Victoria Gotti is the daughter of the head of the mafia clan, not only a well-known participant in many television projects, but also a wonderful author who writes exciting detective stories.
Childhood and students
Victoria Gotti was born in Brooklyn, New York, in November 1962. The daughter of the famous mobster John Gotti, Victoria grew up in a modest two-story house in Howard Beach. Among the four brothers and sisters, she was the most modest, so quiet that her parents suspected for several years that she had autism.
His father was often absent due to his stay in prison, his mother told the children that he was on a business trip. Gotti says everyone knew the truth perfectly, but were brought up to believe. In high school, Gotti was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse, a disease that causes severe dizziness and a rapid heartbeat.
The condition required that the girl carefully monitor her health, take medications regularly, and wear a pacemaker. The disease played a role in the biography of Victoria Gotti. She decided not to be silent about her illness, but to tell everyone, her journey as a writer began with this.
Personal life
In 1984, Victoria married her “first boyfriend,” the boyfriend with whom she studied at school, Carmine Agnello. In 1985, Victoria gave birth, the girl was dead. Doctors discovered cancer in Victoria and said that she could no longer have children. But in 1986, 1987 and 1990, three sons were born in the family - Carmine, John, Frank. Victoria thinks this is a miracle.
Gotti's husband was not particularly law-abiding and decided to influence his rival with extortion and arson, for which he was sentenced to 9 years in prison. In addition to illegal behavior, videos showing Agnello's betrayals became available to the general public.
The personal life of Victoria Gotti became known to everyone. Outraged by the public betrayal of her husband, the spouse still raised money and tried to make a deposit. A federal judge refused, saying that Agnello posed a threat to society. In 2003, Victoria filed for divorce. In 2007, Agnello was released from prison, having served a nine-year sentence.
A family
In March 1980, Victoria Frank's 12-year-old brother died in a car accident. This devastated Victoria, who was very attached to her brother, and called him a little doll. Shortly after the tragedy, the mother hit the culprit of this accident D. Favard with a baseball bat, sending him to a hospital bed. But four months later he was abducted and no one else saw him. Victoria claims that she does not know any details about the disappearance of Favara.
In 1992, when Victoria turned 30, her father John Gotti was sentenced to life imprisonment for racketeering and five murders. For Victoria, this sentence was a shock, she denied the charges against him and remained faithful to her father. In 2002, Victoria Gotti's father died of cancer in a federal prison.
In 1999, Victoria's family faced great difficulties when a brother, John Jr., pleaded guilty to extortion and bribery and was sentenced to 77 months in prison.
In 2016, Gotti's multi-million-dollar mansion with a four-car garage and tennis courts was raided by the Fed during an investigation into an auto parts store owned by the sons of Victoria.
TV
In August 2004, Gotti took part in the reality show Up Gotti and until December 2005 was a real TV star. The show lasted a year and a half, but this was enough for every viewer to know Gotti in person.
The show, which was shot at the seven-bedroom Gotti mansion on Long Island, was attended by Victoria Gotti's children. The show was to many tastes, but most viewers still believed that this television project was created specifically for advertising the Gotti criminal clan.
In 2012, Victoria returned to reality television as a member of D. Trump's business project. On the set, she performed next to such actors as D. Takei, singer K. Aiken and reality show star T. Judice.
Literary debut
In 1995, Victoria Gotti wrote her first book, Women and Mitral Valve Prolapse, which her own illness prompted her to create. The book spoke in an accessible language about the disease, condition, treatment and behavior of the patient, and was well received by both doctors and patients. Her success in non-fiction literature inspired her to write fiction.
Victoria Gotti novels
In 1997, her first novel, Senator's Daughter, was released and received excellent reviews. The murder of a famous trade unionist shocked the whole of Boston, the black guy Tommy was blamed for this. His defense was taken over by a female lawyer Taylor Brook. But soon she had to fight for the life of not only her client, but also her own.
In 1998, Victoria’s second book, Someone's Following Me, was published, telling about the life of Rose Miller, the author of psychological best-selling books. Everything in her life is wonderful: success, a loving husband, a beautiful daughter. But the past haunts her and literally follows her on the heels - she receives threatening letters, her best friend dies, family secrets come up. Rose decides to follow the path of one of his heroines, and emerges victorious in an unequal struggle with the past.
In 2000, the light appeared on Victoria Gotti's third novel, "Superstar", which tells about the fate of two babies who were changed in the hospital. The child of the famous actress was on the sidelines of life, and the baby religious fanatic became the heiress of a huge fortune. But it’s not money that matters and one day a new superstar will light up in Hollywood.
Non-fiction books
In 2006, a book about Italian cuisine Hot Italian Dish was published. In it, Gotti shares family secrets, tells jokes. One hundred stunning Italian book recipes are delicious dishes, the recipes of which are passed down from generation to generation. They are selected taking into account the rapidly developing life, they will not take much time, they are easy to prepare - both men and women and children will cope with them.
On a 16-page color insert with the most impressive dishes, Victoria Gotti will introduce the reader to the history of the Gotti family, with historical photos of grandparents and uncles and aunts. Family stories are closely intertwined with recipes that marked the life of one of the most famous Italian families in America.
For decades, the name Gotti has been associated with scandalous rumors and sensational headlines. In This Family of Mine: Gotti Confidential (2009), Victoria tells the truth about one of the most famous and intriguing families in modern history. Explosive memoirs open the curtain on the Gotti family and the author talks about real people, about real relationships, about life behind closed doors.
Who will tell the truth about the father better than the daughter? The American writer Victoria Gotti says she never intended to make the life of their family public, but realized that this was the only way to put an end to rumors and speculation once and for all. The author frankly, honestly, colorfully paints a family portrait, filling with deep thoughts and memories, and never before published photographs.