Former gangster John Gotti Junior's wife and daughter have been charged for $ 50 million by a family who attacked the couple in New York last year, because their lawyer calls the case 'Absolute Hog Wash'.
Jean and Crystal Etienne claim that Kimberly and Gianna Gotti have called their son a racial slur in the midst of an expletive-striking eruption during an incident on 8 February last year, according to the court case.
The confrontation took place during a basketball game at Locust Valley High School on Long Island and eventually escalated in a physical fight.
The crime of the couple was rejected in October in October.
Sons of both parties had played for opposing parties in the game Oyster Bay vs Locust Valley.
The Gottis have denied that she used racial blemishes and insisted that Crystal Etienne had been the one who had hurled insults to her son, Joe Gotti.
In the new suit, the Etienne family claims that Kimberly and Gianna shouted 'silence' and reportedly entered the faces of other children in the stands before the incident took place.
“This aggressive behavior went through the entire game without any intervention, direction of, or warnings from officials,” the case claimed.
In the suit, however, the Etienne family claimed that Kimberly and Gianna (photo) shouted 'silence' and reportedly entered the faces of other children in the stands before the incident took place
Kimberly Gotti and daughter Gianna Gotti are not guilty of starting a fight at a youth basketball game on Long Island
Jean and Crystal Etienne claim that Kimberly and Gianna Gotti have called their son a racial slur, amid an expletive-tistered eruption during the incident of 8 February last year
It promotes that the children who were “verbally attacked” were removed by the Gottis by managers, but they allowed the Gottis to stay and left in the gymnasium. ”
When Etienne's son was placed in the basketball game, the Gottis reportedly started to scream different names, the suit claimed.
“F *** ING Monkey,” the first Slurle Kimberly was shouted when Etienne's son went onto the field.
Crystal addressed the incident and said: 'Please don't call my son. Please don't do it. They are just children. '
At the moment, it was reportedly 'in a flurry of race fed anger', both Etienne and their child were physically attacked, according to the suit.
“Defendants have to put Mrs. Etienne's, faculty, school supervisors, school guards and agents, hit, hit and tore out of the hair, faculty, school counselors, officials and agents,” the court documents explained.
A video of almost one minute of the attack showed the alleged attack, according to the case, where Gianna reportedly encouraged the rip[pping of] Her hair off. '
Jean Etienne and their son then tried to help Crystal, after which they too were physically attacked, the case claimed.
Kimberly reportedly 'in a flood of racing anger' has physically abused both Etienne and their child, according to the court case
Gianna is the granddaughter of the reputed Mafia boss John Gotti, who was head of the Gambino Crime Family in New York
However, the Gottis had repeatedly rejected that they would have placed them in anger management programs, and insisted that it was the gangster familiar with their family who led the allegations
The new lawsuit claimed that the incident is the result of years of 'racist and humiliating' behavior at the Valley High School locust.
'[T]He Etiennes has been the victim of the district that in the past ignores, tolerates and permanently ignoring racist behavior and ideology. '
“Students and instructors have repeatedly expressed and used electronic devices to express racial words, including but not limited to, the a 'n' word played in classes,” the suit claimed.
The son of the Etiennes was also falsely accused of marijuana use by school officers and the attack of a girl, according to the family.
The lawsuit claimed that the family suffered 'mental fear, mental pain, psychological trauma, physical pain and loss of self -esteem' due to the failed reaction of the school district.
The Gottis have repeatedly rejected plea that they would have placed in anger management programs, and insisted that it was the gangster familiar with their family who led the allegations.
Their lawyer called the new lawsuit 'Absolute Hog Wash, completely frivolous and a waste of time', according to the New York Post.
“They have to leave the Gotti family alone. The case was rejected because it had no merit, “said lawyer Gerard Marrone. “Crystal started the whole fight.”
On a Long Island court building after passing plea deals in March, the mother-daughter Due was accompanied by Gotti Jr, who replaced his father as Gambino Crime Boss after he was sent to prison in 1992
Displayed: Mob boss John Gotti was head of the Gambino Crime Family in New York
Gotti Jr, 60, replaced his notorious father as Gambino -Misdaadbaas after he was sent to prison in 1991.
He served as an acting boss until 1999, when he was arrested for racketeering statements.
In a plea, he pleaded guilty and served for a little less than seven years in prison. His father died in prison in 2002.
