| Notes |
Actually, Grodman was referred to only as “the Jew” in taped conversations involving Ciccone, Nasso, and others. Indeed, there were angry and panicky references to Grodman by Ciccone when Grodman missed monthly payoffs in 2001 that the government contended were being split with Gotti. “Tell him we saved his ass, this fuckin’ Jew,” Ciccone ordered Nasso. In the same time frame, Nasso told Ciccone that a union official, “Louie” Valentino, has “the money for the Jew” and “the Jew’s gotta send me the money.” Ciccone directed Nasso to remind the Jew that “I’m calling the shots over here” and that he’s “only here on account of me.” |