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‘Bronx Tale’ star Lillo Brancato: I’m clean and inspiring others after cop slay horror
New York Post ^
| April 13, 2023
| Joshua Rhett Miller
Posted on 04/13/2023 5:50:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
SNIP
Brancato portrayed Robert De Niro’s son, Calogero, in the coming-of-age classic, then won a role as a minor mobster in “The Sopranos.”
But in 2005, Brancato’s life infamously spun out of control: hopelessly addicted to crack and heroin, he burgled a friend’s house with an accomplice when a hero off-duty cop who confronted them was shot dead.
The actor was acquitted of murder but served eight years for the botched heist. Now he has found a third act: inspiring others to stay clean and steer clear of crime, through both an Instagram account with 95,000 followers, and working at an addiction treatment facility in New Jersey.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bronxtale; crime; hollywood; sopranos
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/13/2023 5:57:21 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: telescope115
now youse CAN’T leave ...
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posted on
04/13/2023 6:01:57 PM PDT
by
bankwalker
(Repeal the 19th ...)
To: telescope115
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posted on
04/13/2023 6:08:38 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
To: nickcarraway
Tremont is still Itillian.
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posted on
04/13/2023 6:09:34 PM PDT
by
cowboyusa
(IT'S TIME TO PLAY COWBOYS AND MARXISTS!)
To: nickcarraway
He should have never tried to kill Christopher.
It all went down hill from there.
To: cowboyusa
Didn’t know about the musical…
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posted on
04/13/2023 6:54:28 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: bankwalker
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posted on
04/13/2023 6:54:48 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
To: nickcarraway
NYPD Officer Daniel Enchautegui was killed in 2005 as the off-duty cop responded to a botched burglary in the Bronx committed by Brancato and accomplice Steven Armento. Armento is serving life without parole.
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posted on
04/14/2023 4:28:03 AM PDT
by
tlozo
(Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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