Dochter van Maffia rat Sammy The Bull klaagt Rockstar Games aan

RDJ134 26 februari 2014 om 18:34 uur

Karen Gravano is de dochter van Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano die een fookin rat werd en door zijn getuigenis kon John ¨The Teflon Don¨ Gotti worden veroordeeld waarna hij op 10 juni 2002 in zijn cel overleed. Karen is nu van mening dat de missie Burial gebaseerd is op haar karakter en heeft daar om nu Rockstar Games aangeklaagd voor $40 miljoen dollar. Dat maakt haar net zo vies als haar snitch vader.


The daughter of the mobster who brought down John Gotti is suing the makers of Grand Theft Auto V for $40 million alleging a minor character in the game was based on her life story and it was used without her permission.

Karen Gravano says "Antonia Bottino," (pictured in the background above) whom the player rescues in a random encounter called "Burial," at the far north of the map. Gravano appeared on the first three seasons of VH1's "Mob Wives" reality show and her lawsuit says she's publishing another book about her life soon.

In Grand Theft Auto V, Antonia Bottino is the daughter of Sammy Bottino, who is never seen but whose story is told by Antonia. Sammy Bottino, according to Andrea, was an underboss in the Gambetti Family who had been the right hand man of boss Jon Gravelli. Bottino took his family into hiding out west after being set up on murder charges stemming from a Vice City hit. Bottino later took a plea agreement and became a government informer. One of his enemies seeks revenge by having Antonia Bottino kidnapped and buried alive at the dirt bike track out in Paleto Bay, which the player thwarts.

It's not clear from the lawsuit whether Karen Gravano says she was ever kidnapped by her dad's old enemies or threatened with being buried alive. The suit says she's publishing "a second book containing the parts of not-so known aspects of the story used by" Rockstar Games.

A Rockstar Games spokesman told the New York Daily News that the company does not comment on legal matters.

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