Tuesday November 23, 2010.
According to local police neighbors were in ear shot while Ugly Betty actor Michael Brea killed his mother with a three-foot long samurai sword early Tuesday morning in their Brooklyn apartment.
Shortly after 1 a.m., the actor, Michael Brea, who appeared in the popular comedy series Ugly Betty asked his mother, Yannick Brea, “if she believed in God”.
When officers responded to the second-floor unit Ms. Brea was dead.
Michael was barricaded in a bedroom, holding the murder weapon. A Japanese style samurai sword. He was arrested and taken to Kings County Hospital for a psychological evaluation. He was charged later Tuesday with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Neighbors reported Michael had been living in the apartment with his mother and twin brother, Marcel. His brother was not at home during the attack.
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