John Alite: Difference between revisions

'''John Edward Alite''' (born September 30, 1962), also known as '''Johnny Alletto''', is an American former [[Gambino crime family]] associate, and later star government witness<ref>Alison Gendar and Larry Mcshane,[[informant]https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/chaos-courtroom-junior-gotti-rips-mob-turncoat-alite-break-testimony-article-1.381210 "Chaos in the courtroom: Junior Gotti rips mob turncoat Alite during in break in testimony"], nydailynews.com, October 9, 2009.</ref> against the crime family and [[John A. Gotti|John A. "Junior" Gotti]]. Alite is an admitted murderer, armed robber, and drug dealer who used violence as a means of accomplishing his illegal goals.<ref name="Former mob hit-man wants to shatter illusions about gangster life">{{cite web |title=Former mob hit-man wants to shatter illusions about gangster life |url=https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/02/18/former-mob-hit-man-wants-to-shatter-illusions-about-gangster-life/ |website=True Crime Daily |publisher=True Crime Daily |accessdate=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724012905/https://truecrimedaily.com/2016/02/18/former-mob-hit-man-wants-to-shatter-illusions-about-gangster-life/ |archive-date=24 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He has estimated that he had shot between 30 to 40 people, baseball batted 100 people, and murdered six people.<ref name=gq/> Later in life, Alite has publicly denounced the life of organized crime and became a [[motivational speaker]] and a writer.