John A. Gotti#2008 racketeering charges

{{Infobox criminal

| name = John A. Gotti

| image = Cacciopoli and JGotti.jpg

| caption = Gotti (middle), Thomas Cacciopoli (left), and John Cavallo in an FBI surveillance photo

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| birth_name = John Angelo Gotti

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|2|14}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.

| other_names = Junior Gotti, Teflon Jr., Deadlock Don, Dumbfella

| children = 6

| parents = John Gotti
Victoria DiGiorgio

| relatives = {{ubl|Victoria Gotti (sister)|Angel Gotti (sister)|Peter Gotti (uncle)|Richard V. Gotti (uncle)|Gene Gotti (uncle)}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Kimberly Albanese|1990}}

| allegiance = Gambino crime family

| occupation = Crime boss, author

| conviction = Racketeering, extortion (1998)

| penalty = Six years and five months' imprisonment and fined $1 million (1999)

| website = {{URL|https://johnagotti.com/|johnagotti.com}}

}}

John Angelo Gotti (born February 14, 1964)Gotti, p. 73 is an American former mobster who was the acting boss of the Gambino crime family from 1992 to 1999. He became acting boss when the boss of the family, his father John Gotti, was sent to prison. The younger Gotti was imprisoned for racketeering in 1999, and between 2004 and 2009 he was a defendant in four racketeering trials, each of which ended in a mistrial. In January 2010, federal prosecutors announced that they would no longer seek to prosecute Gotti for those charges.

Early life

Gotti was born in Queens, New York City on February 14, 1964, to Italian-American mobster John Gotti and Victoria DiGiorgio Gotti, whose father was of Italian descent, and mother was of half-Italian half-Russian (Jewish) ancestry.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/in-break-from-code-gotti-women-soak-up-trial-spotlight.html|title=In Break From Code, Gotti Women Soak Up Trial Spotlight|first=Anemona|last=Hartocollis|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 6, 2006|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205164108/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/in-break-from-code-gotti-women-soak-up-trial-spotlight.html|archive-date=February 5, 2020|url-status=live}} Gotti was raised in a two-story house in Howard Beach, New York, with his four siblings,[https://www.biography.com/people/victoria-gotti-11418315 "Victoria Gotti: Reality Television Star (1962–)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618203343/https://www.biography.com/people/victoria-gotti-11418315 |date=June 18, 2018 }}. Biography.com. Retrieved January 10, 2018. which include sisters Victoria Gotti,{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/report-gotti-breast-cancer-a-sham | publisher=Fox News | title=Report: Gotti Breast Cancer a Sham | date=August 24, 2005 | access-date=February 5, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023111048/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166628,00.html | archive-date=October 23, 2012 | url-status=live }} and Angel,Hartocollis, Anemona (March 6, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/06gotti.html?pagewanted=2&sq=Russian%20ancestry&st=cse&scp=177/ "In Break From Code, Gotti Women Soak Up Trial Spotlight"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111113211/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/06gotti.html?pagewanted=2&sq=Russian%20ancestry&st=cse&scp=177%2F |date=January 11, 2016 }}. The New York Times. and brothers Frank and Peter. Angelo Ruggiero was his godfather and middle namesake, whom he and his siblings considered an uncle. Gotti attended New York Military Academy in his youth.{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/junior-gotti-watching-tv-pals-learned-truth-father-john-gotti-recalls-article-1.163964|title=Junior Gotti was watching TV with pals when he learned truth about father John Gotti, he recalls|publisher=nydailynews.com|date=April 9, 2010}}

After graduating school, Gotti's father helped him start a trucking business, Samson Trucking Company, and after the business failed, helped him get a position in the Carpenters Union.Gotti, p. 184

