Sammy Gravano's dark secret

[00:00:00]Sammy the Bull Gravano harbored a dark secret for over a decade, one that would eventually shatter his wife's family.

[00:00:07]Nick Scibetta, Gravano's brother-in-law, started as a promising young man, but soon spiraled into a life of drinking and drug abuse.

[00:00:15]His downward trajectory led to several mob infractions.

[00:00:19]It started with a brawl in a nightclub owned by a mob associate, followed by a confrontation with the son of a Gambino family associate, resulting in the man's arrest.

[00:00:29]The final straw was when he insulted the daughter of Georgie DeCicco, uncle of the esteemed Gambino member Frank DeCicco.

[00:00:36]Attempting to handle the escalating situation, Gravano confronted and physically reprimanded Scibetta.

[00:00:43]However, as he sought a solution, an order came down from Castellano. Nick Scibetta was to be killed.

[00:00:49]Frank DeCicco was assigned the task and instructed to keep Gravano in the dark.

[00:00:54]But DeCicco, along with Milito and Joe Stimy D'Angelo, whom Gravano likened to Luca Brasi, Don Corleone's enforcer in The Godfather, believed it was wrong to proceed without informing Gravano.

[00:01:07]DeCicco received Castellano's permission to tell Gravano, but with a dire warning. If Gravano opposed the hit, he would be killed immediately.

[00:01:16]Upon hearing of the hit, Gravano was enraged.

[00:01:19]"I'll take Paul out first," he told DeCicco.

[00:01:22]Gravano saw DeCicco, 12 years his senior, as an older brother in the mob.

[00:01:28]DeCicco, ever the diplomat, reasoned with Gravano.

[00:01:32]"You go to war with Paul, and you will be killed, guaranteed.

[00:01:36]In the end, your brother-in-law will still die anyway.

[00:01:39]So, what good would it do?"

[00:01:42]In Underboss, Gravano, the loyal soldier, reflects, "I chose against Nicky.

[00:01:47]I took an oath that Cosa Nostra came before everything."