I haven't looked into it, but I don't believe the Minucci story on the face of it.

If you look at two of the guys who walked away, Junior Gotti and Michael Franzese, in both cases their father was someone high up enough in the hierarchy to tell the rest of the family to leave their son alone.

I myself wonder that if these guys have actually gone legit, does that mean that they pay no tribute whatsoever from their legitimate earnings? I'm not convinced of that.


"For us, rubbin'out a Mustache was just like makin' way for a new building, like we was in the construction business."