{"id":328539,"date":"2026-08-24T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328539\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:41:05","slug":"empire-state-building-daredevils-put-on-steamy-show-outside-court-after-possible-plea-deal-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328539\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire State Building daredevils put on steamy show outside court after possible plea deal revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The daredevil couple who scaled the Empire State Building<\/a> were high on love outside Manhattan court Monday \u2014 wildly making out after prosecutors revealed they could land a plea deal.<\/p>\n

Angela Nikolau, 33, and beau Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, engaged in the steamy, hands-on makeout session near a hot-dog vendor outside the building after appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court to face felony charges for their cringe Instagram engagement stunt in July.<\/p>\n

Angela Nikolau, 33, and beau Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, engage in a steamy, hands-on makeout session after appearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

Nikolau shows of her engagement ring \u2014 and faux handcuffs \u2014 after court. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

The couple wore decorative handcuffs as they tangled in each other\u2019s arms, smooching for nearly 30 seconds while Nikolau flaunted her engagement ring for the first time in public since Kuznetsov dropped on one knee <\/a>on top of the Manhattan landmark more than 1,000 feet in the air to pop the question.<\/p>\n

Nikolau had bizarrely posted a video to her Instagram<\/a> before Monday\u2019s appearance in which she donned a latex body suit while holding a knife as she licked her partner\u2019s head for what she dubbed \u201ccourt prep.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair wore black leather jackets with jeans to the hearing and held each other\u2019s hand as they stood behind their lawyers in front of Manhattan Criminal Court judge Beverly Tatham.<\/p>\n

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Jessica Waldman said at the hearing that her office is in \u201cactive plea discussions\u201d with the randy duo.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what the terms of a potential plea deal could look like, but the pair could face up to seven years if convicted of the charges currently against them, including burglary and reckless endangerment.<\/p>\n

The couple illegally unfurls a banner atop the Empire State Building last month. Instagram\/@angela_nikolau<\/p>\n

The couple caused $2,000 worth of damage and required the Empire State Building broadcast antenna to be powered down when they scaled the Big Apple landmark last month, prosecutors have said.<\/p>\n

The duo had purchased tickets to visit the 1,454-foot Midtown building around 9 p.m. July 30 before hiding out there overnight \u2014 then emerged from a hatch on its 102nd floor around 5 a.m. the next day, sources have said.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when they began scrambling up the building\u2019s antenna and unfurled a banner that read, \u201cWhen the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,\u201d a moment captured on video by news stations and the couple themselves.<\/p>\n

A video posted to Nikolau\u2019s Instagram before Monday\u2019s court hearing shows her licking Beerkus\u2019s head. Instagram\/@angela_nikolau<\/p>\n

After climbing down from the antenna, Kuzentsov \u2014 who goes by Ivan \u201cVanya\u201d Beerkus on social media \u2014 dropped to one knee and proposed to Nikoula who donned a black cat mask.<\/p>\n

Nikoulau and Kuznetsov were hit with burglary, reckless-endangerment and criminal-mischief charges, all felonies, in addition to misdemeanor counts of possession of burglary tools, trespass and criminal tampering.<\/p>\n

The couple is in plea discussions, according to prosecutors. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

The couple were the subjects of a 2024 Netflix documentary, \u201cSkywalkers: A Love Story,\u201d which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival that year.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re due back in court on Sept. 29.<\/p>\n

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