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  • John Gotti killed mobster played by Joe Pesci in 'Goodfellas' [Tommy DeSimone]

    07/13/2015 12:18:56 PM PDT · by ETL · 132 replies
    New York Post ^ | By Bill Sanderson July 12, 2015 | Bill Sanderson
    It was time for Tommy ­DeSimone to die.The mobster — famously portrayed by Joe Pesci in "Goodfellas" — killed two made men, tried to rape the wife of his gangster pal Henry Hill and stupidly lifted his ski mask during 1978’s historic $6 million Lufthansa heist.So John Gotti took care of it — personally.The handsome capo used a silencer-equipped Colt .38 to shoot DeSimone three times in the skull in January 1979 in the basement of an Italian restaurant on Arthur Avenue in The Bronx, says an upcoming book, “The Lufthansa Heist,” written by Hill and journalist Daniel Simone.It’s the...
  • Daughter: Sorvino Pulled Gun in Dispute (Goodfellas actor defends daughter from ex-boyfriend)

    01/17/2007 7:26:48 AM PST · by dead · 109 replies · 2,861+ views
    AP ^ | Jan 17, 7:51 AM (ET)
    STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - "Goodfellas" actor Paul Sorvino pulled a gun on his daughter's ex-boyfriend after the man pounded on her hotel door and made threats, the daughter testified Tuesday. "He got in my father's face and said, 'Go ahead, Paul, shoot, I ain't done nothing wrong,'" Amanda Sorvino, 36, told a Monroe County judge. The judge granted her request for a protection-from-abuse order against Daniel Snee, 21. Amanda Sorvino testified Snee threatened to kill her at a hotel Jan. 3 in Stowe, Vt.; she said she locked herself in the bathroom and called both police and her father. Her...