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{{Infobox person
|name = Joey Buttafuoco
|image = Buttafuoco.jpg
|caption = Joey Buttafuoco
|birth_name = Joseph A. Buttafuoco
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|3|11|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[Massapequa, New York|Massapequa]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
|death_date =
|death_place =
|occupation = [[Automobile repair shop|Auto body shop owner]]
|spouse = [[Mary Jo Buttafuoco]] (div. 2003)
}}

'''Joseph A. "Joey" Buttafuoco''' (born March 11, 1956) is an [[automobile repair shop|auto body shop]] owner from [[Long Island]]. He is best known for having had an [[adultery|affair]] with a 17-year-old [[Amy Fisher]], who subsequently shot his wife [[Mary Jo Buttafuoco]] in the face. Popular news coverage titled Fisher the "Long Island Lolita."<ref name="crimelibrary">{{cite web
 |last=Bell 
 |first=Rachael 
 |title=Amy Fisher 
 |publisher=Crimelibrary 
 |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/young/amy_fisher/index.html 
 |accessdate=21 May 2014 
 |deadurl=yes 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521145711/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/young/amy_fisher/index.html 
 |archivedate=21 May 2014 
 |df= 
}}</ref> Buttafuoco later pled guilty to one count of [[statutory rape]] and served four months in jail.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://crime.about.com/library/blbuttafuoco.htm | title = Joey Buttafuoco - Celebrity Mug Shot | work = Charles Montaldo |accessdate = 2006-07-24}}</ref>

==Shooting incident==
On May 19, 1992, Amy Fisher shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the right side of the face, with her daughter as a witness. <ref name="crimelibrary" /> Fisher had come to the Buttafuocos' house to confront Mary Jo Buttafuoco about Joey Buttafuoco, with whom she had been having an affair since July 1991 after Fisher brought her vehicle to Buttafuoco's [[Automobile repair shop|auto body shop]] in [[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York|Baldwin]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]].<ref name="crimelibrary" /> When Mary Jo answered the door, Fisher—posing as her own (fictitious) sister Ann Marie — offered as proof of the affair a T-shirt that Joey had given her, with the logo of his auto body shop on it. The front porch confrontation escalated, and when Mary Jo demanded that Fisher leave and turned to go into the house and call Joey, Fisher shot her in the face with a .25 caliber semiautomatic pistol. Once Mary Jo regained consciousness, she identified Fisher as her assailant.<ref name="crimelibrary" />

The investigation of the shooting and the subsequent court cases involved a series of conflicting claims, and received significant news coverage in both mainstream news outlets and tabloids.<ref name="NYTGuilty">{{cite news | last = Schemo | first = Diana Jean | title = Amy Fischer Pleads Guilty to Assault | newspaper = New York Times | date = September 24, 1992 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/24/nyregion/amy-fisher-pleads-guilty-to-assault.html | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref> Buttafuoco's lawyer maintained that Buttafuoco was never involved with Fisher and Fisher had invented the affair, while Fisher's lawyer portrayed Fisher as a victim whom Buttafuoco manipulated into the shooting.<ref name="NYTMorality">{{cite news | last = Barbanel | first = Josh | title = A Morality Tale In Court and Tabloid | newspaper = New York Times | date = September 27, 1992 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/27/nyregion/a-morality-tale-in-court-and-tabloid.html | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref>

After Fisher's assault conviction, Buttafuoco was indicted on 19 counts of statutory rape, sodomy, and endangering the welfare of a child. He initially pled not guilty.<ref name="NYTPlea">{{cite news | last = McQuiston | first = John T | title = Buttafuoco Enters Plea Of Not Guilty | newspaper = New York Times | date = April 16, 1993 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/16/nyregion/buttafuoco-enters-plea-of-not-guilty.html | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref> He later changed his plea to guilty, admitting he had sex with Fisher when she was 16 and that he had known her age at the time.<ref name="LATButtafuocoPlea">{{cite news | title = Buttafuoco Alters Story, Pleads Guilty to Third-Degree Rape | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = October 6, 1993 | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-06/news/mn-42841_1_joey-buttafuoco | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref>  He was sentenced to six months' jail time, and was released after serving four months and nine days of the sentence.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news | title = Buttafuoco Is Released After 4 Months in Jail | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = March 24, 1994 | url = http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-24/news/mn-37897_1_joey-buttafuoco | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref>

After his release from prison, Joey and Mary Jo Buttafuoco moved to [[California]], where Mary Jo filed divorce papers in [[Ventura County]] Superior Court on February 3, 2003.<ref name="USATodayJBWGD">{{cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title =Joey Buttafuco, Wife Getting Divorced |newspaper =USA Today | location= | pages = | language = | publisher = | date=6 May 2003| url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-05-06-buttafuoco-divorce_x.htm| accessdate =19 November 2012 }}</ref>

==Unrelated charges==
Buttafuoco has been charged with crimes on several occasions since the 1992 shooting incident.

