I watched Michael (Chicken) Franzese respond to Merlino, In his response, he reveals that the man who contacted Merlino asking for a meeting was NOT HIS LAWYER, BUT A FORMER EMPLOYEE. He does not condemn the man, in fact sort of defends him. He then attacked Merlino. A set up? If so, Merlino fell for it. When he was reading the texts from what he said was Franzese's attorney, I wondered if he checked to see if that was the lawyer. He didn't. Merlino screwed up, He also, again, did not call Sonny a rat. He knocked him for not cutting his son off after Michael testified.


The strange part is the unanswered question: Who was the man who contacted Merlino? His name has been given out,
by Franzese. Is he a nut, or did Franzese set it up? I still cannot believe Merlino did not google the name to see if that was the lawyer. Unless he faked the lawyer's name. Now Frnazese is acting tough and outraged over it, not at the man who made believe he was his lawyer, but at Merlino.