Longtime Law & Order: SVU star Tamara Tunie spoke out in court against her former accountant Jospeh Cilibrasi, who allegedly stole more than a million dollars from her (and some other famous people, too) during the decade they worked together.
"He insinuated himself into our lives and our family," Tunie said in Manhattan Supreme Court today. "He is a menace to society. He is a sociopath without conscience." She spoke of working three jobs at once to support her extended family, and added, "Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last? As an African American woman, roles are few and far between. And I cannot reasonably hope to replace what was stolen." He allegedly used the money for business expenses, vacations, and investing in projects like Legally Blonde: The Musical.
Cilibrasi was sentenced to at least two and a half years in prison, which could be extended to a maximum of seven and a half years. Assistant district attorney Peirce Moser described him as "[practicing] a more cunning sort of criminality. He grooms his victims by building trust and manufacturing false friendships. [He] deserves every moment of the time he will serve as a result of this sentence."