Leadership of the Gambino crime family

According to federal prosecutors, Gotti was inducted into the Gambino crime family on Christmas Eve 1988.{{Cite web |last=Dunleavy |first=Steve |title=Got It 'Made' |publisher=New York Post |date=April 13, 2007 |url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/04132007/news/columnists/got_it_made_columnists_steve_dunleavy.htm |access-date=July 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223212746/http://www.nypost.com/seven/04132007/news/columnists/got_it_made_columnists_steve_dunleavy.htm |archive-date=February 23, 2009 }}{{cite news |last=Gearty |first=Robert |date=August 24, 2005 |title=Rat Squeals & Jr. Whimpers |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2005/08/24/rat-squeals-jr-whimpers/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |newspaper=New York Daily News}} According to fellow mobster Michael DiLeonardo who was initiated the same night, Gravano held the ceremony to keep Gotti from being accused of nepotism. He was named a caporegime (captain) in 1990, and is believed to be the youngest captain in the Gambino family's history.{{cite web |author=Time Waster |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gottijr3.html |title=page from FBI file available on the Smoking Gun website |publisher=Thesmokinggun.com |access-date=May 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206022618/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gottijr3.html |archive-date=February 6, 2010 }}Raab, Selwyn. The Five Families: The Rise, Decline & Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empire. New York: St. Martins Press, 2005.{{cite news|url= https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gotti-jr-on-living-and-leaving-a-life-of-crime/|title= Gotti Jr. on Living and Leaving a Life of Crime|date= April 11, 2010|work= 60 Minutes|publisher= CBS News|access-date= February 25, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110311014945/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/08/60minutes/main6375422.shtml|archive-date= March 11, 2011|url-status= live}}

In April 1992, his father, John J. Gotti, received a life sentence for racketeering and related offenses.Davis, p. 475Capeci, Mustain (1996), pp. 435–437 His father asserted his prerogative to retain his title as boss until his death or retirement, with his brother Peter and his son Gotti Jr. relaying orders on his behalf.{{cite news |title=Gotti Is Still Crime Boss, U.S. Asserts|author=Arnold H. Lubasch|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10616FD355E0C758DDDA00894DA494D81|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 16, 1992|access-date=March 5, 2011}}

Remembering how his father had been brought down by FBI bugs, Gotti adopted a more secretive way of doing business. He discussed mob business mainly through "walk-talks," or conversations held while walking alongside trusted captains. He also tried to pose as a legitimate businessman. However, several of his button men didn't think much of him, thinking he was incompetent. He was not nearly as good a negotiator as his father had been, and the Gambinos lost out on several disputes with the other families. The Genovese family was so unimpressed with Gotti that it refused to deal with him at all.Raab, p. 458 In 1995, Charles Carneglia and John Alite were involved in a major conspiracy to murder Gotti.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4839513/Mafia-rat-planned-to-kill-John-Gotti.html|title=Mafia 'rat' planned to kill John Gotti|date=February 26, 2009|website=Telegraph|access-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423190617/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4839513/Mafia-rat-planned-to-kill-John-Gotti.html|archive-date=April 23, 2019|url-status=live}}

In a 1997 search of the basement of a property owned by Gotti, the FBI found a typed list of the names of the "made" members of his organization, as well as $348,700 in cash, a list of the guests who attended his wedding, along with the dollar amount of their wedding gifts (totaling more than $350,000), and two handguns. Also found was a list of several men who were inducted into other families in 1991 and 1992; a longstanding rule in the New York Mafia calls for prospective members to be vetted by the other families before being inducted. However, normally these lists are destroyed almost as soon as the inductions take place. The discovery enraged Gotti's father as well as the other bosses, since it put dozens of other mafiosi at risk of government scrutiny.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Greg B. |title=ANGRY GOTTI RAPS 'IDIOT' SON JUNIOR |work=Daily News |date=June 2, 1999 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/07/02/1999-07-02_angry_gotti_raps__idiot__son.html |access-date=July 10, 2009 |location=New York |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205085317/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1999/07/02/1999-07-02_angry_gotti_raps__idiot__son.html |archive-date=December 5, 2009 }} The episode earned him the nickname "Dumbfella" in the New York media.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Greg B. |last2=Capeci |first2=Jerry |date=February 12, 1998 |title=Jr.'s Wedding Blues List Of Big-bucks Guests, Gifts |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1998/02/12/jrs-wedding-blues-list-of-big-bucks-guests-gifts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202011557/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1998/02/12/1998-02-12_jr__s_wedding_blues____list_.html |archive-date=February 2, 2010 |access-date=2025-04-23 |work=New York Daily News}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Greg B. |title=Family Man Junior's Taking Legal Course |date=April 3, 1995 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1995/04/03/family-man-juniors-taking-legal-course/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |location=New York}}

