I didn't realize it was actually a disturbing memoir about a very sad little girl from a horribly twisted family. I was now a 16-year-old tenth grader at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan and in no mood to hear that Tina, a popular girl famous for her acid-washed jeans and over-gelled hair was spreading rumors about my family. He was extremely smart.". Gigante died in federal prison on December 19, 2005 at the age of 77. So there's a feeling of, 'Wow, should I be doing that? A 36-year-old man faces murder charges after authorities said he fatally shot his 15-year-old daughter, the girl's mother, and two others. But he'd try.". She rubbed her sweaty palms across her acid-washed jeans. Rita Gigante, 45, is set to marry Bobbi . I wanted people to see the good in him as well. Authorities found two unlicensed guns, a set of brass knuckles and more than $1 million cash inside the $12 million E. 77th St. townhouse Esposito owns with his mom and two sisters, prosecutor Jared Lenow said. Almost. His delusions, his schizophrenia?". The amazing thing about my father's sense of himself was that even though he looked like an unkempt Alzheimer's patient as we walked, he still gave off that feeling that if he snapped his fingers at you, you had to jump. "At first I felt protected, I felt like no one could hurt us and then there was the feeling of being scared of what the government might do. Police Lt. Robert . Rita Gigante certainly had a strange, dysfunctional family life growing up. By submitting your email to receive this newsletter, you agree to our, Rita Gigante -- daughter of Genovese crime family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante -- says she "loved the times when we put on Elvis. "How many f------ times do you have to talk about me and my family?". Carmella and Lucia were briefly questioned about the insult by Rakoff, but did their pop proud by denying the interaction with Fyfe and leaving the courtroom without comment. His meticulous mental and physical preparation to get into character would have put Sir Laurence Olivier to shame. ", Rita Gigante -- daughter of mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante -- has written a tell-all about her notorious father. Fyfe is the son of the former Yolanda Gigante, one of the Chins five kids with his wife (coincidentally also named Olympia). VINCENT GIGANTE, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES IN OPPOSITION OPINIONS BELOW The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. The family of legendary Genovese boss Vincent The Chin Gigante is back in court once again. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for what was then the Luciano crime family. Gigante and wife Olympia welcomed six children, with Rita the youngest, before the mob boss took up with mistress Olympia Esposito and fathered two daughters and son Vincent. I'm not even sure if he knew that I understood he was pretending to be ill so he could use it as a defense if he ever went to court. I have had the honor of watching Vincent grow from a little boy into the man he is, she wrote in a five-paragraph letter. The only difference now was that I knew the whole truth or so I thought. Vincent Louis Gigante ( March 29, 1928 - December 19, 2005), also known as "Chin," was a New York Italian-American mobster in the American Mafia who was boss of the Genovese crime family from 1981 to 2005. . The message of healing, learning and growing is always a good one but I don't buy her final chapter seemingly absolving her father for his sins. She lives just a short hop from her hometown of Old Tappan, N.J. where her dad was once accused of keeping the entire five-man police force on his payroll. He was kind of making a mockery of them, and I wasn't happy about that.". Tina's two friends came out from the stalls first, armed with lip gloss and making their way to the mirror. she asked. She sees Mary and Jesus and the ghost of her father everywhere. He was boss of the New York mafia, leader of the Genovese crime clan and head of all five New York mob families for decades.Now aged 46 Rita recalls a horrific scene she witnessed at the age of five that would haunt her for years. My best friend had heard her big mouth from down the hall. Christmas gifts from dad were typically a wad of bills, wrapped only in a rubber band. Mafia kingpin Vincent "Chin" Gigante in 1997. I needed answers; I wanted to know who my father was. But there was no way out of it for me; I was in it until the end. Before my eyes, my powerful, in-charge dad had become a fragile, senile old man. The ability to release her fears, anxiety, and horrific memories has lead Rita down a path of forgiveness and healing. