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Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family.As the underboss, Gravano played a major role in prosecuting John Gotti, the crime family's boss, by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and other mobsters in a deal in which he confessed to involvement in 19 murders.
Joseph Nicholas Gallo (The Betrayer) (January 8, 1912 – September 1, 1995) was a New York mobster who served as consigliere of the Gambino crime family under three different bosses. Joseph N. Gallo was not related to Joe Gallo of the Colombo crime family.
He was the brother-in-law of former underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, married to Gravano's sister Fran. In May 1985, Garafola was charged with tax evasion for failing to report income from a New York discothèque that he owned with Gravano and a third Staten Island resident.
Gotti's downfall came in 1992, when his underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano cooperated with the FBI. Gravano's cooperation with the U.S. government sent John Gotti and most of the top members of the Gambino family to prison. Following the Gotti regime, the control of the Gambino family was assumed by the organization's Sicilian faction ...
Karen Gravano spoke candidly about her time on Mob Wives and being raised by Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano on the “Dumb Blonde” podcast — and Us Weekly has an exclusive clip. While ...
Gravano’s life was previously documented in the 1997 book “Underboss” by Peter Maas. He has also given numerous interviews about his life in the Mafia and currently operates his own YouTube ...
The daughter of former mobster Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, she starred in the VH1 reality series "Mob Wives." "I stepped out of the industry for a while, but this is my one true passion," she said ...
According to Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, Paul Castellano wanted to have the whole DeMeo crew killed, because they had all turned into serial killers and gave the contract to Frank DeCicco. Realising how difficult it was going to be, DeCicco went to the Gemini Twins, Testa and Senter, and told them about the contract on them, but promised them ...