There’s a conman “in these streets” and fortunately for one of our faves, Jenifer Lewis, he’s finally getting what was coming for him.
Antonio Mariot Wilson, the 57-year-old California man, who also went by the aliases Dr. Tony Mariot and Brice Carrington, pled guilty on Friday to orchestrating an online romance scheme which led to him conning four women, including black-ish actress Jenifer Lewis.
In his scam, the con artist convinced the women into investing nearly $400,000 into his fraudulent companies, in order to pay off debt and fund his luxurious lifestyle.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A., between 2015 and 2018, Wilson began romantic relationships with four different women to run his scheme — one of which was Lewis,
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