Is it fair to say based on the different numbers you previously testified to under oath, 30 in Carneglias trial, 35 in this trial, that you honestly dont remember exactly how many people you may have shot, right?one of Gottis lawyers asked during his cross. A career on Wall Street was also cut short: He passed his Series 7 brokerage exam, but a prior felony on the books kept getting him fired from jobs. He single-handedly hunted down that New England crew. I had an empire. Alite has kept a low profile since he was released from prison last spring after completing a 100-month sentence for his part in Gotterup's murder. Follow: @WitsecMafia. They range from the FBIs Otto and prosecutor Trezevant,to a cold-case homicide detective and Gambino family specialist named Steve Kaplan who had tried (fruitlessly) to turn him against Gotti in the late 1980s. One such individual, who belonged in the latter category, was John Alite. We stabbed Joe OKane. Today, Alite is developing a venture inlegalonline gambling in South America, with Gentile serving as an advisor conducting the due diligence to make sure Alites partners are cleanand wont take advantage ofhimthe way he used to take advantage of others. In late 2006, he was flown in chains in an FBI jet to Florida, where he pled guilty to a long list of crimes ranging from murder, racketeering, kidnapping and drug trafficking, to armed invasions of homes and businesses. ARRIVEDERCI! Stemming from the racketeering charges in Florida, the authorities found Johnny to be involved in a lot of other crimes as well. Some of the information Gotti provided was clearly false. One juror told the press that the jury was unanimous in finding Alite the least credible of the witnesses. Never wanted to or asked them for a dime.One of the biggest impacts in his formative years was a sister, severely brain-damaged at birth, being regularly taunted and picked on. Gentile says that had he done so, his bosses would have pressured him to get Alite to inform, and hed have refused their orders. I would relish the opportunity to debate him over what he alleges about this so-called cooperation. Wear some Kevlar for it. After promising to keep the location secret, I was invited by him to spend a day in a hotel room with a former hitman named Nicky The Crow Caramandi for aTimemagazine interview. Alite and Gotti are mortal enemies who dispute one anothers accounts of almost everything. It was all based on Gottis made men, associates and friends., From his corner of the boxing ring,Gotti maintains (sans proof) that Alite had been a rat since the 1990swith Dave Gentile his main FBI handler. #johnalite Alites son Jimmy (then 10), and Gentiles grandson Nicky (then age 7 and being raised by his grandparents), were at a practice match. Exposing the truth about John Alite and his web full of lies. Hes been been working with a therapist for 15 years to understand and control his temper. My biggest frustration is I got hit with a RICO [racketeering] case without being caught with one piece of evidencenot a videotape, audiotape, drug, dead body, gun or even a bullet. Johns so dapper and I imagine a slogan like When you just got out of the big house Or how about a security company like ADT, with tips for how to avoid a break-in?, (In fact, an ad campaign once featured robbers who, after spotting ADT signs on lawns, moved onto the next houses. Before they divorced, John and Carol had two children together, a son named Jimmy and a daughter named Chelsea. Government witness and racketeering convictions, "A dirty, rotten, double crossing (true) story of what happened to the Italian American mob", "From the archives: From a Brazilian prison, John Alite talks Gotti and fights extradition", "John Alite n Kosov: Do formoja ushtrin time, sikur ta dija q shqiptart jan kaq trima", "Rrfehet mafiozi shqiptar me origjin nga Gjirokastra: Si e rrzova perandorin e krimit t 'Cosa Nostra-s', "John A. Saw him in court and gave him a big smile and said, I told you Id see you again.Why behave this way? Junior didnt testify in his 2009 trial, while Alite, donning prison garb and coming across as a beast, was on the stand for seven days, which is almost unheard of for any witness in a mob trial. He garnered many commendations through a 24-year FBI career, but made superiors cringe at times over his methodology for extracting information, as he calls it. But Junior liked Alite, he didnt want to kill him, said Scars. Id go after a subject with a vengeance, and if that means I have to take down your family, your dog, or anybody else in my way, sobeit. Looking back, I think, my goodness, I never would have wanted to be treated like that. Next Id look to an inexpensive Mens Wearhouse-type chain. In background, hands folded: family capo Thomas "Tommy Sneakers" Cacciopoli. When John would get a headache, he had a brain tumor; he went from a stubbed toe to cancer, recalls Charlotte Braziel, a former FBI agent who was part of his debriefing team. These are just names I know, theres a million guys I dont know, that I batted because Gotti told me to bat. Some of the items have Yes I Did, written on them, which he says is part of his mission to come clean on all of his crimes, and in all of their horrifying details, which he blasts Gotti and many other former mobsters fornot doing. My God, he recalls saying to himself,we have averyinteresting individual here.. Yeah, I shot a lotta guys. These guys are turning on you; theyre not your friends.Eventually, he listened and Gentile connected him with active agents. In background, hands folded: family capo Thomas "Tommy Sneakers" Cacciopoli. ), Why does Alite care today? You know, we watch movies, and we sit there and say, Yeah, okay, that's a movie and