Dane Cook's Brother Steals Millions From Him: Prosecutors

WOBURN, Mass. — The half brother of comedian Dane Cook has pleaded not guilty to embezzling millions from the comedian and was ordered held on $3 million bail.

Darryl McCauley was arraigned Wednesday at Woburn District Court on charges including forgery and larceny. Prosecutors alleged that McCauley, 43, stole the money from Cook while being paid $12,500 a month to act as business manager for Great Dane Enterprises, Inc.

Judge Joseph Jennings ordered McCauley to document the source of any funds used to meet his bail.

Cook's attorney, Joseph Zwicker, described Cook as "very distraught" about the situation. McCauley's attorney, Robert Goldstein, said his client is innocent.

"Mr. McCauley denies taking money from his brother without his consent," he said. "He's ready to confront these allegations."

Prosecutors accused McCauley of transferring funds from Cook's business accounts to his personal accounts between July 2007 and December 2008. In one instance, McCauley forged a $3 million check written from Cook's account to himself, investigators said.

McCauley allegedly used the money to buy four cars, and to take a seven-day trip across the country, during which he rented various cars. Prosecutors say investigators raided a Maine home McCauley owned and found $800,000 in cash in a safe.

Assistant Attorney General Rick Grundy also said McCauley talked about opening a restaurant in Ireland. Grundy said investigators have yet to find much of the allegedly stolen money.

McCauley worked with Cook during much of the comedian's early career, selling merchandise at Cook's shows and managing his Web site. Grundy said McCauley worked as an officer with the state Department of Correction before quitting to work for Cook full time.

"Mr. McCauley has been critical to Mr. Cook's success," Goldstein said.

Cook, 36, suspected his brother was stealing from him for some time, prosecutors said. He recently hired a new business manager in California and had been pressuring McCauley to hand over documents. Assistant Attorney General Rick Grundy said investigators were recently tipped off to the scheme by Cook's attorney.

Cook's comedy album, "Retaliation," went double platinum. He has recently appeared in several films, including "My Best Friend's Girl" with Kate Hudson.

Comments

[Eric8869]

They should make his half brother watch "Employee of the Month" in a loop a million times.

[iluvsam]

The fact that Dane Cook had 3 million in his account to embezzle in the first place is scary as the guy is soooooooo not funny.

[Faaz]

His brother stole the money Dan earned with jokes stolen from Doug Stanhope.

Call it karma in action.

[kellygrrrl]

let's see what Nick Lachey thinks about this.
oh, wait. never mind.

[Bitsko]

"forged a $3 million check"? Now that's comedy! Oh well, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and start all over again.

[DuckofDeath]

There's a person named Dane Cook?!?!?!

[ckfan]

Who in the heck is this guy?

[EricSaeger]

You mean Dane Cook? The worst thing since Paulie Shore.

[ckfan]

Wow. You're comparing him to Paulie Shore - that can't be good.

[omahajim]

finally, i get a laugh out of Dane Cook. about time. its been years since i laughed and anything he had to say. i even had to sit through that bad movie with him and jessica simpson. my eyes still ache a little from it.

[jugganaut]

Dane Cook actually made you laugh? You're joking, right?

[deluxebrand]

never heard of him. but i seem to remember this kind of thing happening to other "celebrities"

[shockmagog]

I'm trying to catch up on who Dane Cook is.

Oh, never mind.

[wonkguy]

Dane Cook has millions??????

I am in the wrong line of work!

[inluvwkeitholbermann]

LOL!!!!

[Bozwellian]

Gotta admit there is little rhyme let alone reason some if not ALL these folks are considerably overpaid that they HAVE millions for what they shovel /foist on the public as "entertainment" no less !!! TOO MANY overpaid not just in entertainment industry, elsewhere as well...yeah, that certaily includes the sportsters who play in stadiums that taxpayers finance and then find themselves unable to afford the price of the ticket/parking and etc...and of course then add the great educated investment brokers and bankers who tell US how WE must budget and mind OUR funds while they rape our financial wellbeing at every twisted opportunity they can muster !!! Can name more for the list , but the general gist is that far too many are far too overpaid and others are far too underpaid for their efforts !! Such is the vaguries of life and sucks too often for far too many !!!

[bluestatelib]

Dane Cook has (had :) millions? That's the story right there.

[TruthAndTheory]

Cook has "millions?"

[noneis]

You would too if you had been in multiple movies, and sold one of the most popular comedy cd's of the last 10 years. Sometimes quantity does beat quality...

[jugganaut]

Guess stealing runs in the family, since Dane Cook has stolen much of his joke material from other comedians.

[fluentinsilence]

A thief stealing from another thief. Oh the irony.

[VoteforPedro]

Dane Cook is a talentless unfunny hack despite stealing jokes from real comedians. Just go to YT and do a search on "Dane Cook, joke thief" to see the real ones tear him a new one for stealing their material.

[lioness39]

I took your advice and googled. Cook comes off as a real d3k,