14 Facts About Pasquale Simonetti

Pasquale Simonetti's father was a carter and his mother was a housewife.

Pasquale Simonetti became a partner of Antonio Esposito, known as Totonno 'e Pomigliano, a Camorra boss from Pomigliano d'Arco.

Pasquale Simonetti was a real guappo, an imposing man with great charisma and a robust physique.

Pasquale Simonetti used this to his advantage and became a kind of lawgiver in his area.

Pasquale Simonetti asked the young man, if he preferred spending ten thousand lire in flowers on his marriage or his funeral.

Pasquale Simonetti is often claimed to have slapped notorious American gangster Lucky Luciano in the face at the race track of Agnano; however, the actual perpetrator was Francesco Pirozzi, one of the men of Camorra boss Alfredo Maisto.

In 1953, Pasquale Simonetti was imprisoned for 8 years and 3 months for the attempted murder and a shoot-out over territorial supremacy against a rival gang led by Alfredo Maisto in 1952.

At Christmas 1954, Pasquale Simonetti left prison, after serving two years of his sentence.

Pasquale Simonetti had promised to keep a percentage of the profits for Simonetti, but he did not keep his promise.

On 16 July 1955, at age 29, Pasquale Simonetti was murdered in broad day light in the Corso Novara, the busy market place of Naples.

Pasquale Simonetti was shot by Carlo Gaetano Orlando, alias Tanino 'e Bastimento, a small-time criminal in Esposito's entourage, and Gaetano Nuvoletta.

Pasquale Simonetti believed the police knew who the man behind the attack was, but were not prepared to do anything about it.

Pasquale Simonetti was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment, later reduced to 13 years and 4 months by the Court of Appeal.

Pasquale Simonetti's death remains a mystery, but Maresca believed the assailant was Umberto Ammaturo, her new companion, who denied knowing anything about his death.