1999 racketeering charges

By 1998, when he was indicted on racketeering charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, Gotti Jr. was believed to be the acting boss of the family.{{cite news|title=U.S. Charges John Gotti Jr. With Extortion|author=Benjamin Weiser|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DD163BF931A15752C0A96E958260|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 22, 1998|access-date=March 5, 2011|archive-date=January 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104162342/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/22/nyregion/us-charges-john-gotti-jr-with-extortion.html|url-status=live}} Many of the charges related to attempts to extort money from the owners and employees of Scores, an upscale strip club in Manhattan. According to the indictment, the Gambinos had forced the owners of Scores to pay $1 million over a six-year period in order to stay in business, with Gotti's share of the money totaling $100,000. In addition to the lists seized in the 1997 raid, prosecutors obtained transcripts of prison conversations in which Gotti Jr. received advice from his father on how to run the family. On April 5, 1999, faced with overwhelming evidence, Gotti Jr. pleaded guilty to four acts of racketeering, including bribery, extortion, and the threat of violence, against his father's advice. His lawyer said he decided to accept a plea bargain because he believed that he would be subjected to repeated prosecutions in multiple jurisdictions if he did not.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/06/nyregion/gotti-pleads-guilty-to-rackets-charges-on-eve-of-his-trial.html|title=Gotti Pleads Guilty To Rackets Charges On Eve of His Trial|last=Berger|first=Joseph|date=April 6, 1999|work=The New York Times|accessdate=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321161346/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/06/nyregion/gotti-pleads-guilty-to-rackets-charges-on-eve-of-his-trial.html|url-status=live}} On September 4, 1999, Gotti Jr. was sentenced to six years and five months in prison and fined $1 million.{{cite news|title=Younger Gotti Is Sentenced To Six Years|author=David W. Chen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/04/nyregion/younger-gotti-is-sentenced-to-six-years.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 4, 1999|access-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501185342/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/04/nyregion/younger-gotti-is-sentenced-to-six-years.html|archive-date=May 1, 2013|url-status=live}} Federal prosecutors said his uncle, Peter Gotti, became head of the Gambino organization after Gotti Jr. was sent to prison,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelaborers.net/ila/us_vs_ila_rico_complaint.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827182714/http://www.thelaborers.net/ila/us_vs_ila_rico_complaint.htm|url-status=dead|title=2005 criminal complaint U.S. vs. International Longshoremen's Association|archive-date=August 27, 2008}}{{cite magazine|last=Lombardi|first=John|title=The Dumbest Don|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/10869/|magazine=New York Magazine|access-date=January 8, 2012|date=May 21, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505230511/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/crimelaw/features/10869/|archive-date=May 5, 2012|url-status=live}} and he is believed to have formally succeeded his brother shortly before Gotti Sr.'s death in June 2002.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Nab Newest Gambino Crime Boss |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2002-06-05/news/18200241_1_peter-gotti-gambino-crime-family-john-gotti|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715031312/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2002-06-05/news/18200241_1_peter-gotti-gambino-crime-family-john-gotti|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|access-date=March 11, 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=June 5, 2002}} Gotti Jr.'s indictment had brought stress on his parents' marriage; his mother, up to that point, unaware of her son's involvement in the Mafia, blamed her husband for ruining her son's life and threatened to leave him unless he allowed Gotti Jr. to leave the mob.{{cite news|title=Gotti: Our Father, the Godfather|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gotti-our-father-the-godfather/|work=48 Hours|publisher=CBS News|access-date=October 31, 2011|date=September 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424070426/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18559_162-5343517.html|archive-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=live}}

