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Joseph A. Buttafuoco (born March 11, 1956) is an American auto body shop owner. In 1992, Buttafuoco was convicted for his statutory rape of a minor, 17-year-old Amy Fisher, after Fisher shot his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, in the face. Tabloid news coverage labelled Fisher the "Long Island Lolita". [1]
Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born May 21, 1974) [2] is an American woman, who, in 1992, at the age of 17, shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of Joey Buttafuoco, who had initiated a sexual relationship with the underaged Fisher in 1990. [3]
On May 19, 1992, Buttafuoco was shot in the face by Amy Fisher, who at the time was having an affair with Buttafuoco's then husband Joey. [2] Fisher had come to the Buttafuocos' house to confront Buttafuoco about Joey, with whom she had been having an affair since July 1991 after Fisher brought her vehicle to Buttafuoco's auto body shop in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York.
By the time the film was first aired, Casualties of Love received a fair share of media attention, due to the film being one of three about Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco by three different TV networks. Filming took place in November and December 1992, and the film was promoted as the TV version that told Joey Buttafuoco's side of the story. [1]
Amy Fisher, [15] famously nicknamed "The Long Island Lolita" by the press, she was convicted of the 1992 shooting of the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco, with whom she began an affair as a 16-year-old student. She served seven years in prison and was released in 1999.
From left to right: Kevin Smith and the Chasing Amy cast, Joey Lauren Adams, Dwight Ewell, Ben Affleck and Jason Lee at the film's 1997 premiere. (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) (FilmMagic, Inc)
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The Amy Fisher Story is a 1993 American television film dramatizing the events surrounding Amy Fisher's abuse as a teen by Joey Buttafuoco and her eventual conviction for aggravated assault for shooting Buttafuoco's wife.