yeah the tv crew thing was not such a good idea but the guy still went to war and was charismatic enough to amass enough followers to support him and beat every murder charge against him in his indictments and was out of prison before 50
The followers he amassed were all associates wasn't they? No made guys IIRC in the war against Stanfa.
The Philly family were completely fucked at that point anyway. You think if alot of the Scarfo guys didn't go to prison they would support Joey Merlino? He's have ended up dead in the street if the family wasn't obliterated.
