I think Sammy initially liked him and respected him. There was an issue where Paul kept some money that was owed to Sammy and Sammy resented him for that. I think most guys liked amd respected Paul but I think his greed. Gotti disliked Paul because his crew was caught on wiretaps talking about drugs. I dont think Gotti had an issue with him prior to that.
. Also according to Sammy the Frank Piccolo thing really rubbed him the wrong way but that was back in 81. You also bring up an interesting point about Gotti and Castellano’s relationship before the August 1983 drug bust. I dint think there was ever any love loss between them but it wasn’t stasi Ed like it was from 83-85.
