Jack CuvoCourt records do not identify the boy or his age, nor do they indicate his relationship with Cuvo, or why he was with Cuvo after midnight Thursday.
Police said Cuvo flagged down an officer at 12:42 a.m. Friday outside the American Hotel in downtown Nazareth. Court records indicate the officer described Cuvo as having an "unsteady gait, bloodshot glassy eyes, and slurred speech and a very angry demeanor." The officer went on to say the former wrestler was angry because the bartender had taken his keys from him.
A bartender told police Cuvo had entered the bar drunk Thursday evening and was drinking for about an hour and a half when a boy came into the bar and said he was afraid to leave without Cuvo. Police contacted the boy's parents, who picked him up and drove him to the police station.
According to court records, the boy then told police that Cuvo had forced him to drink vodka with him while they were at Cuvo's home. Cuvo then drove to the bar with the boy, allegedly making him wait in the car while Cuvo went inside to continue drinking.
The court records do not include Cuvo's blood-alcohol content nor the results of a portable breath test.
Cuvo was arraigned after 4 a.m. Friday, then sent to Northampton County Prison. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 3.
Over the past decade, Cuvo -- who runs a wrestling supply business that bears his name -- has found himself in the news for incidents beyond the sport. In 2005 he received a $2.5 million settlement from Easton police after he was allegedly beaten following a traffic stop in the city. Police charged him with assaulting the officers, but he was later acquitted of those charges.
In 2009, Cuvo was the subject of a brief manhunt after relatives found a suicide note in his home. In 2010, he pleaded guilty to theft after breaking into his estranged wife's home in Wilson to "get his dog."
Cuvo is currently assigned to the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program in Northampton County following a 2014 drunken-driving arrest in Palmer Township. In addition, he is currently awaiting trial on charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident in March in Hershey, Pa. outside Giant Arena, which was hosting the Pennsylvania state wrestling championships. Cuvo allegedly turned left in front of another car against a red light, causing injury to that driver, then reportedly drove on for two miles. Cuvo is charged with leaving an accident involving death or personal injury, driving an unregistered vehicle, disregarding traffic lanes, driving without a valid inspection and the seat belt violation. That trial is scheduled Sept. 21 in Dauphin County Court.
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