Thursday, June 21, 2007

Operation "Family Secrets" Trial Gets Under Way



The "Family Secrets" Trial began in Chicago federal court yesterday.  As we've discussed, the most notable Outfit figure on trial is Joey "The Clown" Lombardo.

The jury trial, in which  the jurors are being kept relatively anonymous, got off to an auspicious start when a fake explosive device was found outside the suburban home of Kurt Calabrese, one of the key witnesses expected to testify.  The home, described as one of the more modest on the block by the Trib, is in ritzy Kenilworth.

It is not known if it was merely a prank or some kind of message.  (Remember in Godfather when Pentangeli's brother was brought over from Sicily when he was to testify in front of the Congressional committee?)

At the top of this posting is Joe Pesci's character in Casino.  He was portraying the real-life Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, shown below with his then-lawyer, now-Las Vegas Mayor, Oscar B. Goodman.  His murder, also portrayed in the movie, is one of the alleged acts that are keeping these men behind bars on this Summer Solstice.


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