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Gigante suffered a severe cut over his right eye, causing the referee to stop the fight and award it to Slade . At age 11, the child raised as a devout Italian-Catholic realized she was gay a. 1903 January 20, 1903. . I was amazed to see the lengths he would go to, delivering an Oscar-worthy performance for any FBI agents who might be lurking outside the apartment and watching his every move from their dark, nondescript sedans. He had three families to care for: us, a mistress and her kids and the family 'in the street' (mafia members). But behind closed doors, they had a secrether father was notorious crime boss Vincent the Chin Gigante, head of all five New York crime families. The distant future, then, gradually has less value to you personally. When Johnson was 10 years old, his brother William was accused of killing a white man in Charleston. "Godfather's Daughter by Rita & Natasha Gigante, published by Hay House Publishing, 9.99 (RRP 10.99) with free P&P. A minute later I heard a flush and Tina cracked open the stall door an inch, her eyes darting around as she searched for her minions. Yet it is only since his death that she has really felt at one with him. "Maybe someone would whisper in his ear then they'd rip up the papers and some would get burned or flushed down the toilet. The rest of the book could fall off the face of the earth and I wouldn't miss it one bit. I felt as if I was by Rita's side every step of the journey . . . Dad's home "uniform" of casual slacks and a shirt, which was later revised to underwear and a T-shirt, had now morphed into an updated version that worked both in the apartment and on the street: a pair of powder blue pajamas with navy trim, and a dark robe. But Vincent Gigante, one of the leading crime figures of the last century, was buried yesterday largely with the anonymity he sought, unsuccessfully, in life. I sat there, dazed, as she explained the five clans of the Mafia Lucchese, Genovese, Gambino, Bonanno, and Colombo. Vincent Gigante vs. Robbie Anthony Rose, 4 rounds, welterweight Dwyke Flemmings Jr. vs. George Gethers, 4 rounds, welterweight Elijah Flores vs. Shannon Hawkins, 4 rounds, junior welterweight I loved reading about Rita's childhood and her father and what one might go through being the daughter or a mafia boss. Gigantes grandson, Vincent Fyfe, will return to Manhattan Federal Court for sentencing on Tuesday after cooperating with the feds against his half-uncle Vincent Esposito. Her father worked long, unsociable hours but when he came home he brought gifts and love, giant chocolate bunnies at Easter and real live chicks to cheer everyone up when the children were struck with chickenpox.However Vincent Gigante wasn't a normal father. So he took his role as a disheveled, deranged outpatient seriously, and with the commitment of a professional thespian. Vincent Esposito, 50 . Long before "Growing Up Gotti," Rita Gigante was living through her own surreality show. Oddly enough, her grandmother Yolanda was the one who first perfected the glare that chilled untold gangsters. I liked the beginning the most. 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RitaGigantePsychic@gmail.com(718) 550-5582. Authorities say a central Florida man has been arrested after fatally shooting his teenage daughter and three other people. What exactly does my dad do? At age 11, the child raised as a devout Italian-Catholic realized she was gay a revelation that later produced a savage, bloody beatdown from an older brother and prayers for her soul from mom. But like her dad, a boxer before he turned gangster, Rita Gigante can take a punch and come back swinging. The daughters of late Genovese boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante fixed their federal informant nephew Vincent Fyfe with a malevolent glare and twice spit a scatological insult at their. Vincent Gigante was convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder on July 25, 1997, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. I couldn't push it anymore. Crazy Like a Fox?/David Tang/Cracking Down: With Ed Bradley, Vincent Gigante, Charles Rose, Louis Gigante. That's why the scribbled notes, the back doors, the whispers, the fear and admiration in people's eyes . It was a way for me to control something in my life. As I slowly led him along Sullivan Street, my father would stay silent unless he needed to mumble a few more orders, like "Hold me closer to you" or "Walk slower." Italian-born Charles "Lucky" Luciano, perhaps the most influential mobster in U.S. history, sits between guards in court on Aug. 24, 1936, in Plattsburg, N.Y. Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's racket jury has convicted him on 62 of 90 counts of an indictment charging compulsory prostitution. People in the neighborhood knew who he was way before I did, thanks to word of mouth. And she later faced a painful betrayal: Her beloved father had a mistress and a second family living in Manhattan the other woman's name ironically was also Olympia while she and her mom were exiled across the Hudson River. I had left well enough alone and pushed it out of my mind. Listen to the Racket Report every week to get your fill on all the secrets to understand more about mob organizations around the world. Porky was Graziano's son-in-law, married to his daughter Lana, and Graziano's other daughters, Jennifer and Renee, also married Bonanno mobsters, Christian Ludwigsen and Hector Pagan. Ever since seeing a vision of Jesus Christ inside a church several years ago, Rita says she's become a spiritual healing masseuse who has contact with the dead including her father. Under the disguise of mental illness Vincent Gigante evaded the authorities and rose to become the most powerful mobster in New York. Catch up on the days top five stories every weekday afternoon. People . (Charles Hoff/New York Daily News). "It was only when she was 16 that close family friend Alessandra revealed that Rita was the daughter of the biggest crime boss in North America. Her infamous dad moved into his mother's dank Manhattan apartment when she was 18 months old, leaving Rita and her mom, Olympia, alone in New Jersey. Rita Gigante was 16 years old before she found out she was a Mafia princess. Gigante and Stoynoff do a nice job of keeping the focus on Rita and family issues instead of rehashing well-worn mob tropes. She sighed, and looked at me with sympathy. I'd nod and get up. The prose is nothing remarkable and is rather pedestrian, but they get the job done. Vincent (The Chin) Gigante and his wife, Olympia, after his acquittal in the Frank Costello shooting. Vincent Esposito, 52, is currently housed at the low security FCI Fort Dix in southern New Jersey, with a scheduled release date of Valentines Day 2021. "The TV would be blaring my cartoons at full volume and the radio was always on to drown out voices. By Tyler MacDonald / May 1, 2021 4:47 pm EST. That was all very interesting. We've received your submission. With all this secrecy about Dad, and the way his friends treated him with the reverence of a king it had occurred to me that maybe he was in charge of something shady. "She's down the hall and is going around the whole school calling you get this a Mafia princess! "The Chin" relaxes by his family's backyard pool in Old Tappan, N.J. Thomas Eboli was the acting boss at this time, but the man who ran the day to day functions and wielded the most influence was Philip Lombardo. Her father, notorious Mafia boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, was the leader of the Genovese crime clan and the head of all five New York crime families for decades. Those ledger pages were introduced by the feds ahead of Gottis 1999 sentencing to 77 months for crimes including bribery, extortion, gambling and fraud. Italian-born Charles "Lucky" Luciano, perhaps the most influential mobster in U.S. history, sits between guards in court on Aug. 24, 1936, in Plattsburg, N.Y. Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey's racket jury has convicted him on 62 of 90 counts of an indictment charging compulsory prostitution. He was boss of the New York mafia, leader of the Genovese crime clan and head of all five New York mob families for decades. Every so often I looked at Dad hobbling along and, even though I knew he was putting on an act, my heart believed him a little bit. Eventbrite - Psychic Medium Rita Gigante The Godfather's Daughter - Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 200 6th St, Brooklyn, NY. "He totally believed in God. Nobody's ever gonna bother me when I'm with Dad. "I remember when I was 10 in my grandmother's basement apartment in Manhattan and watching men walk in and kiss my father and sit around the table whispering. event bout wiki. I enjoyed reading about the mysterious life of the Mob, through a daughter's point of view. Now aged 46 Rita. 1920 . Esposito is one of three children Gigante fathered with his longtime mistress, Olympia Esposito, to whose home he routinely would be driven following his sleepwear strolls downtown. Exceptional read for those interested in the topic. The man dubbed The Oddfather for his bizarre antics died behind bars in December 2005. Even if that path brought her back to that scary spot beneath the table on Sullivan St., her struggles with acceptance, and her father's strange and scary past. The feds claimed Gigantes wacky behavior was an act intended to bolster claims of mental illness and shield him from prosecution for running one of the Mafias Five Families.. I applaud her for the courage it took to be true to herself and to make a life for herself. