That’s what gangsters do. If someone disrespects you, you fuck them up man or woman. That’s been the way of the life for 100 years. Plenty of women have had the shit beaten out of them in the timeframe. Doesn’t mean however that he’s lying about the Lucchese Family...that’s like saying why should we believe Castelle when he’s dealt drugs and murdered people with Joey flowers to get ahead. Since he would murder someone to get ahead would be not be capable of lying in an appeal to keep out of prison?