Salvatore ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano, the legendary hit-man turned mob rat, has ripped into Gambino mob boss John Gotti in his first interview in more than two deacdes.
Gravano, who notoriously took the stand against Gotti and 39 other mafioso in exchange for a sweetheart deal to serve just five years in prison for admitting to 19 murders, told YouTube interviewer Patrick Bet-David that he was left heartbroken after Gotti tried to get him to take the fall for him.
‘At one point, there was 14, 15 people on a piece of paper,’ Gravano said, referring to a hit list.
‘I ripped it up and flushed it down the bowl,’ Gravano said, prompting Bet-David to ask him why.
‘I quit. What do you mean why I quit. Here’s my best f**king friend, my boss. I did so many things for this guy. I rigged the trials, I threatened people, I f**king bribed people, this is all fact, and he turns on me,’ Gravano told Bet-David.
Salvatore ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano (pictured), the legendary hit-man turned mob rat, ripped into Gambino mob boss John Gotti in a new interview
Gravano (left), who notoriously took the stand against Gotti (right) and 39 other mafioso in exchange for a deal to serve five years in prison for admitting to 19 murders, said he was left heartbroken after Gotti tried to get him to take the fall for him
‘I was betrayed by someone who’s a brother, a father, somebody you gave your whole life to,’ Gravano said.
‘When the rubber meets the road, he’s throwing you to the wolves. It broke my heart, it broke me,’ he said.
‘F**k him, f**k the mob, I don’t give a f**k if I get killed. So, I just walked away,’ Gravano recalled thinking at the time.
Gravano then said that ‘John had an ego like the Empire State Building’.
‘Here’s my best f**king friend, my boss. I did so many things for this guy. I rigged the trials, I threatened people, I f**king bribed people, this is all fact, and he turns on me,’ Gravano (right), said
In 2017, Gravano (left), 74, was released from prison after serving 17.5 years behind bars for his arrest in 2000 for distributing and possessing ecstasy shortly after he left a witness protection program. He testified against his Gambino crime family associates in 1993 (right)
‘People cheer about what [Gotti] was doing. He did more damage to Cosa Nostra being out there and putting it on front street than 10 cooperating witnesses put together,’ Gravano said in the interview.
‘Most of the real gangsters believe that and know that,’ Gravano added.
In 2017, Gravano, 74, was released from prison after serving 17.5 years behind bars for his arrest in 2000 for distributing and possessing ecstasy shortly after he left a witness protection program.
The mob turncoat was in witness protection after he notoriously took the stand against Gotti.
Gravano plead guilty in 2001 to running the 50-person ecstasy ring that was raking in $500,000 a week.
Gravano was originally sentenced to 20-years and could have remained behind bars until this year.
The mob turncoat was in witness protection after he notoriously took the stand against Gotti. Gravano (pictured) plead guilty in 2001 to running the 50-person ecstasy ring that was raking in $500,000 a week
Despite being released early, Gravano will spend the rest of his life on supervised release.
Gravano had been living in Arizona under the assumed moniker, Jimmy Moran in witness protection.
Gotti’s brother, Peter Gotti, hired a team of hit men in retaliation for his brother dying in prison from throat cancer at the age of 61.
The hit was never pulled off and Peter got popped for trying it.
Brooklyn Federal Judge Allyne Ross denied a bid by Gravano to receive an early release in 2015 because of the ‘staggering severity’ of Gravano’s criminal history.