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Louis Gigante, Bronx priest and brother of mob boss, dead at 90, Genovese crime family wiseguy who doomed Bronx pol pleads guilty to racketeering, Albanian Gangster actor enlisted Genovese mobsters to collect debt: sources, 6 Genovese mobsters busted on gambling, extortion conspiracy charges: feds. Genovese family soldier Frank Frankie G Giovinco. If anyone wants to do anything big, they'd need your father's permission.". He did it to protect us and to repent at the end of his life. As we walked, I'd feel a combination of embarrassment, protectiveness, and anger, depending on what kind of day I was having. As per Fox Sports, Robbie was crowned the winner. The authors father was one of the top mob bosses in New York city and eluded capture for decades. I've had enough of this s---.". Gigante profi klvvknt kezdte plyafutst, 1944 s 1947 kztt 25 mrkzsen bokszolt, melybl 21-et megnyert, ebbl 13-at KO-val, s 4-szer szenvedett veresget. The sentence for Vincent Esposito, the 51-year-old son of Gigante and the boss longtime mistress Olympia Esposito, was on the low end of a stipulated sentencing range worked out as part of Espositos plea agreement. "Unaware that I was in the room, I saw my father stomping on his head until everything went quiet and his body was pulled out of the room. Rita Gigante -- daughter of mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante -- has written a tell-all about her notorious father. "I did not whisper a word to anyone about that day and blacked it out until I had a flashback years later. But behind closed doors, they had a secrether father was notorious crime boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante, head of all five New York crime families. "She's really the only one that could tell my father how it was, and get away with it.". #VincentGigante#RitaGigante#MafiaThe Godfathers Daughter : https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/9381431566?psc=1\u0026ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_titlehttps://www.ritagigante.net/showsTo contact Rita for Bookings: Psychic, medium, and healer IG https://instagram.com/ritagigantepsychic?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=cell: 201-805-3909 . Take the wardrobe, for instance. But until she was 16, she was kept in the dark about his underworld activities. In that instant, little fragments of my life that never added up suddenly snapped into place like pieces of a puzzle. Defense lawyer Flora Edwards, who argued that Esposito shouldnt be locked up because of his paternity, declined to comment outside court. One family lived in Old Tappan New Jersey and the other in a posh Upper East Side townhouse, just off Park Avenue, located at 67 East 77th Street. Rita is also gay and dated women from a young age, she came out to her parents and found her self put right back in the closet. "Dad was at my house in New Jersey and I said, 'I need to tell you something.' "That he wants to come and help me and other people with healing is amazing. However, I dont think the reader needs to believe in that stuff to recognize and hopefully appreciate that Rita has found, by the end of her tale, a more healthy and fulfilling adulthood that one would have ever expected from her family background. ever . Olympia Grippa is the wife of the late Vincent Gigante. Rita Gigante -- daughter of Genovese crime family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante -- says she "loved the times when we put on Elvis. I almost felt sorry for her. It took all my restraint not to laugh when he did that. Rita also has a private practice outside of New York City, where she uses healing methods including energy therapy, intuitive healing, spiritual counseling, sound therapy, and angel readings. Esposito and four other reputed Genovese mobsters were charged in a long-running racketeering scheme that the feds say involves multiple acts of extortion and other crimes between 2001 and 2017. "He could have done anything with his life. Esposito and two co-defendants Steven Arena and Vincent DAcunto Jr. - were specifically accused of extorting annual payments from a union official between 2001 and 2015. Esposito, 53, is currently residing in a Brooklyn federal facility and is scheduled to be released on Valentines Day. I enjoyed reading about growing up in an Italian family albeit a "connected" one. (He was paranoid the house was bugged.) My deep connection with him comes from having the privilege of mentoring him over the years and helping him through his struggles by introducing spirituality to him.