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If you have people in from out of town, feel free to send them down to the federal courthouse:
Miami real-estate agent Claude Attia wanted to do something meaningful during his few days in New York.
So he wandered into the Manhattan federal courthouse — and smack into John “Junior” Gotti’s sensational trial on its most explosive day of testimony.
“I told them downstairs I wanted to see something interesting. They sent me up here,” the 45-year-old Frenchman said.
His jaw dropped when he saw platinum-blond Victoria Gotti, who showed up for court wearing a waist-length sable fur coat, skintight blue jeans and her signature oversized Louis Vuitton bag. She hunched silently in the second row with her fire-engine-red-haired sister, Angel, and family matriarch Victoria Sr.
“These people want to be like Al Capone!” he said, shocked.
Attia wasn’t the only wayward tourist who made his way into the gallery — and he certainly wasn’t the only one stunned by the display.
“It’s like watching ‘The Godfather’ all over again,” said star-struck Ian McNeilly, 54, a lawyer visiting from Sydney, Australia. “In Australia, we have more white-collar crime than hit men.”
And the show is not just for tourists:
Posted: February 23rd, 2006 | Filed under: New York, New York, It's A Wonderful Town!Manny Diaz, a court-case buff, traveled all the way from The Bronx to catch a glimpse of the action.
“I’ve always admired John Sr.,” said the 47-year-old recovering drug addict, who attends trials to keep himself clean. “I’ve always liked the Gottis, too. But I don’t like Victoria’s show. I think it’s propaganda.”