John D'Amato

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John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato († 1992 ) was an Italian-American mobster of the US Cosa Nostra and member of the DeCavalcante family , which operates from its headquarters in Elizabeth (New Jersey) . D'Amato was murdered in 1992 as a result of homosexual acts.

Criminal career

In the 1980s, D'Amato was led by Giovanni Riggi to Capo regime promoted and henceforth strongly in illegal trade union and construction operations with prominent underworld likes of Giacomo Amari and Girolamo Palermo involved from New Jersey. He also soon became a partner of Frank Majuri and Gaetano Vastola in illegal gambling and credit usury operations.

After Giovanni Riggi was arrested in 1990 for, among other things, union corruption and extortion, he appointed John D'Amato as the incumbent boss of the family in 1990. Around this time John Gotti (boss of the Gambino family ) tried to get control of some members of the DeCavalcante family and thus to be able to exert influence in their ranks. One of these mafiosi was D'Amato, who is reported to have been involved in the conspiracy to murder Vastola with Gotti and his underboss Sammy Gravano .

Later in 1991, D'Amato had an argument with his girlfriend, who then confessed to a DeCavalcante captain she knew by the name of Anthony Rotondo that when she and D'Amato went to clubs in the evenings, he liked to swing and have sex with men wanted to. Rotondo reported this to his underboss Giacomo Amari and the mighty Consigliere Stefano Vitabile . In January 1992, D'Amato was reported missing. Although US law enforcement found traces of his blood in D'Amato's car, his body was never discovered. This type of murder is called a Lupara Bianca .

Giovanni Riggi continued to lead the family out of prison, but he appointed Giacomo "Jake" Amari as the new incumbent boss.

On December 2, 1999, the FBI arrested Vincent Palermo and about 30 other members and some associates of the DeCavalcante family. Vincent himself was charged with attempted murder of the Soldato and "Johnny's" younger brother Frank D'Amato and also the murder of Frank Majuri and other crimes. Palermo realized that he might have to spend the rest of his life behind bars and decided to cooperate with the FBI in exchange for a lighter sentence. Among other things, he confessed to planning the murder of John D'Amato. The client is said to have been Stefano Vitabile.

In art

  • The DeCavalcantes were largely the inspiration for the fictional DiMeo family (soprano family) from the HBO series " The Sopranos ".
    • For example, like John D'Amato, the fictional DiMeo captain Vito Spatafore was murdered as a result of homosexual acts.
  • 2006: "The real Sopranos", documentation by Thomas Viner
  • 2010: "Mob Money: An American Greed Special Presentation"; CNBC documentation

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey: A Status Report May 2004, pp. 121-125.
  2. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mob-hit-man-closet-robert-mormando-gay-regrets-life-crime-lawyer-article-1.383449
  3. ↑ RELIVING A GORY RUBOUT Big-time turncoat tells how a wiseguy got his . In: Daily News , May 13, 2003. Retrieved March 12, 2012. 
  4. ^ Fire, Alan: New Charges for Mob Family as US Indictment Names 20 . In: The New York Times , April 20, 2001. 
  5. ↑ Linda Stasi: Story behind the real 'Sopranos' . In: New York Post , June 23, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Mobsters who inspired gay Sopranos' star is jailed . 
personal data
SURNAME D'Amato, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnny Boy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mafioso
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 1992