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Gene Gotti is a member of the American Mafia 's Gambino Crime Family . He is the brother of John Gotti .


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Gene Gotti was born in 1946 to John and Fannie Gotti. He had 4 brothers, John , Peter , Richard and Vincent . He became an associate of the Gambino Crime Family around 1966 and became a made member in 1976. In 1985, he was promoted to Capo when his brother John became the family's boss.

Gene was a notorious drug dealer and he was part of the reason that John became boss. Gene and his friend Angelo Ruggiero , who served as a capo in the family, were dealing drugs against boss Paul Castellano 's rules and he was going to have them killed. John got to him first to protect his brother and friend but also to become boss himself.

Gene was convicted in 1989 of selling drugs and received a 50 year Prison sentence. He was reduced to the rank of soldier due to it being against the rules to sell drugs.


SOURCES

  • ''Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti'' by Gene Mustain & Jerry Capeci in 2002, ISBN 0028644166.


  • ''Gotti: The Rise & Fall'' by Jerry Capeci in 1996, ISBN 0451406818.


  • ''Mafia Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the Gambino Crime Family'' by John H. Davis in 1994, ISBN 0061091847.