Anyone know the details of this?

My assumption is that the order came from Stanfa while he still had influence or, maybe it came from Merlino's side.

John coulda got beat up for doing anything at that time. He probably owed someone in the can money for dope. The guy was a junkie, lowlife, loose-cannon that ate termites for breakfast 7 days a week. As a child he always had lice so his mother who had huge saggy breasts would shave lil john john's head while applying a fake rub on tattoo of a lighting bolt to embrace his white trash persona

As a child he also had a rat tail.. (no pun intended)

So...Guess no one knows the details of this beating ????

In all fairness to Veasey, he was no mob groupie and wasn't kowtowing to these guys. He didn't pretend he had any loyalties.

He isn't as bad as some of these other guys who preach "cosa nostra blah blah blah" and then rat, like all of Scarfo's sycophants that blamed his "irrationality" for their co-operating.

Interesting way to put it. Seems to me he did pick a side,tho. The federal side.

That's Lionetti...Says he cooperated because of his son...What horse shet..He went to trial trying to beat the case first, and when he lost then he cooperated ''for his son''