Cook's Bro Cooks Books

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on December 31st, 2008

The Boston Globe is reporting that Darryl McCauley, Dane Cook’s 43-year-old half-brother and business manager, has been charged with embezzling “millions of dollars” from Cook over the past 18 months.

Darryl McCauley, 43, is scheduled to be arraigned this morning in Woburn District Court on charges of larceny, forgery, and larceny by continuous scheme. He was arrested at his Wilmington home yesterday by State Police.

The state attorney general’s office, which investigated the case, would not identify McCauley as Cook’s brother yesterday, only saying that he stole from a national entertainer with local ties.

However, Cook’s friends and state documents identify McCauley as his half-brother and as an official with his company, Great Dane Enterprises, Inc.

What’s the worst thing that can happen to you? Having someone steal millions from you? Or having a family member betray you in spectacular fashion? It’s a tossup.

Cook has had both happen to him at the same time.

It is no doubt devastating.