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| May 8, 2008 |
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 FBI Tapes: Dapper Don A Wife Beater |
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 John Gotti, the gracious Dapper Don who held doors open for women reporters in court, was an out of control wild man who smacked his wife around in the privacy of their own home, Gang Land has learned.
 The wife beater tag comes not from the late Mafia boss’s usual detractors, but from the mouth of the person who suffered the most, both emotionally and physically, from the violent gangster’s previously undisclosed character flaw – his widow Victoria.
 Victoria Gotti spoke about beatings Gotti gave her – and their son John – during a long talk she had early last year with her hubby’s self-described “adopted son,” Lewis Kasman. Mrs. Gotti was particularly vulnerable at the time, as she was recovering from surgery after suffering two strokes. Her weakened condition gave Kasman no pause, however, and he recorded the conversation on his FBI-supplied bug.
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