The husband of “Jerseylicious” reality TV hottie Tracy DiMarco was among 21 people pinched for dealing pain meds and other drugs on Staten Island, authorities said Monday.
Corey Epstein, a bit player on the reality TV show about hair stylists that features his spouse Tracy DiMarco, is accused of selling oxycodone pills outside his New Springville home to an undercover cop Jan. 2.
Epstein, 23, couldn’t be reached for comment, but his wife of five months brushed the charges aside, saying her hubby has a legitimate oxy prescription to treat leg pain from a Tribeca bar stabbing.
“The only thing my husband is guilty of is having a prescription,” said DiMarco, 26, who sizzles on the cable docu-soap that chronicles life in a New Jersey hair salon. “We know the truth will come out.”
DiMarco acknowledged a friend of Epstein’s hit him up for some oxy, saying he had an arm injury, then cooperated with cops.
Epstein is among 24 people — 21 were indicted in recent days and three others will soon be charged — swept up in a 16-month probe dubbed “Silent Hill,” authorities said.
“No matter what powder or pill you push, whether it be cocaine or oxycodone, the law enforcement community of Staten Island will band together to bring you to justice,” Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said in a statement.
One of the suspects is a youth basketball referee. Horace (Doc) Johnson, 59, sold crack to an undercover cop, Donovan said.
Johnson allegedly told the detective to meet him last July while he was refereeing a Catholic Youth Organization hoops game.
Shortly after the cop arrived, Johnson left the game and sold the officer six packs of crack for $100 inside his car, which was parked nearby, Donovan said.
Johnson’s lawyer, Patrick Parrotta, said this is far from an open and shut case.
“There’s entrapment issues,” he said, “and I think there’s a lot of hyperbole in the allegations.”
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said the dealing “spanned across multiple neighborhoods on Staten Island and seeped into parks and areas near playgrounds and schools where innocent children would gather.”
Epstein made headlines last year when he reportedly got a $900,000 judgment for injuries he said he suffered in a Tribeca bar trying to break up a fight between two women.
