Twins tied to Jay-Z, De Niro upsetting Higher East Facet mothers

Metro

By Jeanette Settembre

They’re seeing double hassle.

Higher East Facet mother and father and nannies are up in arms — and calling authorities — over a pair of mysterious equivalent twin girls who don’t have youngsters themselves however typically hold across the John Jay Park playground. They are saying the duo are creeping round their youngsters, eerily participating them — one caretaker recalled a twin eager to braid her younger cost’s hair after which {photograph} the tot — and asking invasive questions.

“That is my daughter’s playground. I don’t need adults round kids,” Paulina, a 35-year-old mom of 4, advised The Submit.

This previous Wednesday, she noticed the 2 40-year-old girls — who’re referred to as the “the Indiggo Twins” however whose actual names are Gabriela and Mihaela Modorcea — on the park. She acknowledged them from an image posted on a web based mommy group and instantly phoned the police.

“I don’t know why they’re not doing one thing higher with their lives as an alternative of hanging out at a playground,” Paulina fumed. “You must draw the road.”

Final week, after a flurry of fogeys voiced considerations to Group Board 5, the Parks Division erected an indication on the gates outdoors of the doorway to the playground studying, “No adults besides within the firm of a kid.”

However whereas the twins have violated that acknowledged park rule, the division has not been suggested of any precise criminal activity involving them.

Nonetheless, some caring for little ones say the sisters have come too shut. One caretaker recalled feeling uncomfortable after they requested the title and age of one of many infants she sorted.

The nanny who recounted the unusual hair-braiding incident stated she left the park and took her 3-year-old cost dwelling instantly after the encounter.

“It’s actually scary,” the nanny, who requested for anonymity, advised The Submit. “Possibly she desires to do one thing else.”

Mothers have been sounding off concerning the twins for months in a neighborhood Fb group.

“Should you’re not with youngsters, keep out of the playground,” one mother or father wrote in a thread.

One other mother or father pleaded, “Name whoever you must name to maintain our youngsters secure.”

However, the Modorceas say they’re being unfairly villainized.

“We’ve lived right here for 16 years. For 16 years we’ve gone to John Jay. It’s the closest to us. It’s a very false alarm,” Gabriela stated.

The sisters’ story, based on them, is that they have been born in Transylvania in 1983 and went to the Bucharest National University of Arts. In 2006, they got here to the U.S. to pursue a profession in music and theater. They settled in a humble Higher East Facet residence the place they stay with their mom. Gabriela performs the piano and works as a composer whereas Mihaela performs the guitar and writes songs.

Earlier than they made mother and father bristle with their playground presence, the twins had plenty of extra constructive brushes with fame.

In 2008, they appeared on “America’s Received Expertise.” The next 12 months, they have been in a New York Submit story about retaining match. In 2011, they have been photographed kissing Robert De Nero at a Self-importance Honest social gathering. That very same 12 months, one among their songs was sampled on Jay Z’s “Watch The Throne” album. In 2017, they performed a song from their Off-Broadway play “Depraved Clone” on “Good Day New York.”

The duo claimed they’ve been shocked by the current allegations in opposition to them and are merely well-meaning, ethereal artists who observe Jesus and all the time put on matching — or at the very least complementary — outfits.

“The way in which we glance [in the parenting group] – we seem like criminals. Hardcore criminals. My weapon is love,” Gabriela stated. “We’re Christians, we’re all about selling love and lightweight.”

“It’s a very false alarm. It’s the other,” Mihaela added.

Not all Higher East Siders discover the sisters worrisome.

“They don’t appear dangerous to me. Whole strangers, sure, however they’ve interacted with us and I don’t really feel prefer it’s a risk,” Lucilla, a nanny of 33 years, advised The Submit. “They’ve males that come within the park that don’t include youngsters. They’ve younger youngsters that smoke. That’s what [authorities] must concentrate on. I don’t suppose they need to be apprehensive about [the twins].”

In an announcement, the Parks Division advised The Submit, “We shall be growing our patrols of our Parks Enforcement officers across the playground to watch.” They group has suggested mother and father to report any criminal activity to the NYPD.

Twirling concerning the playground this previous Wednesday, carrying matching, flowing, multi-colored clothes they designed, Gabriela insisted they don’t have any in poor health will. Dad and mom skeptically watched them from a distance. Some wheeled their strollers out of the playground after seeing the pair.

“We love kids past perception,” Mihaela insisted, including that oldsters simply should be extra open.

“As soon as they’ve spirituality and love is blooming inside their coronary heart they are going to know how one can distinguish who’s somebody who will hurt your baby and who’s full of love,” she stated. “It’s difficult, bizarre instances the place individuals are overly loopy.”