- Joey Buttafuoco
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Joey Buttafuoco 
Born Joseph A. Buttafuoco
March 11, 1956
Massapequa, New York, U.S.Occupation Auto body shop owner Joseph A. "Joey" Buttafuoco (born March 11, 1956) is an auto body shop owner from the USA, notable for his affair with Amy Fisher (born August 21, 1974), who subsequently shot Joey's wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco (born May 15, 1955), in the face.
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Incident
Buttafuoco had an affair with Amy Fisher, who subsequently shot Joey's wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, in the face, on May 19, 1992. Although deafened in one ear and her face partially paralyzed, Mary Jo survived the shooting and was able to give a description of her assailant and the t-shirt Fisher showed her. The t-shirt, with the "Complete Auto Body & Fender" logo of Buttafuoco's auto body shop in Baldwin, Nassau County, was a gift from Buttafuoco to Fisher. Buttafuoco realized the implications of the description and accused Fisher as the shooter.
Aftermath
Buttafuoco pled guilty to one count of statutory rape and served six months in jail.[1] He and his wife later moved to California, divorcing on February 3, 2003.[2]
Buttafuoco has been charged with crimes on numerous occasions since the Amy Fisher incident.
- In 1995, he pled no contest to a solicitation of prostitution charge and was fined and placed on probation for two years.[3]
- In 2004, he was sentenced to a year in jail and five years of probation after pleading guilty to auto insurance fraud.
- In August 2005, he was charged with illegal possession of ammunition owing to his convicted felon status. Probation officers found the ammunition during a search of his home. He pled no contest and began serving his sentence on January 8, 2007.[4] He was released on April 28, 2007.[5]
Media appearances
The significant coverage of the Amy Fisher incident made Buttafuoco a minor celebrity. In the late 1990s when he was on trial, Buttafuoco was invited to a bar by Pantera musicians Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. Shortly after the case surfaced, Andrew Dice Clay invited Buttafuoco to appear in one of his stand-up routines. Buttafuoco, a Dice Clay fan, first agreed, but later declined after accepting legal advice. In 2002, he participated in the Fox Network's Celebrity Boxing, originally slated to oppose John Wayne Bobbitt, who dropped out due to being arrested for domestic abuse. Bobbitt was replaced by female pro wrestler Joanie "Chyna" Laurer.[6] Buttafuoco, despite being booed, won the fight in a majority decision (29–28, 29–27, 28–28).[7] In 2006, he and Amy Fisher were reunited at the Lingerie Bowl for the coin toss.[8] In a story reported in the New York Post, reality show producer David Krieff suggested that Buttafuocco and Fisher were currently "dating" again, although this was not supported by any direct statements from either Buttafuoco or Fisher.[9] On May 23, 2007 Mary Jo Buttafuocco appeared on CNN's Larry King Live program to discuss the recent reunion of her ex-husband and the former "Long Island Lolita."[10] Joey Buttafuoco and Mary Jo Buttafuoco have been regular guests of The Howard Stern Show since 1992. However, despite many news articles reporting his rumored romance with Fisher, Buttafuoco's second wife, Evanka, withdrew her divorce petition on June 22, 2007, and apparently has reconciled with him.[11]
Joey Buttafuoco appeared on the Judge Jeanine Pirro show on March 5, 2009 to dispute a call girl who refused to pay for car repairs. The call girl, "Peaches", had — after repairs were completed — requested to pay for the work with sex, instead of the $4,700 owed for the repairs to her Corvette. Joey won his settlement.
In his last year of hosting (1993) Late Night with David Letterman on NBC, talk show host David Letterman adopted Buttafuoco's last name as a recurring punchline.
In 1993, Madonna ripped up his photo during her performance on Saturday Night Live declaring, "Fight the real enemy!" (A reference to Sinead O'Connor's controversial "ripping" of Pope John Paul II's photo on the show).
Film and TV career
Buttafuoco made his television debut as an "under-five" on As the World Turns in the late 1980s. He and Patrick Flannery played henchmen who had to rough up Frank Runyeon's character (Steve Andropoulos) during a fight scene.[episode needed]
Buttafuoco made his film debut as a cab driver in Cul-de-Sac (video title: Better Than Ever), by the Nigerian-born filmmaker Uzo. He subsequently appeared in The Underground Comedy Movie, Mafia Movie Madness, Skin Walker, and Operation Repo: The Movie.
Radio career
Buttafuoco hosts a live talk radio show dedicated to personal recovery topics.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Joey Buttafuoco - Celebrity Mug Shot". Charles Montaldo. http://crime.about.com/library/blbuttafuoco.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ "Joey Buttafuoco, wife getting divorce". AP. May 6, 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-05-06-buttafuoco-divorce_x.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ "CHRONICLE". Nadine Brozan. July 8, 1995. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D61F30F93BA35754C0A963958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fP%2fProstitution. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ "Joey B. gets a break". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20061114012500/http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/123160,JoeyB.article. Retrieved 2006-11-04.
- ^ "Joey Buttafuoco Ends Calif. Jail Term". AP/sfgate.com. Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20071102075622/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/29/national/a001458D77.DTL. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
- ^ "Celeb Boxing: Bobbitt Out, Chyna In". Josh Grossberg. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,9957,00.html. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ "Fox's dull 'Celebrity Boxing' far from being a knockout". Tim Cuprisin. Archived from the original on 2006-07-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20060710195602/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=45521. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ "Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher Reunion Will Be a Coin-Tosser at The Lingerie Bowl". SOURCE Horizon Productions. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2006/0004273046&EDATE=. Retrieved 2006-07-24.
- ^ Fanelli, James; Li, David K. (May 13, 2007). "Amy and Joey set date for love". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/05132007/news/regionalnews/amy__joey_set_date_for_love_regionalnews_james_fanelli_and_david_k__li.htm.
- ^ "Larry King Live Announcement". http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/.
- ^ Crowley, Kieran (June 22, 2007). "Buttafuoco wife nixes divorce bid". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/news/regionalnews/buttafuoco_wife_nixes_divorce_bid_regionalnews_kieran_crowley.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
External links
- Mary Jo Buttafuoco released a tell-all memoir, which was widely covered by the media, July, 2009
- Mary Jo Buttafuoco tells her story on The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Joey Buttafuoco hosting radio talk show on the Let's Talk Recovery network every Wednesday evening
- Red Light District to Distribute Joey Buttafuoco Sex Video, Reuters, 7 January 2008
Categories:- 1956 births
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- American people of Italian descent
- Statutory rapists
- American people convicted of fraud
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