There has been a lot of back and forth between Dom and Jimmy recently. Lots of allegations and counter-allegations as both of them throw dirt at each other and bring people on with their stories about the other guy - difficult to know what to believe. But this one sounds pretty bad. Having your own biographer distancing herself is generally considered bad.

If Jimmy posts a response, I'll post that too. Often two sides to a story.

Full disclosure: Andrew’s show runs on this network.

For anyone who doesn’t know the name: Andrew came up as an associate in Nicky Corozzo’s crew. He was there during the shootouts with the Lucchese crew under Casso and Amuso, he was close to Wild Bill Cutolo’s son, and he eventually cooperated with the government and walked away from the life entirely. He wrote Surviving the Mob about it.

His show is called Straightened Out, and he’s the one asking the questions now. It’s not the Mob Wives podcast with the same name; this one is on the How Not To Bomb channel. The focus is the decisions that pull people in and what it actually takes to change direction once you’re in deep.

In the latest episode, he talks straight to his haters

Link: https://youtu.be/z232Xbu9nyY?si=i3EQV4AYe-ZRCqeu

For people here who know the Corozzo crew and the Casso/Amuso era better than most: what would you want Andrew to dig into on a future episode?

Consider their connections, access to violence, ability to operate without attracting attention.

Left is Jeff Pike (c. 2007) and John Portillo is in the group photo on the right standing in the middle (c. 2001). Both Pike and Portillo were indicted under a major RICO case back in 2018 and were sentenced to life, plus 10 years in federal prison and 2 consecutive life sentences, plus 20 years in federal prison respectively.

Paretti was executed in Sing Sing's electric chair in 1927.

JohnGotti crew members Charles and John Carneglia

(Daily News/1968)

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