Joe Bruno's Mobsters - Six Volume Set (101 page)

The good news is that Season Two of
Mob Wives
in finally over.

The bad news is that will be a Season Three.

You can’t win them all.

Jerry Capeci’s
Gangland
  Says  Hector “Junior” Pagan May Still Have to Testify in Court and Junior Doesn’t Like It One Bit.

April 23, 2012

As was reported by Jerry Capeci in his April, 19, 2012
Gangland
internet column, Hector “Junior” Pagan may indeed have to testify in court, because one of the men he ratted on, Nicky Santora, has refused to take a plea deal and Santora’s case is scheduled to go to trial on May 7. This puts a monkey wrench into the government's desire not to have Pagan testify at any trials, and has pissed off Pagan to no end.

As I reported in my April 18 column, the reason the government wants no part of Pagan on the witness stand is because his disgusting performance on the VH1 television show
Mob Wives
has made him a hated man by the millions of viewers who watch the show. This truism will make it difficult, if not nearly impossible, for the government to find 12 jurors who would take anything Pagan says on the witness stand at face value.

According to
Gangland
, Pagan has sent letters to estranged family members, saying if he didn’t turn rat, he was facing 50 years in prison. He also complained, “Why don’t these guys take a plea deal?”

Well, five out of the six defendants did take a plea, including his former father-in-law, Anthony Graziano, and Vincent (Vinny TV) Badalamenti. But Santora, as of this moment, has turned thumbs down on a plea which would have given him less than two years behind bars. If convicted, Santora can get more than 10 years in prison.

It will be interesting to see if Santora sticks to his guns, even if only to aggravate the government, which willingly got into bed with a piece-of-garbage like Pagan; not to mention piss off Pagan himself, who doesn’t want to stare down his former pals from the witness stand.

Responses to “Jerry Capeci’s ‘Gangland’ Says Junior May Still Have to Testify in Court and Junior Doesn’t Like It One Bit.”

Sha
- What a low-life rat!!!

Rob
- Rat!!!!!!

Jos
- Most of them rat when faced with long sentences. The Cosa Nostra should do like the Russians -  kill the entire family of a rat !!! That will stop most scumbag rats.

Lee
- "Disgusting!!!"

Pat
- "JUNK BOX...........SNEAK.........."

Mic
- He’s going to end up deader than a f*****g doornail. Whether you’re mob or not, you should never snitch on anyone.

Bel
- I couldn’t imagine going through that. It’s the worst betrayal EVER!!! Disgrace!!!

Jen
- Junior’s a wannabe. Always was. He never loved Renee much. All he cared about was being in “the life.” I’m not sure why he did this. What a piece of s**t this guy is!

Mik
- Junior’s not even a Guinea.

For
-
Mob
Wives
has made Junior a hated man by the millions of viewers who watch the show. With his reputation, I'm sure he has found at least one woman by now who doesn't hate him. I think that makes him a dog and a rat.

Jye
- I saw a Boston mob figure - a hit man - who turned witness for the government on his crime buddies. He said he doesn't consider himself a rat/snitch. Here's why -  He said snitches tell on people in private behind people's backs, but a witness for the government isn't a snitch because he's doing it in front of the people. I wonder if this rat is still alive.

JB
- This Boston guy has a convoluted or self-serving definition of a rat. A rat is a person who snitches on someone else; to the government; to his own mother - whatever. He's still a rat.

Jye
- What's the real deal with what will happen to AJ? If AJ wasn't the grandson of a Mafia boss would he get whacked because of what his pops did?

JB
- No. AJ has nothing to do what his father did. As far as the mob is concerned, he’s a civilian. Plus, he’s Anthony Graziano’s grandson. Nobody will touch him.

Kim
- Junior needs to stay in jail for 50 years. He has ruined his son’s life!!!!!!!!!!

How in hell can you turn on the man who was your father-in-law for so many years. Renee needs to go on and forget that AJ’s father is alive.

Jennifer Graziano  Says She Should Have Known Hector “Junior” Pagan Was a Rat

May 11, 2012

Jennifer Graziano, the creator of the VH1 television show
Mob Wives
had her “Duh” moment in her recent interview with the
New York Post.
  Jennifer G. told the
Post
she should have known her ex-brother-in-law Hector “Junior” Pagan was a rat, when he seemed overly interested in appearing on her show.

Before the second season of
Mob Wives
, when Jennifer G. asked Pagan if he really wanted to be on the show, he eagerly said yes.

“It’ll ruin you on the street,” Jennifer G. told Pagan.

“No,” Pagan replied. “I don’t care about that anymore. I want to be in it.” (the FBI wanted Pagan to be in it too; wired for sound, of course.)

“I should have known then that something was wrong,” Jennifer told the
Post
.

No spit, Sherlock.

A street guy like Pagan, with a record as long as a giraffe’s neck, insists on being on a national TV show, and nobody smelled a rat? The FBI must have thrown a huge party when they discovered Pagan would not only be on the show, but would be an integral part of the show, with his continuing soap opera concerning his ex-wife, Renee Graziano, Jennifer’s sister.

Will they get back together?

Will they not get back together?

Who the flip cares??

To make the situation all the more disgusting, after Jennifer and Renee’s father, Anthony Graziano, was arrested based on tapes Pagan secretly made for the FBI while talking to Graziano about committing the crime of usury, the Graziano sisters never entertained the thought of cancelling the show.

