Dane Cook's Brother Darryl McCauley Arrested

Comedian and actor Dane Cook has often been accused of stealing material from other comics. I avoid watching Cook, so I don't know if there's any truth to that. It wouldn't technically be a crime if he did, anyway, just dishonest and skeevy. Cook's brother and long-time business manager Darryl McCauley allegedly went far beyond anything like plagiarism in dealing with the performer's personal fortune, though and he's been arrested as a result. According to Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley, McCauley appropriated millions from a client between July 2007 and the end of 2008. The AG didn't say the client was Cook, but other publications are reporting the comedian was indeed the victim here. At one point, McCauley even allegedly forged a check to himself from his client to the tune of $3 million.

A lot of publications seem wary of saying McCauley is indeed Cook's brother, and I'm not sure why. McCauley is referred to as Cook's brother in this article written two years ago. According to the piece, Cook once worked at a restaurant and McCauley was his manager. Several articles from 2006 about the possibility that Dane Cook was dating Jessica Simpson contain a quote denying the hookup from his "brother," Darryl McCauley.

Then there's the obituary for Dane Cook's mother, Donna, published in 2006 in the Boston Globe, which read in part, "She leaves behind her children Kelly McCauley-Amann and her husband Larry of Braintree; Darryl McCauley and his wife Erika of Wilmington; Dane Cook of Los Angeles, CA." So yeah -- Dane Cook has allegedly been ripped off in a huge way by his own brother.