by Charlie » Mon Jul 18, 2022 2:40 am
People don't remember but the Blue Thunder case was huge news at the time. It was thought to be a slam dunk case with tape recordings and rats placing him at the head of one of the biggest heroin conspiracy in New York. This was the 1990's, guys were being sent away left and right but he got acquitted. What were the odds? Ever since that acquittal, they've had it out for him.
Ben Brafman, who represented him on that case knew that after this the feds would be on his ass and told him "I am not certain you understand what has happened. You have been acquitted in a trial in federal court where you were facing life in prison, this stuff does not happen every day in this building. God smiled on you. Get ouf of this life, go away from New York, sell your stores and your buildings and go have life that is away from the Bronx. You don't have to be Vinny Gorgeous."
As far as murders if we are talking personally pulling the trigger and ordering hits it's in the dozens. Basciano was a drugs guy in the 1980's and 1990's, back then it was a war zone and you didn't last without having to clip a lot of people.
People don't remember but the Blue Thunder case was huge news at the time. It was thought to be a slam dunk case with tape recordings and rats placing him at the head of one of the biggest heroin conspiracy in New York. This was the 1990's, guys were being sent away left and right but he got acquitted. What were the odds? Ever since that acquittal, they've had it out for him.
Ben Brafman, who represented him on that case knew that after this the feds would be on his ass and told him "[i]I am not certain you understand what has happened. You have been acquitted in a trial in federal court where you were facing life in prison, this stuff does not happen every day in this building. God smiled on you. Get ouf of this life, go away from New York, sell your stores and your buildings and go have life that is away from the Bronx. You don't have to be Vinny Gorgeous.[/i]"
As far as murders if we are talking personally pulling the trigger and ordering hits it's in the dozens. Basciano was a drugs guy in the 1980's and 1990's, back then it was a war zone and you didn't last without having to clip a lot of people.