Jersey Shore extortion: JWoww's ex accused of threatening to sell info about her

The ex-boyfriend of a Jersey Shore star is in custody, accused of demanding $25,000 in exchange for not sharing secret information about the star to the media.

News 12 Staff

Dec 20, 2018, 11:11 AM

Updated 1,965 days ago

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The ex-boyfriend of a Jersey Shore star is in custody, accused of demanding $25,000 in exchange for not sharing secret information about the star to the media.
Thomas Lippolis is the ex-boyfriend of Jenni Farley, known to fans as JWoww.
Farley says Lippolis demanded the money in exchange for not sharing secret information about her to the media.
He’s been charged with third-degree extortion.
Farley and Lippolis had dated for close to a year around 10 years ago.


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