BY LARRY MCSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, July 9th 2010, 4:00 AM
Narcy Novack, 53, her brother and two other suspects were charged in connection with the slaying of multimillionaire Ben Novack Jr., whose father founded the ritzy Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.
"The plot that led to the brutal death of Ben Novack was a family affair," said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in announcing the indictment.
Novack was found dead in his suite at the Hilton Rye Town on July 12, 2009. His face, hands and legs were bound with duct tape, and his body was covered in blood.
According to authorities, Narcy Novack let two men into the hotel room before handing them a pillow to muffle his cries as Novack, also 53, was fatally bludgeoned.
They were not charged with murder, however; instead they face federal charges of conspiracy to commit interstate domestic violence and stalking.
Narcy Novack, a former stripper, was busted at her home in Fort Lauderdale and held pending a bail hearing on Wednesday.
The Novacks shared a troubled marriage, replete with reports of bizarre sexual fetishes, forced plastic surgery and a violent home invasion.
In 2002, Novack accused his wife of arranging a break-in where he was beaten, handcuffed and robbed in their Florida home.
She acknowledged taking him prisoner - but told police they were both into bondage, and the incident was part of a sex game.
The wife also came to Fort Lauderdale police headquarters with an assortment of lewd photographs, including shots of naked amputees - another of her husband's purported fetishes.
And the native of Ecuador claimed that her husband once broke her nose, then took her to a plastic surgeon. When she awoke, Narcy claimed, her nose was repaired - and she sported a new set of breasts.
Authorities said Novack was having an affair when he was killed, leading to theories the murder was arranged to keep him from dumping his wife and redoing his will.
Ben Novack's reported $10 million estate included the world's second largest collection of Batman memorabilia - with an estimated value of more than $1 million.
lmcshane@nydailynews.com
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