Why was Comedian Dane Cook’s half-brother hauled into court?”
The half brother of Dane Cook has pleaded not guilty to additional charges that he stole millions of dollars from the comedian. Darryl McCauley was arraigned Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court in Massachusetts. He was ordered to continue to be held on $1 million bail. Prosecutors say the 43-year-old Wilmington man wrote company checks to himself and transferred funds into his personal bank accounts while working as Cook’s business manager. McCauley was arrested in December and initially indicted in March. Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted him on 20 additional charges of larceny over $250. Robert Goldstein, McCauley’s attorney, did not immediately return a phone call Tuesday. Goldstein has said his client denies taking money from Cook without his consent.
Dane Cook’s half-brother faces more charges By Christine McConville Tuesday, July 21, 2009 – Added 24h ago Comedian Dane Cook’s half-brother was hauled back into court this morning to answer to additional larceny charges. Darryl McCauley, 43, now stands accused of stealing more than $11 million from Cook. Today in Middlesex Superior Court, McCauley, a former Burger King manager, who has spent the past decade as Cook’s bookkeeper, pleaded not guilty to 20 new larceny charges. The new charges come some seven months after Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley launched the probe. The Los Angeles-based Cook and his Boston attorney had referred the case to prosecutors in December. Weeks later, McCauley was arrested at his Wilmington home and accused of stealing some $7 million from Cook. In court, prosecutors said McCauley routinely wrote checks to himself from Cook’s accounts. At one point, prosecutors said, McCauley took $3 million in cash from one of Cook’s accounts and went on a
