Nicholas Scibetta

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Nicholas Scibetta
Born
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died1978
Cause of deathHomicide
Other names"Little Nicky"
OccupationMobster
Known forDisappearance and murder

Nicholas Scibetta (died 1978), also known as "Little Nicky", was a

Sicilian American mobster who was the nephew of Joseph and John Zicarelli, the brother-in-law of mobster Sammy Gravano[1] and uncle of Gerard Gravano, who was a Gambino crime family mob associate who was later marked as an informant
by fellow crime family members.

Early life

Scibetta was born and raised in

electrical engineer who worked the night shift for Western Electric (now AT&T Technologies
) putting together circuit boards for the telephone company.

In 1971, Gravano married Debra.[2]

Falling out with the Gambino crime family and murder

In 1978, Castellano allegedly ordered the murder of Gambino associate Scibetta. A

Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano's brother-in-law, Castellano asked Frank DeCicco to first notify Gravano of the impending hit. When advised of Scibetta's fate, a furious Gravano said he would kill Castellano first. However, Gravano was eventually calmed by DeCicco and accepted Scibetta's death as the punishment earned by his behavior.[3] Another part of the motive for the murder was that Scibetta was suspected of being gay.[2] Gravano later said, "I chose against Nicky. I took an oath that Cosa Nostra came before everything."[3]

Scibetta was dismembered and his body was never found other than an arm.[2]

In popular culture

In the made-for-television HBO movie

Nino Schibetta
and Peter Schibetta.

Discrepancies in film

In the television movie Gotti, Sammy Gravano, portrayed by William Forsythe, murders Nicholas by himself in a construction supply warehouse, while in his autobiography Underboss he states that members of his own crew, allegedly Liborio Milito, Joseph D'Angelo and Frank DeCicco, carried out the murder contract for Paul Castellano and not Gravano. The Gravano character also states that his wife Debra, the sister of Nicholas, would be divorcing him after he testified in court about being an accomplice in both before and after Nicholas' execution. Debra did not.

See also

  • List of solved missing person cases

References

  1. ^ "Sammy Gravano's 19 Victims". Mafia Hitters. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Gravano killed brother-in-law, defense attorney says N.Y. judge rules revelations were too inflammatory for Gotti mob jury to hear". baltimoresun.com. March 12, 1992.
  3. ^ a b May, Allan. "Living by the Rules". Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. Crime Library. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

External links

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