James Philbrick "Phil" Gigante (born April 5, 1966)[1] is an American narrator of audiobooks. He has won 11 Earphone Awards and 3 Audie Awards.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to both accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material.[1]
Gigante lives in Ludington, Michigan.[2]
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.[3][4]
On October 13, 2015, Gigante pleaded guilty to accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material.[1][3] Based on a plea agreement, he was called "to serve four months in jail and three months at home on tether" with further sentencing in December of that year.[3] The latter counts for using computers to commit a crime were dropped.[3]