‘Cake Boss’ Star Remigio Gonzalez to be Arraigned on Sex Assault Charges
32-year-old Remigio “Remy” Gonzalez who is a former cast member of TV show “Cake Boss” will be arraigned by Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz in Morris County courtroom on June 15, 2011 on charges of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
Gonzalez was indicted by a grand jury on April 21 with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and another 12 counts that include aggravated criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. This is in reference to the Confection’s Decorator’s alleged abuse of a 14-year-old girl in Hoboken, East Hanover and Florham Park between July 1, 2009, and March 8, 2010. The charges carries a possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
According to reports, the police investigation began after the victim reported to relatives August of last year that Gonzalez sexually assaulted her. The “Cake Boss” cast-member was eventually arrested and has not been able to post his $300,000 bail to be freed from the county jail.
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“Cake Boss” is a reality TV series, airing on the cable network TLC. Set at Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, New Jersey, the show mainly follows Buddy Valastro, his mother, four sisters, and three brothers-in-law, as they operate their business, with a focus on how they make their cakes.
Cake Boss, which had an average of 2 million viewers in season one and two, has resulted in increased business for Carlo’s Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area. The success of the show has also led to two spin-off reality competitions namely “Next Great Baker” and “Kitchen Boss.”
In the first season, Remigio “Remy” Gonzalez appeared on the show as Buddy’s (the star of Cake Boss) left-hand man and the ex-husband of Buddy’s sister Lisa. Remy’s first and only child, daughter Isabella, was born on the Cake Boss episode “Mother’s Day, Mama and Mom-to-be”.
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