Jamie-Lynn Sigler claims her ex-husband, AJ Discala, stole her “Sopranos” money during their matrimony successful nan early aughts.
The character admits successful her caller memoir that erstwhile nan couple, who were joined from 2003-2005, first split, she “hadn’t disentangled” financially from nan erstwhile finance executive
“I didn’t moreover cognize really overmuch money I had aliases what I was worth,” Sigler writes in “And So It Is,” which came retired Tuesday.
According to Sigler, A family friend and accountant took a look astatine nan pair’s finances and allegedly recovered that hundreds of thousands of dollars was missing.
“The forensic accountant collapsed down what he believed had been happening,” Sigler writes successful nan book. “I would beryllium paid a definite magnitude per section for ‘The Sopranos,’ and that would spell into my corp account. The adjacent day, a information of that money would beryllium moved to our associated relationship for surviving expenses.”
The “Mob Town” character claims that a week later, “a overmuch smaller but still sizable magnitude of that money from our associated relationship would beryllium moved to a different relationship that I didn’t person entree to aliases cognize about.“
Sigler says she still has nary thought what happened to nan money, but doesn’t attraction astir it anymore.
“That money is simply a section I want closed forever,” she writes.
Years later, Sigler was reasoning astir nan business erstwhile she was offered a “Sopranos”-themed Super Bowl commercial. The cheque was for nan aforesaid magnitude Discala had allegedly stolen.
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In her memoir, nan Broadway prima called her matrimony to Discala a “mistake.”
“I was only 20, trying to fig retired who I was,” she notes. “He seemed to maine past a lifeline, but I cognize now he was a large mistake. Untangling those contradictions has taken maine years.”
Sigler besides writes that Disacala “had an aerial of assurance astir him,” but contempt being “incredibly charismatic,” he would allegedly mention to her arsenic his “bitch wife” erstwhile he was drunk.
The mom of 2 played Meadow Soprano successful nan Emmy-winning HBO crime play “The Sopranos” for each six seasons from 1999 to 2007.
Sigler muses successful nan book really her co-star James Gandolfini uncharacteristically skipped her July 2003 wedding to Discala.
“Part of maine wonders if possibly he didn’t want it for me,” she writes.
At nan clip of nan nuptials, Sigler was 22 and Discala was 32.
And while nan character “expected immoderate smiles” and good wishes aft returning to nan “Sopranos” group post-wedding, she wrote that “instead, nan room was wholly silent.”
“It was clear: nary of them were happy astir this for me,” Sigler penned. “It would return maine 2 agelong years to understand why.”
Discala is presently serving clip successful situation aft being convicted connected 2 counts of securities and ligament fraud conspiracy successful 2018. He was sentenced to 138 months pursuing a multi-million dollar marketplace manipulation scheme.
Sigler besides addressed her year-long narration pinch “Entourage” prima Jerry Ferrara successful her caller memoir.
She writes that they “quickly fell into nan hit of a superior relationship” aft gathering connected nan group of nan HBO series.
After getting serious, nan “Big Sky” character knew it was clip to show Ferrara she suffered from aggregate sclerosis.
“He didn’t moreover flinch,” Sigler says astir nan actor’s reaction. “My test didn’t scare him off.”
However, Sigler — who was diagnosed successful 2002, but didn’t publically stock her test until 2016 — recalled her symptoms getting worse.
“Bound by our roles— he arsenic caretaker, maine arsenic patient. I knew he was overwhelmed,” she writes. “I was overwhelmed. I started to resent my situation.”
Sigler adds she started “picking fights” pinch Ferrara to push him distant because she was astir to participate “a heavy slump spiral” and “didn’t want to return him with” her.
“He was excessively bully for that. He deserved more,” she writes astir nan actor.
Sigler went connected wed MLB infielder Cutter Dykstra successful 2016. The mates are parents to sons Beau and Jack.
The family of 4 has since relocated from Los Angeles to Texas, pinch Sigler penning, that successful Austin, she feels for illustration she’s “just Beau and Jack’s mom astatine nan shot field.”