Does anyone here believe Jimmy Calandra when he says that he pushed Gene Gotti in prison?

From what Ive heard in the podcasts, John Alite says Jimmy Calandra "slapped" Gene Gotti. Calandra denies ever putting his hands on Gene only saying they had an argument and got into each other's faces.

Alite says he ordered Calandra to slap Gene, which he did, then cried hysterically and got himself put in the whole to avoid payback. Personally, the Calandra version sounds alot more believable.

I dont any of these guys personally, but Alite sounds more and more like a bullshitter. Especially now that he claims to have "taught gene cosa nostra"...[according to the commenters], Gene Gotti pled not guilty and did his time while Alite turned rat.

What Alite actually said in his book was that HE HIMSELF slapped Gene Gotti, which is complete bullshit and so is him saying he taught Gene Cosa Nostra. Alite was a teenager when Gene Gotti was made.....
Alite also said he killed a dozen people...Alite pled guilty to 4 murders,one of which he actually pulled the trigger...

He did make that claim, but I believe he clarified as remind Gene of the rules.

Alite is making a career of talking and that leads to embellishment. His testimony in Gotti Junior may have been comprised directly out of pure hatred. Overall, he has way more legitimacy than Calandra; did work; did Hard time in Hard prisons.

@DetroitPartnership-Does this guy, Gunnar Alan Lindbloom, who's hosting the podcast for Larry Mazza and Alite to respond to Calandra. He says he's out of Motor City and is connected there. Does his name ring a bell?

Alite was like 13 or 14 years old when Gene Gotti got inducted into the Gambino Family at age 30. Alite is full of shit

He's signing baseball bats while claiming he is the 90s version of Roy DeMeo. He kill r a few low level drug dealers. In his mind he is a modern day Queens version of Capone. Except Capone wasn't a rat bastard

If you go back to Jr's trial the jurors when interviewed stated that the reason they did not convict was because they did not believe his stories.

From day-1 he has been full of shit.

He is a real PITTY-PARTY
LMAO

Full of shit. All these guys found themselves a good racket now though. It’s unbelievable how gullible their audiences are. Jimmy Calandra at least seems like the most honest about things… transparent that he’s doing this to make $ to feed his family, don’t make himself out to be some criminal mastermind and seems like the only one who legitimately regrets messing his life up. Everybody else is in a pissing contest for who was the biggest toughest most connected mob guy.

As a tough guy and a killer John rat fuck Alite would win every time. I don't doubt that he embellishes his stories but they all do. I do know that Jimmy Calandra lied his ass off when he testified against Tony Spero, this is a fact. An innocent man died in prison. No tapes, no forensics, nothing. It was all lies

I agree Alite would climb up and down Calandra. What was Calandra's testimony?

Sammy Gravano just posted the murder of Alan Kaiser. It is a hell of a story and to hear him describe it is riveting.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yfbfSEIQuIQ

I'm John Alite, heroin dealer and killer for John Gotti...Comical !!

Yeah Gravano didn't mention that was the Kaiser kid in underboss.I have heard the family over the years and read things they have said about the murder never knew that was the incident.I think I read that whole thing was the basis for the biker scene in A Bronx Tale.

I despise every one of these rats, but those of you who believe Alite was a nobody who didn't know Sr. or never killed for him don't know much about the reality of the situation. That is actually more comical than Alite's embellishments

Alite didn't kill nobody for Gotti Sr., piece of shit.

Alite is such a bad fraud that even the other rats are onto his bull shit and calling him out for being a bull shit artist.


Alite killed for Sr. ???? first of all he would have had to disclose that in his 302's
And came clean with the feds and basically told on himself and whoever else was involved.

That never came up in the charges he plead to.

What a joke

See what is happening here he has an audience of people all over the word from butt fuck where ever
These people honestly dont know any better

They were actually never around any of this and don't know anything about LCN.
So they will believe anything and anyone

Anyone that has been around knows Alite is a FRAUD.

What was he doing around Zef? Danny Pagano? Joe Sclafani? Fat Andy? He was there until 2003. Who are you people? I'm no fan of this rat, but you guys sound like you've never been around anyone in that life

Wish i still had those beeper numbers.
LoL

I would beep Bath ave Boys and many of those guys weekly for blow in the 80s.

De[pending on who returned call first would set up the meet up, mostly on 18th Ave.
Sometimes it was best to get one guy or the other since some did not have the time to cut it and it would be really good blow.
Others would step on it like a door mat, it was still ok but not like that 80p stuff.

I’d take a few hits and head over to the Red door on McDonald ave or the joint over by New Utrecht HS
Whoa’s, Card games, play a number.

The Good Old DAYZ.

OH YEAH….would never think I would listen to Jimmy blabber on-line about neighborhood stories but dam,,, they are good.

He needs to make his own style ( not sammy’s) - and he will.

Good Stuff

Jimmy Kimmel is a total fag. Replace that piece of shit talk show with late night with Jimmy Calandra.

Jimmy C. has by far the best and believable style of any of this rat pack, just my two cents. I haven't seen any of his videos in a week cause I'm in Yellowstone this week but as of a week ago I was really enjoying his stories....just like us without as many murders and made guys and not the same outcome but I get a good feeling when Jimmy talks about the old days because it was pretty much the same thing then in Boston...just more irish..

Calandra VS Alite

Hand to hand? Alite seems like a tough guy, talks like a tough guy. That doesnt necessarily mean anything but I saw that he was involved in some boxing promotions. He says he trains and has a background in boxing. Looks like he's in shape. I wouldnt be surprised if he could back that big mouth of his up a little bit.

Calandra claims to train BJJ regularly. If true I'd give him the advantage over Alite because its tough to beat a BJJ guy. BUT he mispronounced Jiu jitsu several times. Anyone who has done BJJ knows how brutally taxing it is to practice. Its not like going out for a game of golf a couple of time a week. You are being moderately traumatized at every class until you toughen up. It seems unlikely that somebody who's gone through that process could mispronounce something so significant. Also Jimmy looks a little soft for a guy who is rolling regularly.

Im going to give the hand to hand to Alite.


On the streets/back in the day. I dont think there is any question that Alite moved in higher circles but I dont believe he was any where NEAR what he claims to have been. Dont forget Alite is a few years older than Jimmy so he was running with bigger dogs. Calandra was a kid. His crowd were tough street kids. To his credit he never claims anything more.

Street cred/back in the day...I'll call it a tie or a "no contest". Apples and oranges.


Podcast/story telling; To be honest here I cant listen to Alite. He's just unlikeable to me. He reminds me of some guys I knew in the old days, that bullshitting tough mouth type...it just turns me off. Also he has been exposed in some lies or at least challenged by multiple people.

Jimmy Calandra is more likeable. His stories are interesting but seem realistic. He also reminds me of guys I used to know but in a less annoying way.

For podcast/storytelling; Calandra

Alite's no friggin boxer lol...Just more bs...He ran out of a bar and hid in a sewer rather then fight like a man...Does that sound like a tough guy ??

I'll give him that he stays in shape, but he's 5 feet nothing..He'd get hammered by anybody that knows how to fight

John Alite and his body guard, get the facts

http://johnalitefacts.com/

Well we might find out as Calandra just challenged Alite to a "cage match" on his podcast...LOL!

I hope they fight and both die as a result. Two less lowlife rats

Lol...Well let the little midget respond and lets see how tough he is..If you're gonna talk the talk, back it up !!

To be fair , Alite is about 59 years old. Asking for a cage match or even a fight is absolutely ridiculous. It comes across as trashy and ignorant.