from www.nydailynews.com – A nude housekeeper is on trial for murdering a Manhattan paralegal who “got too rough” with him during a routine clean-up.

Thomas Cordero, 41, of the Bronx is charged with murder for stabbing customer John Conley to death in the aspiring lawyer’s Eastchester apartment, prosecutors said Monday.

Cordero, who advertised on Rentboy.com as a naked housekeeper was hired by Conley to clean his home in the buff on Oct. 6, 2001.

The tidying up quickly turned into a steamy tryst.

“He wanted to get down to business,” Cordero told police in a taped confession. “He wanted to see my body.”

But Conley, 50, “got too rough” in bed and grabbed a knife, Cordero said.

“I wanted to leave but he wouldn’t let me go,” said the nude maid. “I felt threatened, so I grabbed the knife from him and hit him in the back of the head.”

As Conley lay dying in his bedroom, Cordero took $40 from his wallet “per our agreement,” he told police.

Conley’s killing remained unsolved until Apr. 2007, when cops linked Cordero to the case through surveillance video, sources said.

The nude cleaner blamed his body for sending Conley into a tizzy.

“It’s because I have a nice ass,” that Conley attacked him, he told cops.

Cordero faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.