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,600],'aboutthemafia_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_4',198,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-aboutthemafia_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0'); In 1995, Fyfe was hired at the position of union executive as a recommendation from his grandfather. While her father operated on the wrong side of the law, Rita Gigante believes his management skills would have translated into success in any endeavor. What is it like for your father to be head of a crime family? Could it be that my father was the most powerful Mafia boss in the country? Esposito is required to surrender in 45 days. "It was like pieces of a puzzle slipping into place," she remembers. She has a degree in exercise physiology and is a licensed massage therapist and Reiki master. Even though I'd found out the truth about Dad, we never talked about it. Rita, one of the youngest daughters of Mafia boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante, was named after Saint Rita, the Saint of the Impossible. Save this record and choose the information you want to add to your family tree. Vincent "The Chin" Gigante with his wife, Olympia, and his daughter, Rita, after Rita's confirmation. Gigante was also a fan of the taciturn Clint Eastwood character aka the Man With No Name in "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.". So I had to follow my own path.". Johnson's family moved north when. "There was no fear attached to it," she said. Gigante rose through the ranks to lead the infamous Genovese mob family of New York for almost 20 years, a lengthy tenure in a business with an extremely high turnover rate. Before leaving the apartment, Dad would run his fingers through his hair and muss it up a little, check his unshaven face, and pull the hood of his robe over the newsboy cap on his head. "Take my arm here make like you're holding me," he'd say, before we went out the door, onto the world's stage. Daughter of the late crime boss Vincent Gigante said her father has given his blessing for her upcoming nuptials to her girlfriend - from beyond the grave. Espositos father, the former head of the Genovese family, was also known as The Oddfather for putting on an act in which he would shuffle around Greenwich Village in a bathrobe and slippers to help with his claims that he was legally insane a ruse that fell flat in 1997 when he was sent to prison on eight racketeering charges. ", "He's not just the head of the family," she continued, "he might be the head of the commission. Vincent Gigante: sex: male alias: Vinny The Chin: nationality: USA height: 6 0 / 183cm: residence: New York, New York, USA . I had blood on my hands Tina's blood. When my father ordered me to walk with him, it meant that he had to go to the caf to do some business or play cards, and he needed to put on a good show during the one-block walk to get there. "We don't always make the right choices in life," she said. . With Natasha's sane writing I got a good picture of a person who is very different than me. As soon as the poor girl opened her mouth to speak, I grabbed a chunk of her stiff tresses. Catch up on the days top five stories every weekday afternoon. Prosecutors had agreed to push for no more than 30 months on the racketeering conspiracy charge. The honest, unflinching tale provides a previously unseen look at the elder Gigante, who famously dodged attempted murder charges after shooting Genovese boss Frank Costello in 1957 when Costello refused to testify against him. The dark-haired Gigante, who bears a resemblance to her infamous parent, knows the whole story now and she's telling it all in a new memoir, "The Godfather's Daughter. (Frank Castoral). unless she could find a way to embrace the truth and find redemption.In The Godfathers Daughter, Rita details her spiritual journey as she unravels the mysteries of her family and herself, and learns what it means to live in the truth she finds. She even turned "The Look" loose on her son, affectionately known to his mom as Chinzee. Genovese family soldier Frank Frankie G Giovinco. ", VIDEO: WATCH AN INTERVIEW WITH RITA GIGANTE. His parents were Yolanda Santasilia Gigante and Salvatore Gigante. ", "Okay. The glimpses of her father embracing pop culture are favorite memories of his youngest daughter, Rita. Challenge yourself to focus more on what truly matters in the long run. She praised Fyfe for his unflinching honesty despite a family history with generational ties to organized crime., Vincent has empowered himself by finding his Truth, having the courage to speak his truth and has learned that his truth has set him free, she wrote. Since I am of Italian heritage I can only imagine how difficult it was for Rita growing up in a split family. Esposito pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy back in April 2019. The elder Gigante's total immersion into character explains his love of Brando particularly the actor's turn in "On The Waterfront" and his work as Vito Corleone. Esposito pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy back in April 2019.var cid='8023303019';var pid='ca-pub-3329026825851028';var slotId='div-gpt-ad-aboutthemafia_com-medrectangle-3-0';var ffid=2;var alS=2021%1000;var container=document.getElementById(slotId);container.style.width='100%';var ins=document.createElement('ins');ins.id=slotId+'-asloaded';ins.className='adsbygoogle ezasloaded';ins.dataset.adClient=pid;ins.dataset.adChannel=cid;if(ffid==2){ins.dataset.fullWidthResponsive='true';} Due to the title, I was hoping this book would provide some good research material about the mafia for a book I'm working on. Vinny "The Chin" Gigante's love child, who is a reputed high-level wiseguy in the Genovese crime family, was handed a two-year prison sentence on Friday for what . Vincent Esposito Natan Dvir. Fabulous! Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Dont talk about the family.Living with the family secretand other shocking betrayals she was to uncover, then instructed to concealplunged Rita into emotional and physical turmoil for years. Rita Gigante, Fyfes aunt and the Chins daughter, provided the federal court with a letter asking for mercy in Fyfes sentencing. "But that doesn't mean we're bad people. Theyre a couple of Chins off the old block. It was a life filled with emotional body blows. If he thought for sure that he was being taped or filmed by the feds, he'd really lay it on thick and stop in front of a parking meter and stare at it for a long time, silent, wide-eyed. Vincent Esposito the son of late mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Mafia kingpin Vincent "Chin" Gigante in 1997. Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Today Rita is an established Psychic,. Tina opened the door wider and made a move to slip by me. . You'll stand there, then we'll see who is able to pull the trigger faster. You can also send a cheque or PO (payable to The Express) to: The Express Orders Dept, 1 Broadland Business Park, Norwich NR7 0WF Interview by. Facing new charges in 2003 he pleaded guilty and admitted that his supposed insanity was all a ploy. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. She unknowingly hung out at mob headquarters and witnessed her dads whispered meetings around the dinner table, but only knew what she was told by her mother and siblings about his odd behavior: Dads sick. Description. I was in and out in all of five minutes After a stern talking to, the principal ordered us to get out of his office and march our sorry, delinquent asses home. Apic/Getty Images. I really liked this book. Birth of Stella Gigante. In Godfather of Harlem, Vincent "Chin" Gigante (Vincent D'onofrio) is Johnson's main antagonist upon his return from prisonconstantly undermining Johnson's attempts to regain control of. I didn't care if he was in his bathrobe and his slippers and whatever -- he'd get up and start dancing to Elvis.". Her earliest childhood memories include cowering beneath a Sullivan St. table as Gigante inflicted a savage beating on a bleeding underling. We've received your submission. This realization has changed the course of his life forever and for the better as well as helped change the family lineage of the Gigantes.. I don't want to be involved in this crap! The famed American mob boss and bookmaker, whose real name was was Ellsworth Raymond Johnson but was nicknamed 'bumpy' due to the bumps on the back of his head, led an illustrious criminal career and was even arrested more than 40 times while also standing up for local injustices. Elise Johnson is the real daughter of Bumpy and Mayme Johnson, and Margaret Johnson's mother. I'm going to follow them into the bathroom, and you're going to stay outside and keep watch. Philip Gigante, 41, whose grandfather Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante was the head of the Genovese crime family, was elected into the positions by residents of Airmont. My interest was piqued when my cousin posted something about this book in Facebook recently. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947. Larry McShane: The Chin was the son of Italian immigrants who settled in Greenwich Village during the . Italian-American mobster Vincent "The Chin" Gigante is Bumpy's main foe in Godfather Of Harlem. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Louis Gigante, Bronx priest and brother of mob boss, dead at 90, Genovese crime family wiseguy who doomed Bronx pol pleads guilty to racketeering, Albanian Gangster actor enlisted Genovese mobsters to collect debt: sources, 6 Genovese mobsters busted on gambling, extortion conspiracy charges: feds. The two hate each other so much that you end up wishing they'd just settle it cowboy-style. Gigante knew nothing of her father's murderous leading role among New York's five crime families until high school.