James Philbrick "Phil" Gigante (born April 5, 1966) is an American narrator of audiobooks. He has won 11

Earphone Awards ''AudioFile'' is a print and online magazine whose mission is to review "unabridged and abridged audiobooks, original audio programs, commentary, and dramatizations in the spoken-word format. The focus of reviews is the audio presentation, not the ...

and 3 Audie Awards. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to both accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material.

Personal life

Gigante lives in

Ludington, Michigan Ludington ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,076. Ludington is a harbor town located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette Rive ...

Pedophilia

On July 10, 2015, Gigante was arrested and charged with accosting a minor for immoral purposes, possession of child sexually abusive material, and two counts of using computers to commit a crime, which could have resulted in 16- to 28-year felony charges. On October 13, 2015, Gigante pleaded guilty to accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material. Based on a plea agreement, he was called to serve "to serve four months in jail and three months at home on tether" with further sentencing in December of that year. The latter counts for using computers to commit a crime were dropped.

Awards and honors

References

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