Michael Brea, "Ugly Betty" Actor Accused of Fatally Stabbing Mother, Yannick Brea, with Freemason Ceremonial Sword

Michael Brea, "Ugly Betty" actor, arrested in stabbing his mother, Yannick Brea, with Freemason ceremonial sword in Brooklyn home.

SHOCK: Michael Brea, who had appeared in "Ugly Betty," has been arrested in his mother's untimely death. According to the NY Post, Yannick Brea, was found in her Brooklyn apartment early Tuesday morning with multiple stab wounds. Michael was taken into police custody and later to a local hospital to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. She was killed with a Freemason ceremonial sword after a strange religious diatribe, the police told the newspaper.

Cops were called to a domestic disturbance at the home earlier in the evening but left shortly thereafter. Neighbors Vernal Bent and his mother Phyllis said they heard yelling from the floor below between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. and called 911.

"I heard a shriek and a woman yelling 'help me'," Vernal Bent said. "We called 911 and we kept hearing screams and then we didn't hear them any more. Michael was chanting Biblical phrases and kept calling for Moses, Jerusalem and the 'architect of the universe'."

Police spent nearly 45 minutes trying to get into the apartment, Bent said. They left and returned with an emergency team, which broke into the home and found Yannick Brea fatally stabbed in a bedroom, sources said. Source: NY Post

This is so sick. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Charges are pending against Brea, who had a small part in "Step Up 3D."