Teddy atlas came to Speros trial as a friend for support , he was one of cus main guys fornyrwre .

(Dear mods: Politics disclaimer, responding to a mob related question)

Trump knowingly worked with mobsters to his own advantage. He bought mob cement from Castellano and Fat Tony (as a front for Chin, we now know) to bypass union labor. A quick google search will tell you more. There have been entire books and extensive news articles written about it. So, unfair to lump Cus D'Amato into the same lot. As far as anyone knows, Cus never knowingly worked with the mafia. There was a time when the mafia ran boxing and he had no choice but to bite the bar on some extortion rackets, but as far as anyone knows he never deliberately gamed that system.

(Politics disclaimer): In a city that is 90% democrat, no democrat has ever worked with knowingly worked with the mob. The good folks at Tammany Hall were far too virtuous to bypass unions in favor of cheaper services.

I trust Mike Tyson's stories about the mob more than I do Franzese's. Tyson's been grounded and down to earth for years now and just doesn't have a reason to lie. Franzese, well, isn't.