Gene Gotti
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Gene Gotti is a member of the American Mafia's Gambino crime family. He is the brother of John Gotti.
[edit] Career
Gene Gotti was born in 1946 to John and Fannie Gotti. He had 4 brothers, John, Peter, Richard and Vincent. He became an associate of the Gambino crime family around 1966 and became a made member in 1976. In 1985, he was promoted to Capo when his brother John became the family's boss.
Gene was a notorious drug dealer and he was part of the reason that John became boss. Gene and his friend Angelo Ruggiero, were dealing heroin against boss Paul Castellano's rules and he was going to have them killed. John got to him first to protect his brother and friend but also to become boss himself.
Gene was convicted in 1989 of selling drugs and received a 50 year prison sentence. He was reduced to the rank of soldier due to it being against the rules to sell drugs.
Despite his long incarceration, Gotti's word is still respected on the streets of New York, and he has considerable influence over the Gambino Crime Family.
[edit] Sources
- Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain & Jerry Capeci in 2002, ISBN 0-02-864416-6.
- Gotti: The Rise & Fall by Jerry Capeci in 1996, ISBN 0-451-40681-8.
- Mafia Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the Gambino Crime Family by John H. Davis in 1994, ISBN 0-06-109184-7.
