Trans Instagram influencer fatally stabbed her father and sister during an argument over laptop

A transgender social media influencer arrested in the brutal stabbing death of her father last month committed the murder after an argument over a laptop, prosecutors revealed at their court hearing this week.

At Monday’s hearing, Nikki Secondino, a 22-year-old Instagram model from New York, saw sent back to Rikers Island, where she has been held without bail since the killing of 61-year-old Carlo Secondino late last year.

In the Dec. 29 incident, the suspect, who has amassed nearly 16,000 followers on Instagram, also seriously injured her sister, 19-year-old Liana.

A six-count indictment unsealed during Monday’s hearing now reveals that Secondino not only stabbed her father, but beat him to death as he slept on a couch at the family’s Brooklyn home.

She initially claimed that two men broke into her home and were responsible for the horrific crime – a claim that investigators have since considered dubious.

Nikki Secondino, Carlo Secondino’s transgender daughter, can be seen in an Instagram photo

In the December 29 incident, Secondino killed her father Carlo, 61, and seriously injured her sister, 19-year-old Liana. She is currently undergoing rehab at Maimonides Hospital

The heinous acts, prosecutors wrote, stemmed from an argument the influencer had with her father over a laptop that occurred sometime before Secondino’s stabbing.

“This defendant is accused of brutally killing her own father and then stabbing her younger sister, allegedly after an argument over a laptop,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement.

“My office will vigorously pursue this horrific case and seek justice for the victims.”

Prosecutors remained silent on the exact details of the dispute but continued to provide them heartbreaking new details on the sordid case.

Police initially suspected the incident was linked to a home invasion, based on a report provided by Secondino at the time.

Secondino, who has amassed almost 16,000 followers on Instagram, was seen smiling at reporters after her arrest in December

Police initially suspected the incident was related to a home invasion, based on an account provided by Secondino at the time

Secondino claimed two men broke into Bensonhurst’s home and demanded money from a safe before fatally assaulting her father and stabbing her sister. She also claimed the couple sexually assaulted her.

However, investigators in Monday’s indictment wrote that Secondino – who was initially hospitalized but later arrested – fabricated the story as a ruse to shift the blame away from her.

Prosecutors wrote how Secondino first ran outside to meet police officers, who were called to the scene by neighbors who heard their family’s screams, and told them the story of the home invasion.

Secondino has had a successful career as a social media influencer with multiple paid partnerships

The crime took place on 17th Avenue near 82nd Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn (pictured)

At first she was hospitalized, but officials wrote that she was soon taken into custody.

After her arrest, Secondino was interrogated and soon admitted to lying. She offered officers a disturbing confession in which she admitted wanting her family dead after the argument.

“I came out of the bedroom and saw my father sitting [the] Couch sleep and I hit [his] head in with [a] Hammer,” she reportedly told investigators during the December sit-in.

“I grabbed my favorite German steel knife and cut the shit out of it,” she said, according to the complaint.

Carlo (pictured) reportedly supported his daughter, who started the transition when she was just five years old. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being beaten with a hammer and stabbed with his eldest daughter’s “Favorite German Steel Knife”.

Liana, who just turned 20, was left with “multiple” stab wounds to her body, hands and face, prosecutors wrote in the indictment. She had to have an operation but survived. Prosecutors wrote it was her report that helped them realize the story her sister originally told them was a lie

“My sister came out of her bedroom and tried to stop me,” she added of Liana, who recently attended school at Leigh University in Pennsylvania. “I stabbed her in the back, head and stomach. I wanted her dead,’ she said.

The sister was left with “multiple” stab wounds to her body, hands and face, prosecutors wrote in the indictment. She required life-saving surgery, but survived.

Prosecutors wrote that it was her report, delivered from her bed at Maimonides Hospital, that helped them realize this The story her sister had originally told them had been fabricated.

When officers arrived at the scene around 5:30 a.m., after receiving calls from concerned neighbors reporting screams, officers wrote that a wounded Liana was the first to meet the officers who arrived.

Still conscious and spitting up blood, the then-teen, who was days away from her 20th birthday, told police: “My sister stabbed me.’

heartbreakingShe added, “Have you seen my dad?”

Meanwhile, Carlo, who had reportedly supported his daughter and her transgender journey, was pronounced dead at the scene.