NEW YORK — A specialist and his better half who showed up on the Bravo reality series “Beneath Deck” were summoned in New York on Thursday on charges that they finished up fake narcotic solutions utilizing the names of cast individuals from the show.
Urologist Francis Martinis and his significant other, Jessica Martinis, of Stronghold Salonga, New York, were each accused of criminal offer of a solution for a controlled substance by a specialist and misrepresenting business records.
They showed up in state court in Riverhead on Lengthy Island after first being captured in May. Both argued not blameworthy, as indicated by their lawyer. The couple were delivered without bail and are expected back in court Jan. 25.
“Beneath Deck,” which debuted on Bravo in 2013, follows group individuals and the travelers they take special care of on board an extravagance yacht.
The Martinises showed up on the side project “Underneath Deck Mediterranean” in 2019. Francis Martinis likewise showed up on “Underneath Deck Cruising Yacht” the next year.
The couple’s lawyer, Peter Crusco, called the charges counterfeit.
“My clients have argued not liable and are assumed blameless, and anticipate their day in court to clear their names,” Crusco said in an instant message.
Investigators said Francis Martinis, 55, communicated solutions for oxycodone to Long Island drug stores with the names of “Beneath Deck” cast individuals recorded as the implied patients. Jessica Martinis, 38, then, at that point, got the medications and paid in real money, examiners said.
Jessica Martinis previously brought warnings up in January 2023 when she attempted to fill a manually written remedy for oxycodone in another person’s name, examiners said.
An examination turned up proof of various phony oxycodone remedies that Francis Martinis had composed with the names of cast individuals from the unscripted TV drama, specialists said.
None of the oxycodone was really expected for individuals named in the solutions, examiners said.
“Doctors are held to an elevated expectation, as they make a vow to maintain various expert moral principles when they start their professions,” Suffolk Region Lead prosecutor Raymond Tierney said in an explanation. “The direct Dr. Martinis purportedly took part in with his significant other disregarded this promise, yet it likewise abused the law.”
Straightforward Tarentino, the government Medication Requirement Organization’s specialist in control for New York, said, “These captures are an update that a specialist’s illegal medication redirection can prompt unsalvageable mischief like the medication excesses and poisonings at present tormenting our country.”
A delegate for NBCUniversal, Bravo’s parent organization, declined to remark.