Jennifer G. said after her father was arrested, “VH1 called me right away and asked me if I wanted to shut it down — meaning stop filming. I told them, ‘No, keep going.’ I would never shut down.”

Jennifer G. also said her sister, Renee, was also “full speed ahead” as far as continuing the show.

Of course, we all know that “money makes the blind man see.” But there isn’t enough money in the entire world for me, and all the folks I know, to allow millions of  people an inside look at our family’s miseries.

The Graziano sisters should be ashamed of themselves. But I don’t think they have the word “shame” in their vocabulary; unless they are talking about other people. In fact, that’s all the show
Mob Wives
is about; cartoonish women yakking about other people, and not in a very nice way.

The bad news is that there will be a Season Three of
Mob Wives
. The good news is that nobody has to watch it.

Except maybe, of course, the FBI.

Responses to: “Jennifer Graziano Says She Should Have Known Hector “Junior” Pagan Was a Rat”

Joh
- We need positive images of Italians in the media.

And
- I love that show. Sorry... keep going girls!!!

Ela
- I must say I love the drama. However, as they say "the sins of the father.”

Jen
- I totally agree.

And
- I am just hoping that all of Drita's anger management sessions help me. I am also very blessed to have a wonderful extended Italian family; they always show me nothing but love.

Ric
– Finally, tonight is the season finale. But now there is a new
Mob Wives Chicago
on the horizon!

Ela
- FYI - If the anger management doesn't work, may I suggest one capsule of St. John's Wort per day? Works for me!

Jos
- High Maintenance!!! Wouldn't you say!!!

Jus
- Yep, I hate that show.

Zig – Damn, she (Renee G.) is beautiful.

Ela
- They are all kinds of rough looking; hard as nails. And as far as their speech, f****** fuhgeddaboudit!

The sad part is, if you take these women out of that environment, it would probably be a 180-degree difference. They are robbing themselves of the opportunity to be "real" individuals for a lot of glitz (and pain). I can see how they hide behind the speech to fit in.

Now, I like Big Ang - and to me she personifies someone who has lived a life in the lifestyle. Enough said.

Mic
- If
Mob Wives
goes to Season Three please get rid of Karen. Agh!!! She makes me sick; always acting like a hard-ass. She’s all mouth like her daddy!!!

Sar
- It's better than
Jersey Shore
, at least. Then again, that's just my opinion.

Seriously, it's just entertainment in this day and age. It's not deep; it's women who are trying to make money by putting their lives out there for the rest of the world to see, same as so many others. If they choose to portray themselves as this or that, that's them.

Personally, the only one I genuinely like is
Drita D'avanzo. She just seems like one of those girls that would've been hanging out with one of my older cousins back in the ‘90s and she would've been chilling with them and me, all of us.

Karen Gravano, however fake it is, just brings petty drama with her. She is very childish and ignorant whether it's staged or not, but that's the driving force behind the show itself.

Love it or hate it, the
Real Housewives
franchise is a whole lot worse. Trust me.

JB
– Thanks, Sar. I just marked down
Real Housewives
as another TV program not to watch.

Renee Graziano – The Height of Arrogance

May 12, 2012

If anyone had any reservations that Renee Graziano is not appearing on VH1’s
Mob Wives
just for the cash, the remarks she made to the
Hollywood Reporter
should remove all doubts.

In an interview given to the
Hollywood Reporter
, Renee said, “Actually this might sound a little cocky, but I’m glad it’s playing out in national headlines because people know this is real. You get a lot of remarks that this is staged. Listen, if I could get the government or anybody behind the scenes to get them to pinch 127 people, and get my ex-husband into a snitch, we would be gazillionaires and everyone would want us!”

Glad this has played out in national headlines??

She must be kidding.

Who in their right mind would want their dirty laundry aired out in public? Your ex-husband, Hector “Junior” Pagan, also a co-star on
Mob Wives
, becomes a rat, and then he gets wired up by the Feds to entrap your father, Anthony Graziano, and several other alleged mob figures, into saying things that will put them all in prison.

And Renee is glad all this has happened, just so the show can get higher ratings??

It’s interesting what Renee said when the
Hollywood Reporter
asked her if she was going to court when her father appears before the judge.

“No, I’m not going down to court,” Renee said. “Every time I’ve been to court there’s been too much attention. I don’t think it’d be good for the other families. My father is fine with me and who I am, but the other families - it’s not necessary.”

If it were my father, just to get a glimpse of him in court, I’d run a 100-yard gauntlet on coals of fire. But Renee is afraid she will have to meet the angry glares of the family members of the men who were also arrested because of her ex-husband Pagan’s treachery. So, Renee   shamelessly avoids going to court to support her father, because she might get angry stares, or an angry word or two; and not another dime for her appearance.

What a creep.

I guarantee you - if the television cameras were allowed in court, Renee would be there with bells on, just to film a neat segment of
Mob Wives
, complete with uncontrollable crying by Renee, of course. We’ve seen already, Renee’s real good at hysterical wailing. In fact, that’s probably her most favorable trait.

Then, already pitching Season Three of
Mob Wives
, Renee said to the
Hollywood Reporter
, “If everyone thinks this is all I have they are sadly mistaken. That came - that blindsided all of us. No one was expecting that, but this will not affect my story line and I have a lot more than Junior in my life.”