Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau, the Russian daredevil duo made famous by Netflix's Skywalkers: A Love Story, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday 2 July after prosecutors charged them with felony reckless endangerment and burglary over their dramatic proposal atop the Empire State Building's antenna in New York City a day earlier.
For context, the pair are part of a tight, controversial world of so‑called 'roof toppers,' known for scaling skyscrapers and industrial structures without harnesses and then posting the vertigo‑inducing footage online. Their latest stunt, on Monday 1 July, took them beyond the iconic tower's public observation deck and up to the broadcast antenna 1,454 feet above Manhattan, where they unfurled a peace banner, posed for photos and, crucially for prosecutors, allegedly broke through restricted security to get there.
