New York City) Being a gay or bi mobster can be bad for your health. A trial in New York City this week got a rare glimpse of how the mafia treats gays it finds in its midst.
On the stand was former mobster Vincent Palermo, 58, spilling the beans at the racketeering trial of aging reputed Genovese mobster Federico Giovanelli.
Plermo's testimony, the Daily News reports, began with federal prosecutor John Hillebrecht asking him about his criminal past. Among the details Palermo listed was his ordering of the 1992 killing of DeCavalcante underboss John D'Amato.
Palermo pleaded guilty to ordering the hit and then agreed to cooperate with the government in 2000.
Palermo said he started becoming suspicious of D'Amato's sexuality after hearing "a lot of different rumors."
"What's the rule in [the Mafia] about this?" Hillebrecht asked him
"You die," Palermo replied.
He said he ordered the hit after another mobster told him that D'Amato's girlfriend said he once performed oral sex on a man at a "swinger's club."
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