Top New York lawyer and his jewelry designer wife are among six still missing after superyacht sank off Sicilian coast READ MORE: Tycoon shares chilling theory about why yacht sank By Jimmy Mccloskey and Katherine Lawton Published: 07:23, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 07:49, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments A wealthy American couple are among six people missing after a superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Christopher Morvillo and his wife Neda have not been seen since the Bayesian foundered off Palermo Monday morning after being caught in bad weather. Christopher, 59, worked as a lawyer for British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, who had chartered the vessel to celebrate a recent legal victory.
He is a partner at the prestigious Clifford Chance law firm, which has offices around the world. Christopher previously served as an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York between 1999 and 2005. Neda, 57, has her own luxury jewelry line run under her maiden name, Neda Nassiri.
The couple have an apartment on New York's Upper East side. They also own a luxurious four-bedroom, five bathroom home worth $2.3 million in South Kent, Connecticut .
Neda Morvillo and her husband Christopher Morvillo are both missing in the wake of Monday's superyacht sinking off the coast of Sicily Christopher Morvillo, left, works for Clifford Chance, a prestigious law firm. His wife Neda, right, runs her own high-end jewelry line using her maiden name Neda Nassiri Luxury sailboat Bayesian.