Oh, gosh, that's shocking. But then if you actually take a real human being who has done that and morehow thefuckdoes he wake up? John wonders if his personal redemption (and work with delinquent or at-risk kids) can lead to endorsement opportunities. He was a bad person many years ago, said Gentile, putting it mildly. As Alite looks ahead, Gentile is well-placed to help him make safe business decisions. [26], Alite later became a youth motivational speaker on avoiding crime. He helped me a lot mentally when I was falling apart, Caramandi said. Donald Trump photo posted by John Alite on open Facebook personality page on 9 November 2022, Palm Beach, FL, United States (John Alite/Facebook) Merlino spent more than a decade in federal. John Alite. He just had to lose those demons he was dealing with. But hes agoodman., What followed was an hour of bloodcurdling revelations, regrets and warnings. The Crow, betrayed by his own mob boss, testified in 11 trials, resulting in 52 convictions. #11 - John Alite & Gene Borrello Talk to Hootie, Former Gambino Associate John Alite 59.8K subscribers Join Subscribe 1.9K Share Save 173K views 2 years ago The Johnny & Gene Show Full. Fucking tons. One at Mike's Pub in front. What does Phil's EX-WIFE reveal about their time together? Beatings you doled out, John? But when Alite learned that Gotti Jr had secretly met with feds, he figured it was only a matter of time before Gotti and others turned on him. I had a John Wayne mentality. [2][14] He also arranged for the purchase of Mirage, a Tampa nightclub. [22], Alite's testimony was largely undermined during cross examination. [19], Alite was also a government witness in the unsuccessful racketeering trial against John Gotti Jr.[20] Prosecutors indicted Gotti for racketeering and murder conspiracy charges, stemming from an alleged drug trafficking ring in Florida, and the murders of George Grosso in 1988, Louis DiBono in 1990 and Bruce John Gotterup in 1991. Ex-Gambino mobster John Alite (center) tweeted in April that he was outside Citi Field for the Mets' home opener, and he included a photo of himself clad in a bright orange hoodie. Not one human being on account of me ever went to prisonever, he says. His main focus was labor racketeering in Philadelphia, which was then flooded with corrupt unions extorting businesses, and he worked some of the citys biggest mafia cases. He happened to be standing there. Echoes Tampa federal prosecutor Jay Trezevant, who brought cases against Alite, Gotti Jr., and other Gambino gangsters:Ourinvestigation revealed that John was a holy terror on the street. Thats what made me exceed in my business, he once conceded in court. It was the same old song. 100%.. (This was confirmed earlier this year by the Gambino familys house lawyer in a conversation with Gangland Newss Jerry Capeci, the dean of mob reporters.) We were successful with this particular jury, showing that we could not let a violent criminal like Mr. Alite get away with his crimes, while Mr. Gotti, who was not violent in our opinion, be convicted. Asking Alite to recount his sins is to open Pandoras casketand The Calculator rattles off the victimsfrom memory like a speeding bullet: The ones you murdered, how many? He spoke about making and losing multi-millions in assets and businesses (including celebrity-packed nightclubs, valet-parking enterprises, real estate, the hottest black Corvette in Florida). Paul Forgione in front of Gotti Seniors mother's house. In July 2020, he appeared in the Fear City: New York vs The Mafia Netflix docuseries. Frankie Geekie I did, And the number of people you shot, who survived? (Im sorry for ranting like this, he said at the end of a 3 -hour phone call. Endure the pain, hed say. In September 2021, Alite was the subject of an episode of National Geographic's Locked Up Abroad. Anybody I knew in that world would have made an example of him from a telephone pole. John Alite is proven to be lying about not being in Florida "Tampa" on the night of his beat down . Living there, it was no surprise that Johnny became friends with his son, John A. Gotti. As a part of his plea deal, Johnny had agreed to turn into an informant against the family and against John A. Gotti. [21] Alite testified that Gotti was responsible for at least eight murders, among other crimes. I think all these guys exaggerate somewhat . . Also weighing in:Former Gambino underboss Sammy The Bull Gravano, who admitted to involvement in 19 murders, and who took down John Gotti Seniorone of the biggest household names in U.S. mafia history. But he refused to aid a fugitive, and kept telling Alite (heatedly at times) that he had to come in and face the music of what you did and change your life. TIME FOR BUSINESS: Gentile (left) is assisting Alite by handling the vetting and due diligence for [+] a legal online gambling venture in South America. The men attended Yankee games, a Tyson fight, and meals together. It's very easy to Sense Alite's BS there was a time him and his brother Jimmy were fighting and they were suing each other. I believed in something that dont exist. John Alite is telling his truth, But it's his version of the truth. He would hide behind others and blame them when the heat was on. Gotti says Alite was a member of his mob crew for barely two years (1989-91) before he chased him away from the family, in part because of a tip that he might have become an informant. Don't miss it. I always simply said, John, take care of whatever it is that has got you totally immersed in anxiety. Don't go on talk circuits and make me and my father your victim.Twenty-two years Im out of that life. I don't want to make that creature relevant, he says. Two at Mandelas bakery. Traditional mob hotbeds like New York, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, and New Jersey are still operational and functioning at a consistent level (some have been hampered by. I forgot about him. Another photo taken years earlier, in 1984, shows Gotti Jr, Alite and Gambino associate/drug dealer John Gebert standing together on a beach pier. They love each other, they kiss each otherbrother brother brotherturn your back and someone just picked your pocket. Brooklyn, circa 1991. