Vinny Gorgeous, Dom Cicale Back in News About "Nose" Murder Plot

By Ed Scarpo
Vinny B, left, Dom Cicale.

NOTE: See first comment below, with Mancuso's response in his own handwriting....

 We'd be remiss not to mention that our friend and coauthor Dominick Cicale called us today and told us to check out Gangland News (immediately!) wherein we read the following:

The judge also granted Basciano's motion to add a charge of prosecutorial misconduct to his petition for a new trial. Vinny Gorgeous claims prosecutors elicited false testimony from turncoat capo Dominick Cicale about a Bonanno family plot to murder Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso, who succeeded Basciano as acting boss and who is currently viewed as the eventual boss when he is released from prison in 2019.





Anyway, he told us he has an interesting story for us... We will be writing more about this.

We touch on a plot to murder Mikey "Nose" Mancuso in our book, Inside the Last Great Mafia Empire, on sale today, $4.99 in Kindle ebook format, $6.99 print. Click here for more information....

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