Annette Angeloni was reportedly the cause of a knife fight between pizza maker Mark Iacono and Genovese linked gangster Battista (Benny) Geritano.
by John Marzulli, daily news
A judge borrowed a line from a Natalie Cole song Monday, telling the feds they don’t have the evidence to keep a reputed Genovese mob associate in jail for slicing up a Brooklyn pizza maker.
“You ever hear of Nat King Cole?” Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Sterling Johnson asked prosecutor Jack Dennehy.
“He had a daughter who came out with an album “Stardust” and there’s a song, ‘If it ain’t there, it ain’t there.’
“It ain’t there, counselor.”
The judge, paraphrasing the tune “If Love Ain’t There, It Ain’t There,” dismissed Dennehy’s argument that Battista (Benny) Geritano should be held without bail because he is under investigation for a bank burglary.
Geritano — on supervised release for a past federal robbery conviction — was arrested two months ago after a vicious street fight with Lucali’s pizza maestro Mark Iacono that left both men with stab wounds.
A source close to the case said the brawl was over a woman – Geritano is dating Iacono’s former girlfriend, Annette Angeloni.
The raven-haired beauty showed up in court and shook her head as the prosecutor argued that Geritano could get physical therapy for his surgically-repaired hand in jail.
Johnson agreed to defense lawyer Steven Kartagener‘s $2 million bail package which includes house arrest.
Iacono’s lawyer declined comment.
Geritano and Iacono face criminal charges for the fight, but that case is expected to be dismissed since neither is willing to testify before a grand jury.
Mitchel Maddux,NY post writes ‘Pizza’ gal delivers in court
Annette Angeloni, who sources say is the current girlfriend of reputed mob associate Benny Geritano and the ex-gal pal of celebrity pizzaman Mark Iacono. Geritano is an admitted member of a Mafia-linked gang. Iacono runs Brooklyn’s famed Lucali Pizzeria
related Click here: Pizzamaker Mark Iacono of Lucali stabbed while walking on a Brooklyn street – NYPOST.com
