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...member of the Mafia is turning around: testifying at a trial, wearing a bug, writing a book. Whatever life omerta had left in its blood-drained body ebbed away last week with the stunning disclosure that Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano, the most trusted adviser to reputed Gambino boss John Gotti, has become the Federal Government's latest protected flipster. If juries find him believable, Gravano could obliterate the entire hierarchy of the Gambinos, New York City's largest crime family with more than 400 members and thousands of associates. "I think that in all likelihood it's over for Gotti...
Even so, Mob leaders will have to contend with an increasingly disloyal work force. Gravano, 46, had been scheduled to go on trial in January, along with Gotti, on 11 counts of murder and racketeering. Instead the brash and big- necked underboss is expected to provide a wealth of secrets about the Gambino family's businesses. Gravano was the Dapper Don's "ambassador" to New York City's $10 billion-a-year construction industry and was in a position to know about the group's ties to food distribution, the garment trade and waste hauling. "Never in a million years...
Ferne Milken, Molly Pollard and Sophie Altman are pulling out all the stops to defend their sons -- junk-bond king Michael, convicted spy Jonathan and former U.S. B.C.C.I. counsel Robert. Better watch out for Fannie Gotti...
Actually, Gotti lost frequent clashes with local prosecutors before he rose to Mob stardom. Between 1963 and 1975 he served time for car theft, petty larceny, hijacking and attempted manslaughter. His untouchable reputation ! began in 1986, when a man who had earlier accused Gotti of assaulting and robbing him decided at the trial -- quite prudently -- that he could no longer identify his assailant...
Cutler asked the court last week if he could give Gotti a change of clothes for his next court appearance. Apparently considering the matter too trivial, the judge made no ruling. But a spare $1,500 suit was seen in the don's cell. For Gotti, having to show up in a wrinkled suit might truly be cruel and unusual punishment...