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Daredevil couple who got engaged atop Empire State Building released — as lawyer claims it was a ‘message of love’

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Daredevil couple who got engaged atop Empire State Building released — as lawyer claims it was a ‘message of love’

They’re coming down from a dizzying height.

The daredevils who got engaged atop the Empire State Building’s antenna were sprung Wednesday after getting hit with a slew of charges for the cringe Instagram stunt.

Angela Nikolau, 33, and her beau Ivan Kuznetsov, 32, nervously stood together in Manhattan Criminal Court – nearly a day after he dropped on one knee more than 1,000 feet in the air.

Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus on top of the Empire State Building.

Angela Nikolau and her boyfriend Ivan Beerkus climbed to the top of the Empire State building in New York City during the stunt. Instagram/@angela_nikolau

She didn’t wear her engagement ring.

“It was a message of love,” argued defense attorney Jason Krinsky. “She didn’t say ‘no.’ So you gotta give him that.”

Law-enforcement sources said the couple bought tickets Tuesday at 9 p.m. and likely hid at the Midtown landmark overnight.

Ivan Beerkus, handcuffed and wearing a black tank top, being transported by two police officers.

Ivan Beerkus was handcuffed after the climb. OLGA FEDOROVA/EPA/Shutterstock

Angelina Nikolau being led out of the Midtown South Precinct by police officers.

Angelina Nikolau being led out of the Midtown South Precinct by police officers. FNTV

Video showed them emerging from a hatch on the 102nd floor at roughly 5 a.m. the next morning, the sources said.

Kuznetsov then used tools to loosen brackets for metal cables stretching across a stairwell, which they then entered, according to the sources.

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The pair were hit with burglary, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief charges, all felonies, in addition to misdemeanor counts of possession of burglary tools, trespass and criminal tampering.

Krinsky said prosecutors overcharged and contended there was no evidence of burglary tools.

“Even the building’s own people, the Empire State’s own people, said there was no risk to tenants, guests on the observation deck or anyone in the building,” the lawyer claimed.

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