2004 racketeering and kidnapping charges

In 2004, months before he was released from prison, Gotti was charged in an 11-count racketeering indictment which included an alleged plot to kidnap Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, as well as securities fraud, extortion and loansharking.{{Cite web |last=Preston |first=Julia |last2=Barron |first2=James |date=July 23, 2004 |title=Godfather to Son: Gottis Set Up a Hit On Sliwa, U.S. Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/nyregion/godfather-to-son-gottis-set-up-a-hit-on-sliwa-us-says.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220231348/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/nyregion/godfather-to-son-gottis-set-up-a-hit-on-sliwa-us-says.html |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2009 |work=The New York Times}} A radio talk show host for WABC, Sliwa had allegedly angered the family by denouncing the elder Gotti as "Public Enemy #1" on his show. During the trial two former associates, Michael DiLeonardo and Joseph D'Angelo, testified against Gotti. Through his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman, Gotti admitted that he had been involved in the Gambino crime family in the 1990s, and had even been slated to lead the organization after his father was sent to jail in 1992, but claimed he had left criminal life behind after his conviction in 1999.{{Cite web |last=Peterson |first=Helen |last2=Zambito |first2=Thomas |date=March 11, 2006 |title=Jury Balks and Junior Walks |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2006/03/11/jurors-balk-junior-walks-its-2nd-mistrial-as-panel-hits-a-hopless-impasse/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |work=New York Daily News}}{{Cite web | last=Hartocollis | first=Anemona | title=Gotti Was Set to Lead Mob, His Lawyer Tells Court | work=The New York Times | date=March 9, 2006 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/nyregion/09gotti.html | access-date=July 5, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220231333/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/09/nyregion/09gotti.html | archive-date=December 20, 2013 | url-status=live }} Three juries eventually deadlocked on the charges, the last in 2006, and federal prosecutors decided not to pursue a fourth trial.{{ Cite web | title=Government Drops Case Against John 'Junior' Gotti | publisher=WCBS-TV | date=October 20, 2006 | url=http://wcbstv.com/national/john.a.gotti.2.274096.html | access-date=July 5, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123104300/http://wcbstv.com/national/john.a.gotti.2.274096.html | archive-date=November 23, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}

2008 racketeering charges

In August 2008, Gotti was arrested and indicted on racketeering and murder conspiracy charges brought in Florida.[http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/flm/pr/2008/August/20080805_Gottietal_TampaOCIndictment.pdf US Dept. of Justice press release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514225932/http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/flm/pr/2008/August/20080805_Gottietal_TampaOCIndictment.pdf |date=May 14, 2009 }}, August 2008. The charges stemmed from an alleged drug trafficking ring Gotti operated along with former associate-turned-government witness John Alite, and with the murders of George Grosso in 1988, Louis DiBono in 1990 and Bruce John Gotterup in 1991. Prosecutors charge that the ring distributed at least five kilograms of cocaine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.{{Cite web | last=Eligon | first=John | title=Gotti Arrested in Murder Conspiracy | work=The New York Times | date=August 5, 2008 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/nyregion/06gotti.html?_r=1 | access-date=July 5, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220231247/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/nyregion/06gotti.html?_r=1 | archive-date=December 20, 2013 | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/files/indictment-against-junior-gotti-1.pdf |title=Indictment against John A. Gotti |access-date=May 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118150940/http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/files/indictment-against-junior-gotti-1.pdf |archive-date=January 18, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Gotti's trial was later moved to New York, where he pleaded not guilty, and began in September 2009.{{Cite web | last=Gearty | first=Robert | title=John A. (Junior) Gotti pleads not guilty to indictment that could have meant death penalty | work=Daily News | date=August 4, 2009 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/08/04/2009-08-04_john_a_junior_gotti_.html#ixzz0NL4YI9CN | access-date=July 5, 2009 | location=New York | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807111934/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/08/04/2009-08-04_john_a_junior_gotti_.html#ixzz0NL4YI9CN | archive-date=August 7, 2009 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web | last=DeStefano | first=Anthony M. | title=Gotti Pleads Not Guilty to Revamped Murder Charge | publisher=Newsday | date=August 4, 2009 | url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/gotti-pleads-not-guilty-to-revamped-murder-charge-1.1349002 | access-date=July 5, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135059/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/gotti-pleads-not-guilty-to-revamped-murder-charge-1.1349002 | archive-date=June 5, 2011 | url-status=live }}

In January 2008, Alite pleaded guilty to two murders, four murder conspiracies, at least eight shootings, and two attempted shootings as well as armed home invasions and armed robberies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, stemming from his alleged involvement in a Gambino crew in Tampa, Florida.{{Cite web | last=Graham | first=Kevin | title=Gotti friend with Tampa ties admits role in killings, feds say | publisher=St. Petersburg Times | date=December 11, 2008 | url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article932766.ece | access-date=October 21, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930182340/http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article932766.ece | archive-date=September 30, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} Alite agreed to testify in the trial of Gambino family enforcer Charles Carneglia, who was found guilty of four murders and is now serving a life sentence. He then served as a key prosecution witness against Gotti.{{Cite web|last=Alison Gendar|first=and Corky Siemaszko|title=Mob turncoat John Alite testifies he got nails done with John Gotti Jr. after drug dealer's murder|date=October 1, 2009|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/30/2009-09-30_mob_turncoat_john_alite_testifies_how_junior_gotti_had_john_cennamo_hanged.html|location=New York|work=New York Daily News|access-date=November 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004003132/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/30/2009-09-30_mob_turncoat_john_alite_testifies_how_junior_gotti_had_john_cennamo_hanged.html|archive-date=October 4, 2009|url-status=live}}

