bullshit because he was always in prison and when indicted before he died it would have come out about his cooperation for example willie boy johnson and hijacker gotti associate billy battistia (fled the country)

paul said it out of jealously this is what capeci wrote

"there is a rumor neil was a rat" he said,unable to control his jealousy even now,even though the article was disinformation that some law enforcement source had fed some writer trying to enliven Neils obituary notice
As Decicco and tommy gambino tried to calm him,Gotti flew into a rage."Whoever said that,I`ll throw `em off a fucking building!"
"where there is smoke there is fire" Paul replied,insulting the memory of a mans man and ensuring two weeks more, the fist would come smashing down