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Attorneys for John Gotti Jr. filed a motion Monday saying their client quit the mob years ago and deserves to be free on bail pending trial in New York on allegations of cocaine trafficking, murder, extortion, jury tampering and kidnapping.
The 14-page motion filed in U.S. District Court said Gotti is not threat to the community and the government has ignored its own evidence on wiretaps which show “Gotti had in fact withdrawn from his former life”. The motion, filed by attorneys Charles Carnesi and Seth Ginsberg, cites a February 2004 government wiretap in which Gotti tells someone that he’s done with the mob. “I’m a nobody,” Gotti says. ” I walked away from this six and half years ago. I’ve been doing nothing for six and a half years. I’ve been stranded on an island by myself.”
The motion also notes that there is no evidence, contrary to the government’s charges, that Gotti was involved in three murders between 1998 and 1991. In other motions filed Monday, the government noted that it had a key informant John Alite, Gotti’s right hand man, who along with others, provided solid information that lead to the Aug. 2008 indictment. Gotti was arrested Aug. 5, 2008 at his Long Island home.
