Notorious mobster John Gotti Jr's glamorous wife and daughter appear in court on catfight charges

The woman and girl of erstwhile acting mob leader John Gotti Jr person again pleaded not blameworthy to starting a brawl astatine a younker hoops game.

Kimberly Gotti, 56, and girl Gianna Gotti, 25, were cuffed pursuing nan conflict astatine Long Island's Locust Valley High School connected February 2, and each deed pinch a azygous complaint misdemeanor third-degree assault.

They allegedly punched a female successful nan look and ripped disconnected her wig aft she asked them to extremity yelling profanities, arsenic they sat and watched Gotti Jr's son Joseph play for Oyster Bay.

Appearing astatine a Long Island courthouse aft passing up connected plea deals successful March, nan mother-daughter owed were joined by Gotti Jr, who reportedly sewage into an statement pinch a newsman from Newsday.

Accusing him of phony reporting, nan Teflon Don's boy and replacement reportedly told nan journalist: 'I've ever gotten on pinch nan press, I conscionable don't get on pinch you.'

In nan proceeding held instantly before, nan mob scion's woman and girl some pleaded not guilty, aft appearing erstwhile successful Nassau District Court successful Hempstead successful February and again successful April.

The first proceeding happened connected February 3, nan time aft nan altercation successful question.

There, they were accused of punching, kicking and pulling nan wig disconnected nan genitor of a subordinate from Locust Valley, wherever nan crippled was taking place. 

About an hr in, nan 48-year-old victim, Crystal Etienne, said she was accosted by 2 women believed to beryllium nan Gottis, aft supposedly telling them to extremity screaming slurs.

'I asked nan 2 subjects to extremity calling nan kids 'fa**ots and p***ies. At that constituent nan chartless female successful grey ran towards me. The female punched maine and attempted to drawback my hat. 

'An chartless younger female pinch a reddish overgarment began to punch maine too. Both chartless females continued to punch me,' she said.

'At that point, I began to consciousness my hairsbreadth beryllium pulled and past I felt nan wig travel disconnected which which was held connected by 3 clips and Velcro.

'I allowed my caput to spell backmost and I felt my scalp was going to beryllium ripped off.'

The female said nan women continued to rainfall blows down connected her from above, and that she suffered terrible symptom from her wig being pulled off. She besides suffered scratches to nan face, she said - but did not place nan Gottis by name.

She said it was nan brace hurling nan alleged homophobic, sexist and racist slurs astatine members of nan opposing squad that spurred nan confrontation, and her to measurement in.

A time later, Kimberly and Gianna were successful court, pinch Justice David Goodsell presiding. 

Both were arraigned connected a complaint of battle successful nan 3rd grade pinch intent to origin beingness wounded to different person. They pleaded not guilty, and were released.

In April, they were successful tribunal yet again, wherever their attorney, Steven Christiansen, claimed Kimberly's son, while playing successful nan game, was being abused by nan woman.

Weeks later, Justice Goodsell questioned nan credibility of nan charges against nan Gottis, owed to Etienne's affidavit only identifying them by their clothes, not by name.

The Nassau County District Attorney's agency proceeded to update their title against nan duo, utilizing assemblage camera footage return from Nassau police, accounts from witnesses, and grabs of footage filmed during nan conflict to bolster their case.

This spurred a 2nd arraignment - nan proceeding heard Tuesday.   

There, Christiansen slammed nan day's proceedings as 'the 3rd effort by nan prosecution to draught a legally capable accusatory instrument,' while accusing prosecutors of trying to 'extort a blameworthy plea' retired of Kimberly.

He claimed they offered nan measurement retired to driblet her daughter's charges aft six months, a twelvemonth aft nan woman herself signed a statement to play hoops professionally successful Portugal.

Despite nan alleged grilling, neither flip, aft already rejecting plea deals that would person placed them successful anger guidance programs successful speech for settling nan charges.

The lawsuit Tuesday was called earlier 11 americium and adjourned soon thereafter - paving nan measurement for a perchance last proceeding connected September 10.

Outside, Gianna's attorney, Gerard Mattone, continued to contented nan unfortunate had credibility issues, including a past arrest. 

Etienne pleaded blameworthy successful 2017 to a misdemeanor aft embezzling $50,000 from a car dealership wherever she worked arsenic a comptroller - a condemnation she herself denied having. 

Her lawyer, Frederick K. Brewington, countered that raising nan condemnation was an effort to 'intimidate' his client, who Christiansen past contended is conscionable seeking to writer aft nan trial.  

'We'll spot what happens, but I deliberation astir apt nan lawsuit will beryllium dismissed,' Brewington told The New York Post. 

'If nan defendants' past sanction wasn't Gotti, this would not person gone this far,' added  Christiansen.

Gotti Jr, 60, replaced his infamous begetter arsenic Gambino crime leader aft he was sent to situation successful 1991.

He served arsenic acting leader until 1999, erstwhile he was arrested connected racketeering charges. 

In a plea deal, he pleaded blameworthy and served conscionable nether 7 years' successful prison. His dada died successful situation successful 2002.