{"id":263870,"date":"2018-12-19T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/jenni-jwoww-farleys-ex-boyfriend-arrested-for-allegedly-attempting-to-extort-her\/"},"modified":"2018-12-19T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T22:05:00","slug":"jenni-jwoww-farleys-ex-boyfriend-arrested-for-allegedly-attempting-to-extort-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/jenni-jwoww-farleys-ex-boyfriend-arrested-for-allegedly-attempting-to-extort-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenni &#8220;JWoww&#8221; Farley&#8217;s Ex-Boyfriend Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Extort Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"42\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2018726\/rs_634x1024-180826184932-634-jwoww-082618.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Jenni Farley, JWOWW 2018 iHeart Radio Much Music Awards\" alt=\"Jenni Farley, JWOWW 2018 iHeart Radio Much Music Awards\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"24\">\n<p><strong>Jenni &#8220;JWoww&#8221; Farley<\/strong>&#8216;s ex-boyfriend has been arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amid drama with her estranged husband, the reality star&#8217;s ex\u00a0<strong>Thomas Lippolis<\/strong> was charged with third degree extortion on Wednesday, the Toms River Police Department confirmed in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the <em>Jersey Shore<\/em> reality star reported to police that Lippolis had allegedly attempted to extort $25,000 from her in exchange for not sharing secrets about the mother of two with the media.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Lippolis allegedly called Farley&#8217;s publicist demanding the money, who then relayed the information to her. After initiating an investigation into the claims, Toms River Detective Tom Grosse arrested and charged him. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Per the authorities, the two dated for close to a year approximately a decade ago. Fans may remember the drama of their relationship playing out in the earlier seasons of the MTV series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"62.624296435272\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"23.194183864916\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been a tumultuous time in Farley&#8217;s personal life as of late considering she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/972266\/jenni-jwoww-farley-files-for-divorce-from-roger-mathews\" target=\"_blank\">filed for divorce from her husband<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Roger Mathews<\/strong>, in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While they appeared to co-parent peacefully in the weeks that followed, Farley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/996636\/roger-mathews-appears-to-have-a-personal-meltdown-after-jwoww-gets-a-restraining-order\" target=\"_blank\">got\u00a0a temporary restraining order<\/a>\u00a0against Mathews just days ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certain events transpired last night which lead Jenni to involve authorities, as she felt it was in her best interests, and the best interests of her children to do so,&#8221; JWoww&#8217;s team said in a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrXwL02Amik\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> in response. &#8220;Any statements and social media posts depicting anything to the contrary are entirely false, misleading, and intentionally designed to cast Jenni in a negative light. She is proud to be a hard working parent who provides for her children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement continued, &#8220;While we have chosen not to comment further, we will note that a judge immediately ruled in Jenni&#8217;s favor and issued a temporary order of protection last night. Please respect Jenni&#8217;s decision for privacy in an effort to protect herself and her children during this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"64\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"18\">\n<p>In a video, Mathews retorted, saying her statement &#8220;implies that I put somebody, whether it&#8217;d be my children or another person, in harm&#8217;s way of some sort, and that is just so mind-blowing to me to even make that suggestion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am not the violent one,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I assure you. And I don&#8217;t want to have to prove that, I do not want that to go down the road, but I&#8217;m prepared, &#8217;cause I have to be because I&#8217;m just dumbfounded, I can&#8217;t believe a person would\u00a0do this to me and not let me see my kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/998095\/jenni-jwoww-farley-s-ex-boyfriend-arrested-for-allegedly-attempting-to-extort-her?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\">via:: E! 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