Sheila Thomas (John W. Hession)
KIN DO: Court records say William Thomas (above) funded brothels with loans from his actress-mom, Sheila Thomas, totaling $45,000. (
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The Brooklyn stroller dad accused of running at least four brothels may have his commercial-actress mom to thank for unwittingly providing his start-up money.
William “Will” Thomas received $45,000 in loans from mom Sheila Thomas, 64, whose credits include movie and TV bit parts, as he allegedly was setting up his Manhattan brothel business, court records claim.
Records show that in December 2007, Thomas registered the company Aaron Integrated Care, which cops claim was a shell company for his prostitution ring.
Earlier that year, the Fort Greene resident, 42, married his second wife, So Young, who sources said had the connections needed for the hooker business.
Then, his mother, whose credits include the Robert De Niro-directed “The Good Shepherd,” loaned him $10,000 in early 2008.
She gave him another $25,000 loan in January 2009 and a $10,000 loan that May, according to her 2010 Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.
Authorities charge that when Will was arrested this month, the former IT whiz was running four brothels where johns hired Korean and Japanese prostitutes at $200 to $300 per hour.
Sheila Thomas did not return calls seeking comment.
Will’s lawyer declined comment when asked if he used his mother’s money to fund the brothels.
In June 2011, a federal bankruptcy trustee sued Will for repayment of the $45,000 he got from his mom. He defaulted on that suit but has not paid a dime, said trustee lawyer Steffani Pelton.
Will’s ex-wife Susan yesterday said she was the one who blew the whistle.
“I suspected something was going on several years ago, and it was at least two years ago that the boys thought something was up,” Susan said of their two teen sons.
“They would visit his apartment, they would see things like the [prostitution] Web site on his computer,” she told The Post. “There would be large amounts of cash in the house, and he would have pictures on his camera . . . that young boys probably shouldn’t be exposed to.”
And, “I saw ads that were posted online,” she said.
Last spring, she took Will to Family Court over $100,000 in unpaid child support.
“I brought it up in Family Court, and at that point, I started talking to the authorities,” Susan said.
Despite that, her 17-year-old son, who after his father’s arrested tweeted “Awesome dad! way to make the thomas family proud,” came to Will’s defense on Twitter yesterday.
“Whatever happened to innocent before proven guilty?” he tweeted.