Victoria Gotti

Victoria Gotti (born November 27, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer and reality television participant.

Family

Victoria Gotti is a daughter of the late Gambino crime family Mafia boss, John Gotti and his wife Victoria DiGiorgio Gotti along with Angela (Angel), Peter, John A. "Junior" Gotti, and Frank Gotti, who died in 1980.

In 1984, Victoria married Carmine Agnello and had four children with him: Carmine Agnello Jr., John Agnello, Frank Agnello, and a stillborn daughter, Justine. In 2000, he was arrested and charged with racketeering and arson. He was convicted of felony charges, and received a nine year sentence for racketeering. Victoria Gotti was granted a divorce from Carmine Agnello in 2003 on grounds of constructive abandonment by Agnello (no sexual relations for more than a year) because he was in jail. [ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/15/2008-01-15_the_perks_of_victoria_gottis_divorce-3.html ] He remarried in 2008. [ http://www.nypost.com/seven/07142008/news/regionalnews/gotti_ex_marries_terror_princess_119830.htm ]

Career

Victoria Gotti was a columnist at the New York Post and US tabloid "Star", and has written the following books: "Senator's Daughter" (1997), "I'll Be Watching You" (1998), "Superstar" (2000), and "Hot Italian Dish" (2006).

From August 2004 until December 2005, she was the star of "Growing Up Gotti", an American reality television on the A&E Network. The show, which was short lived, also featured her three sons. The Smoking Gun launched a parody of sorts entitled " [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/blowingupgotti/ Blowing Up Gotti] ", which consisted of family visits to John Gotti while he was in prison that prison officials routinely taped.

A&E faced exceptional criticism for the show. Some viewers complained that A&E was showcasing a family living in luxury that was purchased by blood money made by her father, John Gotti. They felt the network was glorifying organized crime. Many have also complained about the foul language used on the show, as well as the dysfunctional relationship between Victoria Gotti and her sons. Film.com said about the show: "Victoria Gotti has the warmth of an ice pick and her sons the charm of, well, thugs." [ http://www.film.com/tv/story/the-amy-award-goes-to/13982602/21840831 ]

Health issues

She suffers from mitral valve prolapse and wears a pacemaker. She has also written about this condition.

In August 2005, she claimed she had breast cancer. However, after being accused of feigning her illness by some media outlets, she admitted soon after her initial announcement that she did not have full-blown cancer but rather had "precancerous cells" present in her breast. Her publicist, Matt Rich, quit after the false breast cancer incident.

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1239766/ Victoria Gotti] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/blowingupgotti/ The Smoking Gun: Blowing Up Gotti]