Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli the former reputed street boss of the Colombo crime family is suing the federal government for a slip and fall that happened back in 2013 during a game of ping-pong.
Gioeli claims the fall which caused him to break his kneecap resulted from the negligence of prison officials leading him to file a $10 million dollar lawsuit. According to court papers, Gioeli is arguing that officials at the Metropolitan Detention Center should have known about the hazardous wet floor in the prison’s recreation area which is in proximity to the showers and a leaky pipe. He claims the leak was reported to prison officials for days of not weeks before his accident and it was never taken care of according to the NY Daily News report.
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The 64-year-old mobster is serving an 18-year sentence after being convicted on racketeering conspiracy charges connected to alleged murder plots. Gioeli along with mafia underling Dino (Little Dino) Saracino were accused of carrying out murders for the Cosa Nostra family but were acquitted on the murder charges. Tommy Shots needed surgery and then required both physical and occupational therapy as a result of his injuries and now he believes he is owed restitution. The government insists it acted with the necessary care throughout the incident and has rejected any notion of negligence on their part.
Part of the government’s defense is that playing table tennis comes with some risk and the former New York Mafia boss chose to take that risk. Both sides are planning to bring forth multiple witnesses including corrections officers, inmates, and doctors at the upcoming bench trial in Brooklyn Federal Court.
Wow it seems like old Tommy Shots may actually have somewhat of a case here. He pretty much lost the war at least to an extent getting those 18 years but maybe just maybe he can win a battle here. Can bet feds will have a line of guys ready to agree with their side of things though, so.
Please, he’ll be lucky to get free commissary lol! No way Feds pay him. It’s comical to read though!
This should be quite the spectacle of a case. I don’t think he stands much of a chance either but old Tommy never misses an angle to take a shot at the feds.
indeed a spectacle. what ever happened to Omerta and keeping a low profile. this guys is brining the goverment to court. he is not going to win jack shit!
anytime there is some kind of stupidity involved the mob 99% of the time its involving the Bonnanos or Colombos.
Lol! So true!
can you imagine a boss from the Genovese or Luchese slipping in the shower busting there knee and then trying to sue the government lol. the family would probably have them wacked for making a spectacle of them selves lol
Ha, Indeed
wouldent say 99% time but a lot of stupid things have come from those familys recent years Bonannos especially
The others have done a lot stupid things aswell gambinos did have jack falcone recently only family in the 21st centuary to try and make a fed into a made guy last big guy to flip nicky skins was a Gambino aswell he hurt philly NE and all five familys. Genovese had some stupidity recent years aswell having Bruno whacked in 05 was a big mistake and john rubeo was the most recent rat and he was westside and they that murder plot debello got dragged into recently was because of his crews stupidity look at vinny coppola they arrested him high on drugs . Lucheses joey perna was doing business in his car feds simply bugged it
i think getting tricked by an undercover or talking in a car with bug is pretty reckless/stupid . but not the same level of absurdity as trying to sue the gvt for slipping in the shower. or throwing a big xmas party with members on tight restrictions for the whole world to see.
I agree. This is a whole new level of stupidity.
Its clearly possible to stay under radar. How many taped conversations exist with Cali, Crea, or Bellomo? I’m sure some, but nothing too terrible. Some guys are smart and some are just apes
true but remember feds raided the luchese family Christmas party a few years back thinking they were having a induction. All five familys have one every year however I agree it was stupidity the guys on parole turning up probably didn’t have a choice
my point is all five familys have done a lot of stupid stuff the quality of these guys have got worse and will continue to do so but I do agree the colombos and Bonannos are in a worse state.
still if tommy g earns a few million I doubt he will care he is not getting out anytime soon
agreed. i guess i cant blame the guy probably gonna die in prison. maybe this gives him some kind of purpose. but when its all said and done i think stuff like this is really reflective of the mob today, (quality of the members)
it is a shadow of itself no doubt
Tommy g is a stand up guy he got charged with 6 murders never flipped beat most of them he is a legend to a lot of guys on the streets doing 18 years now he is never getting out to him its probably about revenge he hates the feds he was on the radio recently talking about his latest appeal saying he is innocent and this whole thing was FBI lies a lot of people ratted on him
you seem to have a lot of insight on the NY mob. thanks for the information.
And also Nicky Skins felf so bad about ratting he killed himself .
As well he should have.
the damage nicky skins did to the LCN in general is crazy so what he killed himself which he should have all it did was limit the damage
Anthony DiNuzio was taken down leader of Boston mafia because of those tapes so many Gambinos from danny marino to blaise Corezzo to the feds bugging the famous SP leadership and Gambino family meeting. Alphonese truccherio aswell though that did have more to do with Howard Santos to be honest that Gambino associate caused a lot of damage took down Bruno for the bosshart murder In 2002
Omerta doesn’t have jack shit to do with suing the government. It’s called fighting fire with fire. Omerta is not ratting on others in the underworld, although we’ve seen how well it holds up there. Anyway, this guy really has nothing to lose. He’s out of the loop with the Colombos.
I no all im saying is this guy was a boss and he is making a big f*****g specticle it’s embarrassing. he is not going to win jack ahit
Omertà is also about staying silent to the world. The idea is to not admit being in mafia.
I hear you though Clinton, he’s in prison for life and he’s sick. He’s just reaching for anything, maybe he wants money to leave his family? And your right, his street days are over. Even still, when Corallo, Gigante, and old school bosses went to prison for life they just did time.
Yea it seems like another way to take a shot at the feds and I guess at this point he figures he has nothing more to lose.
my original point was your only things of this nature coming from two of the five famz
agree he is done now he is old man by time now probably wont make it out if he earns a few million of the feds not only will it hope his family he will get some revenge. Plus its not hurting anyone else
and anyone who thinks tommy g is a rat has no idea what they are talking about he is a real stand up guy last of a dying breed
he has a good chance remember when andy russo got shot accidently feds got in trouble after he sued I think they had to pay him. I forgot who it was but back in the 90s it happened and they released him early in exchange he dident sue. Legally he is in his right he wont get 10mil but if he has a good lawyer which he will tommy g he is worth a lot he ran things for a number of years funny guy did a radio interview recently feds hate him. Then again do wonder how much he has left he spent millions on lawyer fees and had to give away a bit to the feds would he be able to afford a top lawyer
hope he wins ridiculous he got 18 years he was found not guilty for those murders dino the same how he got 50 years just assumed he was guilty its because they get killed one of there own you hit anyone in law enforcement they are coming after you
Yep your right the fact that they went after a cop really put the target on their backs and def f’ed em at the end as they had 0 chance of getting off in that case even though they were cleared of the murders.