Joseph A Buttafuoco was born on March 11,1956 and is an American auto body shop owner.
13 Facts About Joey Buttafuoco
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In 1992, Buttafuoco was convicted for his extramarital affair with a minor, 17-year-old Amy Fisher, when Fisher shot his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, in the face.
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Joey Buttafuoco first met then-15-year-old Fisher when her father took his car to be repaired at his garage in 1990.
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Joey Buttafuoco was sentenced to six months' jail time and was released after serving four months and nine days of the sentence.
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Joey Buttafuoco has been convicted of crimes since the 1992 shooting incident:.
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David Letterman, in his last year of hosting Late Night with David Letterman, discussed the incident so often that Joey Buttafuoco's name was a recurring punchline, while Saturday Night Live parodied the case in multiple sketches.
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On Season 4 Episode 18 of Friends, Buttafuoco is referenced as hurting the cause of people named Joey.
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In 2002, Joey Buttafuoco participated in Celebrity Boxing, originally slated to oppose John Wayne Bobbitt, who dropped out after being arrested for domestic abuse.
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Joey Buttafuoco, despite being booed, won the fight in a majority decision.
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On March 5,2009, Joey Buttafuoco appeared in an episode of Judge Pirro, successfully suing an adult film actress for failure to pay an auto body bill.
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In 1997, Joey Buttafuoco appeared on Judge Judy with Ruth Webb.
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Sixteen years after the incident, Mary Jo Joey Buttafuoco wrote a book telling her story, Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know.
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Joey Buttafuoco was inspired to write the book after her son referred to her ex-husband as a sociopath.