appears to be smiling and talking to someone behind her in photos taken that day.
‘This is not a joke. It’s not just a story. It is not an accident and it is not a mistake. This defendant intended to kill this woman and steal her identity.
Nasyrova appeared in a black high-necked top, glasses and her hair in a ponytail during the court appearance.
For the most part, the 45-year-old kept a fairly neutral disposition, but she appears to be smiling and talking to someone behind her in photos taken that day.
Tsvyk, an eyelash stylist, also testified Monday, telling the court that Nasyrova had arrived at her home in Forest Hills, Queens, in August 2016 and was in desperate need of her services.
Nasyrova had been a client for six months before the attack and strangely walked to the Queens salon despite living in Brooklyn.
‘She told me, ‘I’m in Brooklyn right now. I want to bring you a famous cheesecake from a famous bakery. I told her, Viktoria, that’s not necessary, just come here,” Tsvyk said.
Assistant District Attorney Konstantinos Litourgis painted a picture for jurors Monday of what they could expect to learn during the trial, saying the 45-year-old left behind a mess of DNA evidence.
Prosecutors claimed that Nasyrova then stole Tsvyk’s passport, cash and other belongings and tried to make the incident look like a suicide.
After arriving at her home, Nasyrova ate two slices of cheesecake and offered a third slice, which prosecutors say had been laced with the Russian tranquilizer Phenazepan, to Tsvyk.
Tsvyk told the court that she began to feel sick about 20 minutes after eating the cake.
“I began to look to lie on the bed,” Tsvyk told the jury.
I started looking for a pillow. I realized that she was losing consciousness and I told her: ‘Vika, I feel very bad.’ I started to feel very nauseous. I wanted to vomit. I started throwing up right next to my bed on the floor.
Prosecutors claimed that Nasyrova then stole Tsvyk’s passport, cash and other belongings and tried to make the incident look like a suicide by scattering pills around the victim’s body.
“In this case, this defendant did everything very carefully and methodically, not only poisoning Olga to impersonate her, but also staging her bedroom to make it look like a suicide,” Litourgis said.
Tsvyk was also wearing a black turtleneck, her hair was down, and she seemed relieved to be leaving the courtroom as she briskly walked toward the elevators through a throng of reporters.
When asked how he felt after his remarks, he replied blandly, “not well.”
Tsvyk was also wearing a black turtleneck, her hair was down, and she seemed relieved to be leaving the courtroom as she briskly walked toward the elevators through a throng of reporters.
When asked how he felt after his remarks, he replied blandly, ‘not well.’
A mess of DNA evidence appeared to have been left behind in the cheesecake box, according to Litourgis, who added that this and other evidence shows that she tried to kill Tsvyk.
The prosecution said it plans to call another witness during the trial, who claims Nasyrova drugged him after they met on a Russian dating site in 2016.
Litourgis said the man ate fish and vegetables cooked by the 45-year-old and woke up in the hospital three days later.
Police said Nasyrova enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of diamonds and fur, paid for by the men she attracted into her life. She has painted a dark picture of her past since her arrest.
Stories of running from the law after the murder of a woman in Russia in 2014 amid accusations of attacking men on dating websites, drugging them and robbing them, also surfaced about Nasyrova.
“Her symptoms almost mirrored Olga’s,” Litourgis said, noting that her watch and cash had been stolen.
Meanwhile, in 2019, Nasyrova pleaded guilty in a separate case in which she had been charged with attempted larceny in Brooklyn Supreme Court, following other allegations that she had drugged and robbed men she met on dating apps.
She is also accused of drugging and killing her neighbor in Russia, setting the body on fire and fleeing to New York in 2014.
It has been reported that she was allegedly able to escape Russia by having sex with a local police officer. Interpol then issued a red notice for her arrest for murder.
Nasyrova’s attorney, Christopher Hoyt, told jurors that the current case was not as “open and shut” as prosecutors claimed.