BREAKING NEWS: Nicholas Brooks Convicted of Murder in Fashion Designer, Sylvie Cachay's Death
A jury found Nicholas Brooks guilty of second-degree murder in the Dec. 9, 2010 death of Sylvie Cachay, the Wall Street Journal reported.
An Academy Award-winning songwriter's son was convicted of murdering his swimsuit designer girlfriend in the Soho House Hotel.
The 33-year-old Cachay was found dead in an overflowing bathtub at the hotel.
Medical examiners said she was strangled and drowned.
Police arrested Brooks, who had checked into the hotel with Cachay.
Cachay graduated from Marymount College with a degree in design.
She interned at Marc Jacobs and worked for Tommy Hilfiger and Victoria's Secret.
She left the lingerie empire in 2006 to start her own collection, but had been working at fashion houses again after the economy tanked and she lost her backing. Her former publicist called her the "darling of the swimsuit world."
