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V Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dina Manzo's ex-husband gets 7 years for hiring mobster to assault her boyfriend
https://ew.com ^ | Oct 15 2024 | Lester Fabian Brathwaite

Posted on 10/16/2024 7:58:13 AM PDT by Beowulf9

You know, sometimes New Jersey gets a real bad rap. And well, sometimes, that rap is wholly deserved.

Case in point, Thomas Manzo. The ex-husband of The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Dina Manzo was sentenced to seven years in prison for the most New Jersey crime one could think of: he hired a purported member of the mob to beat up his ex's then-boyfriend/now-husband in exchange for throwing the attacker a lavish wedding reception.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: assault; mob; nj
Thomas Manzo was convicted of one count of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering, one count of conspiracy to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering, and one count of falsifying and concealing documents related to a federal investigation.

According to a press release from Jersey's U.S. Attorney's Office, Manzo hired John Perna, a "soldier in the Lucchese Crime Family," to assault Dina's boyfriend in the spring of 2015. Manzo, a co-owner of The Brownstone, a catering hall in Paterson, NJ, paid for the assault with a free wedding reception.

Perna completed his end of the bargain on July 18, 2015, and joyfully tied the knot in August 2015 at The Brownstone, attended by some 330 people, many of whom belonged to the Lucchese Crime Family. Four years later, in response to a grand jury subpoena, Manzo concealed and falsified documents related to the wedding.

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1 posted on 10/16/2024 7:58:13 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Another show that contributes to the decline of IQ’s in America.


2 posted on 10/16/2024 8:02:43 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

I’ve never once seen this show but was surprised at the real mob connection.


3 posted on 10/16/2024 8:05:08 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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I was previously associated with an individual who watched that crap... it is mind numbingly stupid and obviously scripted, yet women suck it in. I always heard, “I watch it for the clothes and destinations”, yeah right.


4 posted on 10/16/2024 8:09:49 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Beowulf9

He had the guy beat up, and his wife didn’t even protect her virtue.


5 posted on 10/16/2024 9:03:57 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Beowulf9
Tommy Manzo, before and after:


6 posted on 10/16/2024 10:30:41 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Propaganda keeps only governments in business, not corporations. —John Nolte)
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To: Beowulf9

Andy Cohen only hires people he knows are on the edge of sanity and legality. He hopes for them to blow up so he gets bigger ratings.


7 posted on 10/17/2024 9:12:05 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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