John Gotti’s grandson kept trying to delay prison to donate kidney to mother. A judge said enough.
Summary
Carmine Agnello, grandson of mob boss John Gotti, has started a 15-month prison sentence for fraud after a judge denied further delays for kidney donation surgery to his mother. Although Agnello argued he needed more time to donate a kidney to his ailing mother, the judge found no proof the surgery would happen soon and ordered him to report to prison immediately.Key Facts
- Carmine Agnello is serving a 15-month sentence at Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey.
- He pleaded guilty in 2024 to wire fraud related to $1.1 million in COVID-19 relief loans obtained under false pretenses.
- Agnello aimed to delay prison by saying he would donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, who has chronic kidney disease.
- U.S. District Judge Nusrat Choudhury denied further delay because there was no concrete evidence of an imminent transplant.
- Prosecutors said Victoria Gotti’s infections required treatment before any transplant could happen.
- Agnello was a reality TV star on "Growing Up Gotti" during the mid-2000s.
- His grandfather, John Gotti, was a notorious New York mob boss who died in prison in 2002.
- Agnello’s company had ceased operating before he applied for federal loans, which he allegedly used for other investments.
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