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. [FBI videos also show Alite in front of Gotti Sr.'s Manhattan social club with many Gambino mobsters.] The local group that sponsored the event,Men Empowering Nations, is an awe-inspiring, faith-based nonprofit focused on mentoring. I can't verify all his stories . I happened to be standing there, says Gentile. Event sponsor: Men Empowering Nations, a faith-based local non-profit. Later he featured in a Gamology react video on Hitman 3 where he provided commentary on the game and how it compared to his exploits as a former hitman.[33]. Mobsters and mob experts can dissect the 302 and judge for themselves; the five-page 302 is readable here. He joined the Bureau in 1979 and quickly developed a reputation for not letting bureaucratic protocols get in his way as he hounded the bad guys mercilessly. Fear City: New York vs the Mafia is a new Netflix limited series documentary that examines the issue of organized crime in New York City. But thats untrue,maintains Phil Scala, a retired longtime head of the FBIs Gambino squad. I told him, You go back and tell your guys that next time you want to talk to this doctor, you come and see me. That ended that., Gentiles first big racketeering case was his 1982 takedown of Bernard Marcus, a much-feared boss of a Teamsters union who had extorted businesses all over Philly for nearly three decades. My cousin Billy Kaso, actually we battedhim. The Groomsmen: Vicki Gotti's 1984 wedding to Carmine "The Bull" Agnello (alongside her), who [+] allegedly put out a contract on Alite a decade later. At the time, Alite owned a 15-acre estate that boasted three houses, a lake, pool, two baseball batting cages (of course), security sensors underneath a five-block driveway, and a regulation-size boxing ring. In Dave's case, his actions were a win for the FBI, for Alite, and ultimately, Dave.. He was in the witness protection program with a $1 million bounty on his head ($2 million in todays money), which explained why Gentile sat near us with a loaded gun. Alite says that while still in prison in Brazil he assisted fellow mobsters to fight cases. In 2006, theNew York Post, as well as reporter Capeci, penned scoops about the proffer, and in 2015 author Anastasia published the actual 302. Junior sat secretly for whats known as a proffer, a negotiation in which a target shares information that cannot be used against him. Moreover, she adds, American culture loves a comeback, and with people suffering from the pandemic, this whole marketing tool of the aspirational lifestylewealthy celebrities lecturing people from their mansions andsuperficial influencersisnt resonating anymore. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. What the docuseries didnt mention, though, is that Johnny was based more in Tampa, Florida, than in New York. at Mare Monte restaurant, Haddonfield, NJ. "It's up the river for you John," read the frosting on the cake. I blackjacked Frankie Lap. I batted a guy that threw a pool ball at me at P.M. Pub. A friendship blossomed. By then, he was starting to soften up. In 2008, Alite pled guilty to involvement in the 1996 murder of Gebert. He began associating with "made" members and associates of the Philadelphia crime family, as well as the independent 10th & Oregon Crew. During his career, Wong handled many organized crime cases, including in undercover roles. Donald Trump photo posted by John Alite on open Facebook personality page on 9 November 2022, Palm Beach, FL, United States (John Alite/Facebook) Merlino spent more than a decade in federal. Alite said he. In his past life, his body would literally shake before assaulting a fellow hood, and it was often impossible for him to stop unless fellow gangsters pulled him away (which was never easy. Not so with the 2009 Gotti case, which resulted in the fourth (of four) hung juries that finally allowed Junior to be free of the feds. So to them it's unbelievable, that theres no way this guy could have did this much.Oh, the kid Stevie Newell [quoted below], I also shot, who testified for Gotti. He is now no longer friends with him. Alite today is making ends meetby building houses to flip in Pennsylvania, co-owning an auto repair and sales shop, and until last year owning a pizzeria. Gotti. That buddy of his was John Alite, a onetime murder-machine for the Gambino clanone of the famed "Five Families" of New York organized crime. Supposedly they chased Alite's sons out of the restaurant. Carol also testified in Junior's trial in 2009, during which time she claimed that her ex-husband was behind $30,000 on child support payments. The past is the past, you know what I mean? MSNBC 's " The Kornacki Countdown " premieres its first season on Sunday, April 16 at 10 p.m.. Especially by myself. Scene: Alite's house in South Jersey, 1991. JohnAliteFacts.com Joined March 2015. Studio 21's John Ricciutti Interviews John Alite: Hear about the cartels and how the head of the FBI in Mexico intermix, making for a tough case to overcome. Id love to see some forgiveness and humility play out in the media for once., Michaels suggests brands that need redemption and understand a fall from grace might benefit from a John Alite. 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