An eyelid technician accepted a last-minute appointment. She woke up a few days later to Cheesecake (Exclusive).

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• The latest episode of A curious case… Tells the story of eyelash technician Olga Tsvik, who is poisoned by a customer who brings her a piece of stained cheesecake.

• The client, Victoria Nasirova, was arrested on March 20, 2017

• The episode premieres on ID on January 19

Eyelash technician Olga Tsvik accepted a customer’s last-minute request to do her eyelashes, but what happened next will haunt her for years.

The last episode of the second season of ID A curious case… The series is called “The Killer Cheesecake”. It tells the story of Tsvyk, who was poisoned by a client who brought a piece of stained cheesecake when she arrived for a cosmetic treatment.

The client, Viktoria Nasirova, was an alleged Russian fugitive, and she wanted to assume the identity of a “look-alike” Tsvyk, Tsvyk claims. Nasirova — who is charged with attempted second-degree murder, attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault, first-degree unlawful imprisonment and petit larceny in 2023 — denies poisoning Tsvyk.

The episode, premiering on January 19, features many twists and turns as the victim and the legal team recall the 2016 case.

Tswick, then 35, was working as an eyelash esthetician when she met Nasirova through one of her clients. Received an urgent request from Tsvyk Nasyrova to treat her eyelashes. Nasirova claimed that she was going on vacation.

Tswick, who was born in Ukraine and lives in Queens, New York, arranged to meet Nasirova at her home on August 28, 2016. Nasirova insisted on bringing cheesecake “from some bakery in Brooklyn” for the appointment, Tsevak claimed.

Tsvyk says in the documentary that Nasirova brought several pieces of cheesecake to her house. She proceeded to eat two pieces and left one piece for Tswick, who ate a piece. “It wasn’t as tasty as he had advertised,” she recalls.

After eating the dessert, Tsvyk immediately felt nauseous and vomited on the floor. Her last memory was of Nasirova bringing paper towels to clean up the mess.

Tsvyk was eventually found by salon owner Stella Stepanyan, who became concerned and went to Tsvyk’s house after not showing up for work, as Stepanyan shared exclusively with PEOPLE in a clip. She found her employee lying in bed in her underwear and surrounded by pills.

At the hospital, Tsvyk tested negative for drugs. She was unconscious for about three days and needed assistance when she returned home.

Tsvyk later reported to the police that thousands of dollars, her wallet, clothes, passport and work visa were missing, and that’s when the New York Police Department got involved. (Other valuables, including a gold ring, are also missing, authorities said.)

Former detective Kevin Rogers recalls receiving two calls on September 2, 2016 about an alleged grand larceny case. As he revealed the details — which, he claimed, included Tsvyk’s room being 107 degrees and a remote control to adjust the heater thrown under his bed — his anxiety grew.

“Somebody deliberately turned up the heat all the way in New York at the end of August and nobody wants it turned off,” Rogers speculated in the episode.

Shortly after, Nasirova’s second alleged victim came forward. Queens resident Ruben Buruhkov claims he met Nasirova, who allegedly goes by the alias Anna, on a Russian dating website. She invites him to her home for dinner, and he recalls feeling “something wrong” after a few bites of her food.

He alleged that Nasirova had stolen from him and dumped it in a store he owned, suggesting to his colleagues that Nasirova must have been drinking heavily or using drugs that evening, and he reported the allegations to the police. (She later testified about these allegations at Nasirova’s trial in the Cheesecake incident.)

After Rogers received the second report, he discovered an arrest warrant for Nasirova in Russia, where she was wanted for the alleged murder of a woman.

The story continues with the account of private investigator Hermann Weissberg, who is hired by Nasirova’s neighbor daughter Nadia Ford in Russia. (Ford’s mother was a woman killed under suspicious circumstances.) Legal analyst Beth Karas also comments.

Rogers and Tsvyk found a cheesecake container that Nasirova had brought to Tsvyk’s house and tested it for traces of phenazepam. Sedatives are not usually tested because they are not legally obtainable in the United States.

Phenazepam can be fatal if one’s body temperature rises above a certain temperature, increasing the potential crime from grand larceny to attempted murder.

Nasirova was arrested on March 20, 2017 and eventually sentenced to 21 years in prison for poisoning Tsvyk and stealing his identity. Upon his eventual release, he will be subject to five years of supervision.

“A ruthless and calculating con artist is going to prison for a long time for trying to kill his way for personal gain and gain. Thankfully, the victim survived the attack on her life, and we were able to bring her justice,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement.

Prosecuting attorney Dino Litorgis said in the documentary that he hoped to extradite Nasirova to Russia “to face justice in that system” after her release.

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Karas contacted Nasirova for comment, but she declined to grant an unpaid interview.

However, she has already given an interview New York PostAnd in 2023, she told the outlet that she was selling 3D art in prison and insisted on her innocence.

The second episode of Strange Incident… Death by Detox? Premieres January 19 at 10pm ET, on ID, with new episodes airing weekly. Episodes will be available to stream on HBO Max.

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