Former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband Thomas ‘Tommy’ Manzo has been indicted as an alleged accomplice in her grisly home invasion in 2017, when she was left beaten and tied up.
A grand jury in Monmouth County indicted Thomas, 56, on Tuesday and he has already turned himself in, TMZ reports.
Dina, 49, and her current entrepreneur husband David Cantin, 41, were both allegedly attacked with bare fists and baseball bats during the altercation, as they walked into their New Jersey home.
Crime: RHONJ star Dina Manzo’s ex-husband Thomas ‘Tommy’ Manzo’ has been indicted as accomplice in her 2017 home invasion where she and new beau were left beaten and tied-up
Thomas has received multiple assault charges, a burglary charge, a theft charge, a robbery charge, a weapons charge and multiple stalking charges against both Dina and David, according to the report.
He will be moved to the Monmouth County jail in Freehold Township ahead of his first court appearance.
Thomas was not previously charged in the 2017 attack, but has now been named as an accomplice to James Mainello, 53, of Bayonne, who was previously indicted in the case in 2019.
Ordeal: Dina, 49, and her current entrepreneur husband David Cantin, 41, were both allegedly attacked with bare fists and baseball bats during the altercation (the pair pictured in 2019)
The suspects are said to have punched Dina in the head face, while her husband David was struck with a bat.
Per the report, Dina and David were then allegedly tied up with zip ties, as the suspects robbed them of her engagement ring as well as cash.
Tommy was married Dina in 2007 but the two separated in 2013 and were officially divorced in 2016. During their marriage, he was the stepfather to her daughter from her first marriage, Lexi Ioannou.
The couple’s attorney Andrew Brettler told TMZ in a statement: ‘This was an awful ordeal for Dina and David and hopefully it is the final step in bringing them closure of this matter.’
Enough: Dina’s lawyer said in statement, ‘This was an awful ordeal for Dina and David and hopefully it is the final step in bringing them closure of this matter’
In July last year, Tommy also plead not guilty to hiring Lucchese mobster soldier to attack Dina’s husband David, in a separate incident that took place in 2015.
However, John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, plead guilty to the federal charge of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity.
Prosecutors alleged Perna was hired by the reality star’s ex-husband, Thomas, to assault her then-boyfriend and now husband, Dave Cantin six years ago.
Perna and a mobster associate attacked Cantin with a slapjack, a club weapon, in the parking lot of a New Jersey strip mall in July 2015, according to prosecutors.
The incident left Cantin, who married Dina in 2017, with a permanent facial scar.
A month after the attack, Perna held a wedding reception for 330 guests at Thomas Manzo’s Brownstone Restaurant in Paterson, New Jersey, for ‘a fraction of the price,’ authorities said.
Dina (seen here in 2010) starred in seasons one, two, and six of Real Housewives of New Jersey and also appeared as a guest in season four