Originally Posted By: tt120
im not sure if Massino has but Lino definitely gave a first hand account of how it went down at Massino's trial. he choked up on the stand when describing how Trinchera got shot. he ran of the place and went to someone's house to use the phone and have his son pick him up.

id love to be able to read those testimonies in full from Massino's trial. lino, frank coppa, joe d'amico, and richard cantarella all testified at one point or another and each gave their history; when they were made, who they came up under, etc

you can read quotes from Lino's testimony in sam destafno's book about massino "the last godfather"


Agreed. There are snippets of the testemonies on the internet (articles) and in various books but no place where to read them in full. I guess they are available in the court house where the trials were held but transcripts from trials are extremely expensive and usually takes a long time obtaining them.

One interesting thing Massino said about Sonny BlackĀ“s murder is that he was not killed because of the Donnie Brasco incident, but rather because he feared Sonny Black was making (or planning) a power grab move. He also said that Mirra was killed for being an informant, not because Donnie Brasco or his aggresive, abusive style.

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