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John Alite

Gang Land’s Jerry Capeci writes ,

It’s been more than 11 years since John A. (Junior) Gotti beat the rap and walked out of court as a free man. But the former acting mob boss can’t get over the fact that John Alite, the old pal who testified against him — calling Gotti a drug dealer and murderer — at his fourth and last trial, is also a free man after spending about eight years behind bars, Gang Land has learned.

Mr. Capeci writes,  In the years since their in-court confrontation, the once close friends have enjoyed taking pot shots at each other in competing books and online shout-outs. Alite says he’s moved on. But he insists that the erstwhile Junior Don has become so obsessed with him that he fears his old pal may be headed for a breakdown. “He should take a deep breath and go see a therapist,” said Alite.

Wearing his analyst hat, Alite tells Gang Land that the reason Gotti “has hounded me for years” is because the former Mafia heir, who now proclaims to be a “Crime Fighter,” is desperate to hide the fact that in 2005, he fingered his deceased mob boss father and two Gambino family gangsters in murders