During the trial, Gotti allegedly threatened Alite by mouthing the words "I'll kill you", and engaged in a shouting match with his former associate. After the incident, Victoria Gotti told the New York Daily News that Alite was "a pathological liar—a rat caught in a proverbial trap, caught in his own lies..."{{cite news | author=Alison Gendar and Larry McShane | title=Chaos In The Courtroom Junior Gotti Rips Mob Tunrncoat Alite During Break in Trial | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_chaos_in_the_courtroom_junior_gotti_rips_mob_turncoat_alite_during_in_break_in_t.html | publisher=The New York Daily News | date=October 9, 2009 | access-date=September 10, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010074316/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/10/08/2009-10-08_chaos_in_the_courtroom_junior_gotti_rips_mob_turncoat_alite_during_in_break_in_t.html | archive-date=October 10, 2009 | url-status=live }} Alite testified that Gotti was responsible for at least eight murders, among other crimes.{{Cite web|last=and Larry McShane|first=Kenny Porpora|title=Prosecution's case against Junior Gotti wasn't credible, juror says|date=December 2, 2009|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/prosecution-case-junior-gotti-wasn-credible-juror-article-1.432149|work=New York Daily News|access-date=December 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020182523/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/prosecution-case-junior-gotti-wasn-credible-juror-article-1.432149|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=live}}

On December 1, 2009, the 12 jurors announced that they had failed to reach a unanimous verdict on all the charges and the judge declared a mistrial.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/nyregion/02gotti.html|title=For Fourth Time, Mistrial in Prosecution of Gotti|work=The New York Times|date=December 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314202805/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/nyregion/02gotti.html|archive-date=March 14, 2019}} After the trial, jurors said that they did not find witnesses, particularly Alite, to be credible. One of the jurors said, "they should stop this now—it's ridiculous," while another said, "It's abusive. It's almost become a mockery." Gotti, Federal Bureau of Prisons Register # 00632-748, was released on December 1, 2009."[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=john&Middle=A&LastName=gotti&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=74&y=24 John A. Gotti] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161223/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=john&Middle=A&LastName=gotti&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=74&y=24 |date=June 4, 2011 }}." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on January 5, 2010. After Gotti's fourth mistrial, federal prosecutors had indicated that they would not seek another trial against Gotti.{{Cite web | last=Neumeister | first=Larry | title='Junior' Gotti's 4th mob mistrial may be his last | publisher=Associated Press | date=December 6, 2009 | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwTHQCdnWh6hN0XAIXeBMbtfFragD9CDBIV01 | access-date=December 9, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091211021940/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gwTHQCdnWh6hN0XAIXeBMbtfFragD9CDBIV01 | archive-date=December 11, 2009 | url-status=dead }} In January 2010, the government decided not to pursue further charges against Gotti.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/nyregion/14gotti.html|title=Government Ends Case Against Gotti|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114024807/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/nyregion/14gotti.html|archive-date=January 14, 2010}}

Gotti Jr. maintains that he has since left the Gambino family,{{cite news |title=John 'Junior' Gotti finds new calling – writing true crime stories|author=Alison Gendar|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-16/local/17944746_1_teflon-don-john-junior-gotti-dapper-don|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130033604/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-16/local/17944746_1_teflon-don-john-junior-gotti-dapper-don|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=January 16, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2011}} and in a 2015 interview with the New York Daily News, Gotti denied claims that he was an informant, claiming that he did give the FBI information but that it was false information and that no indictments resulted from the information he gave agents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/exclusive-john-junior-gotti-brags-lied-feds-article-1.2118025|title=EXCLUSIVE: John (Junior) Gotti brags he lied to feds, insists he's not a 'rat'|first=John|last=Marzulli|website=nydailynews.com|date=February 17, 2015 |access-date=November 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102005441/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/exclusive-john-junior-gotti-brags-lied-feds-article-1.2118025|archive-date=November 2, 2019|url-status=live}}

