Vic Cuoco: Wollongong lawyer guilty of drugs, weapon offences
A prominent legal identity and founding father of one of the Illawarra region’s leading law firms has confessed to supplying coke four times across a summer weekend in Sydney.
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A prominent legal identity and founding father of one of the Illawarra region’s leading law firms has confessed to supplying cocaine four times across a summer weekend in Sydney.
Vittorio ‘Vic’ Cuoco, the founder and principal lawyer at CVC Law, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges in Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday.
The father-of-two, who perused the Law Society Journal as he waited for his matter to be mentioned before deputy chief Magistrate Jane Mottley, entered guilty pleas to four counts of drug supply on February 6 and 7 in Sydney.
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According to documents previously tendered to the court, police allege Cuoco and his associate Paul ‘PJ’ Jewell, owner of the Muffler Centre in Fairy Meadow, supplied cocaine to their mates on a chartered party cruise on Sydney Harbour.
It was further alleged Cuoco concealed his cocaine in a fake key during the cruise and he gave the remainder to Jewell the next day.
Jewell was charged with 15 drug supply offences as a result of the police investigation Strike Force Jacquie, which stretched across a number of months. He has not yet entered pleas to any charges.
Cuoco, whose wife Cyn was a former contestant on My Kitchen Rules, also pleaded guilty to illegally possessing an air rifle and a pokie machine at his Balgownie mansion on January 31.
Cuoco’s lawyer asked the court for three weeks to settle the agreed facts of the crimes with police and flagged a further adjournment application when the matter returns to court.
A testimonial for Cuoco on the CVC Conveyancing website says the lawyer is proud of his Italian heritage and understands the common challenges his clients face.
The embarrassed lawyer tried to dodge the waiting media and covered his face with a legal magazine.
Cuoco and Jewell will return to court later this month.