What has he done for the Mafia lately? Mob rats may unravel Junior Gotti’s retirement tale
October 21, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The case against John A. (Junior) Gotti comes down to two turncoat mobsters and their answer to one question: What has he done for the Mafia lately?
Junior’s former driver and a one-time Bonanno family capo will testify beginning today that Gotti’s claim of Mafia retirement is a ruse designed to beat his racketeering case.
Joseph (Little Joey) D’Angelo will appear first, saying Gotti told him in July 2004 that the way to beat any mob rap was through the “withdrawal defense.”
Dominick Cicale will follow, testifying that he heard the same thing about Junior that year during a conversation with now-jailed Bonanno boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano.
The timing is crucial to the government case. The feds must prove that Gotti’s criminal activities with the Gambino family continued through 2003 – or Junior can beat the case through the statute of limitations.
Gotti, 45, facing his fourth trial in five years, says he quit the mob a decade ago.
It’s an assertion that worked three times already, as federal juries deadlocked and Gotti earned a mistrial.
For D’Angelo, it’s his fourth appearance as a witness against Gotti.
But it’s the first time he’ll testify that Gotti concocted his retirement as a criminal dodge.
D’Angelo was expected to tell the jury that Junior even recruited him as a possible witness to confirm the retirement story – a plan that fell apart when the driver turned government witness.
Defense attorney Charles Carnesi contends the conversations never took place.
Source: nydailynews
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