Personal life

In 1990, Gotti married Kimberly Albanese. They have six children and live in Oyster Bay Cove on Long Island's North Shore.{{Cite web | last=Chen | first=David W. | title=Junior Seems More Son Than Boss | work=New York Times | date=April 6, 1999 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/06/nyregion/junior-seems-more-son-than-boss.html | access-date=July 7, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105052215/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/06/nyregion/junior-seems-more-son-than-boss.html | archive-date=January 5, 2010 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web | last=Rogers | first=Patrick | title=The Family Way | publisher=People | date=September 27, 1999 | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129328,00.html | access-date=July 6, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604051227/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20129328,00.html | archive-date=June 4, 2009 | url-status=live }}Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry, NYU Press, 1990, Pg. 84 His son, John Gotti III, is a professional mixed martial artist.{{cite news |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2774427-famous-mobsters-grandson-john-gotti-iii-still-undefeated-in-mma-after-huge-ko |title=Famous Mobster's Grandson John Gotti III Still Undefeated in MMA After Huge KO |author=STEVEN RONDINA |date=May 5, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505192307/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2774427-famous-mobsters-grandson-john-gotti-iii-still-undefeated-in-mma-after-huge-ko |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |url-status=live }}

In November 2013, Gotti was stabbed while breaking up a fight in Syosset, New York.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/nyregion/gotti-former-mob-boss-is-stabbed-on-long-island.html|title=Ex-Mob Boss Gotti Stabbed on Long Island|date=November 11, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501195508/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/nyregion/gotti-former-mob-boss-is-stabbed-on-long-island.html|archive-date=May 1, 2017}}

Gotti authored a 2015 book, Shadow of My Father.

Biographical film

In September 2010, Fiore Films announced that it had secured the rights from Gotti to produce a movie about his life,{{Cite web | last=McNary | first=Dave | title=Fiore to bring John Gotti, Jr. to big screen | publisher=Variety | date=September 22, 2010 | url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/fiore-to-bring-john-gotti-jr-to-bigscreen-1118024465/ | access-date=April 15, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107192912/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118024465?refCatId=13 | archive-date=November 7, 2012 | url-status=live }} in particular his relationship with his father. According to Variety, several producers had expressed interest, but Gotti chose Fiore, a small, newly created production company. The movie, tentatively titled Gotti: in the Shadow of My Father, was to be directed by Barry Levinson. John Travolta was cast to star as Gotti's father,{{Cite web | title=John Travolta as John Gotti!!! | publisher=TMZ | date=January 25, 2011 | url=https://www.tmz.com/2011/01/25/john-travolta-john-gotti-james-franco-john-gotti-jr-marty-ingles-john-gotti-jr-movie-sony/ | access-date=February 25, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128225636/http://www.tmz.com/2011/01/25/john-travolta-john-gotti-james-franco-john-gotti-jr-marty-ingles-john-gotti-jr-movie-sony/ | archive-date=January 28, 2011 | url-status=live }} and Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, played his on-screen wife, Victoria Gotti.{{Cite web | last=Nudd | first=Tim | title=Kelly Preston to Play John Travolta's Wife in Gotti Movie | work=People | date=May 4, 2011 | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20486911,00.html | access-date=May 6, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505230221/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20486911,00.html | archive-date=May 5, 2011 | url-status=dead }} Junior Gotti was played by Spencer Lofranco. The production of the film eventually lost Barry Levinson. On July 25, 2016, principal photography on the film, renamed to Gotti, had begun, with Kevin Connolly as director.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/john-gotti-john-travolta-movie-kevin-connolly-directing-lionsgate-1201517699/|title='Gotti' Mob Movie Back On; Kevin Connolly Directing John Travolta, Lionsgate Premiere Releasing: Toronto|first1=Mike Jr. |last1=Fleming|date=September 8, 2015|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205164111/https://deadline.com/2015/09/john-gotti-john-travolta-movie-kevin-connolly-directing-lionsgate-1201517699/|archive-date=February 5, 2020|url-status=live}} The film was released on June 15, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1801552/|title=Gotti|date=June 14, 2018|via=www.imdb.com|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505035931/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1801552/|archive-date=May 5, 2019|url-status=live}} On June 9, 2018 the documentary TV miniseries Gotti: Godfather and Son was released.

References

External links

[http://www.johnagotti.com John A Gotti] from John A Gotti's official website
[http://www.biography.com/people/junior-gotti-340854 Junior Gotti] – Biography.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090201072422/http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/John+Gotti,+Jr. John Gotti Jr] from New York Daily News