* In 1995, he pled [[nolo contendere|no contest]] to a [[solicitation]] of [[prostitution]] charge and was fined and placed on probation for two years.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE3D61F30F93BA35754C0A963958260&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fP%2fProstitution | title =  CHRONICLE | work = Nadine Brozan |accessdate = 2006-07-24 | date=July 8, 1995}}</ref>
* In 2004, he was sentenced to a year in jail and five years of [[probation]] after pleading guilty to auto [[insurance fraud]]. As part of the sentence, he is prohibited from working in the auto body industry in California for the rest of his life.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/23/local/me-joey23 | title =  Buttafuoco Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail | last= Sciaudone | first= Christiana | newspaper = Los Angeles Times |accessdate = 21 May 2014 | date= March 23, 2004}}</ref>
* In August 2005, he was charged with illegal possession of [[ammunition]]. As a convicted felon, he is legally not permitted to own ammunition. Probation officers found the ammunition during a search of his home. He pled no contest and began serving his sentence on January 8, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/123160,JoeyB.article |title=Joey B. gets a break |work=Associated Press |accessdate=2006-11-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114012500/http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/123160%2CJoeyB.article |archivedate=2006-11-14 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>  He was released on April 28, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/04/29/national/a001458D77.DTL |title=Joey Buttafuoco Ends Calif. Jail Term |work=AP/sfgate.com |accessdate=2007-05-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102075622/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fnational%2Fa001458D77.DTL |archivedate=2007-11-02 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>

==Media appearances==

The significant coverage of the shooting incident made Buttafuoco a minor celebrity. During Fisher's trial, Buttafuoco appeared frequently on mainstream and tabloid news programs and talk shows, and gave multiple interviews to all forms of media.<ref name="NYTMorality" /> [[David Letterman]], in his last year of hosting ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', discussed the incident so often that Buttafuoco's name was a recurring punchline,<ref name="NYTTabloid">{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/16/weekinreview/the-nation-no-way-out-still-gawking-after-all-these-years.html | title = The Nation: No Way Out; Still Gawking After All These Years | last = Barry | first = Dan | publisher = New York Times | date = May 16, 1999 | accessdate = 21 May 2014}}</ref> while ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' parodied the case in multiple sketches.<ref>Lorraine Delia Kenny, ''Daughters of Suburbia: Growing Up White, Middle Class, and Female'' (Rutgers University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8135-2853-4)</ref>

In 2002, Buttafuoco participated in the Fox Network's ''[[Celebrity Boxing]]'', originally slated to oppose [[John and Lorena Bobbitt|John Wayne Bobbitt]], who dropped out due to being arrested for domestic abuse. Bobbitt was replaced by female pro wrestler [[Chyna|Joanie "Chyna" Laurer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,9957,00.html |title=Celeb Boxing: Bobbitt Out, Chyna In |work=Josh Grossberg |accessdate=2006-07-24 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818063639/http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0%2C1%2C9957%2C00.html |archivedate=2006-08-18 |df= }}</ref> Buttafuoco, despite being booed, won the fight in a majority decision (29–28, 29–27, 28–28).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=45521 |title=Fox's dull 'Celebrity Boxing' far from being a knockout |work=Tim Cuprisin |accessdate=2006-07-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710195602/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=45521 |archivedate=2006-07-10 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>

In 2006, he and Amy Fisher were reunited at the [[Legends Cup (LFL)|Lingerie Bowl]] for the coin toss.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2006/0004273046&EDATE= | title = Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher Reunion Will Be a Coin-Tosser at The Lingerie Bowl | work = SOURCE Horizon Productions  | accessdate = 2006-07-24}}</ref>  In a story reported in the ''New York Post'', reality show producer David Krieff suggested that Buttafuoco and Fisher were then "dating" again, although this was not supported by any direct statements from either Buttafuoco or Fisher.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/05132007/news/regionalnews/amy__joey_set_date_for_love_regionalnews_james_fanelli_and_david_k__li.htm | title = Amy and Joey set date for love | work = New York Post | first1=James | last1=Fanelli | first2=David K. | last2=Li | date=May 13, 2007}}</ref> On May 23, 2007, Mary Jo Buttafuocco appeared on CNN's ''[[Larry King Live]]'' program to discuss the recent reunion of her ex-husband and the former "Long Island Lolita."<ref name = "King">{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/23/lkl.01.html | publisher = [[CNN]] | date = May 23, 2007 | title = CNN Larry King Live: What Happened On "The View" Today?/Mary Jo Speaks Out }}</ref> At the time, Buttafuoco's second wife, Evanka, had recently filed for divorce, but withdrew her divorce petition on June 22, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/news/regionalnews/buttafuoco_wife_nixes_divorce_bid_regionalnews_kieran_crowley.htm | title=Buttafuoco wife nixes divorce bid|first=Kieran|last=Crowley|work=[[New York Post]]|date=June 22, 2007|accessdate= 2008-01-04}}</ref>

Buttafuoco appeared on the ''[[Judge Jeanine Pirro]]'' show on March 5, 2009. He sued a woman who had attempted to pay for $4,700 in repairs to her Corvette in sexual favors rather than money. Buttafuoco won the case.{{episode needed|date=May 2014}}

In 2012, Buttafuoco appeared on the [[Fox News]] program ''[[Justice with Judge Jeanine]]'', offering commentary on a murder-for-hire plot.{{episode needed|date=May 2014}}

Buttafuoco appeared on ''[[Judge Alex]]'' on November 1, 2012. He sued his friend Rob Spallone's company over a dispute regarding the rental of a frozen ice truck for Buttafuoco's nephew's birthday party. Buttafuoco won the case and Spallone was ordered to pay $4,400 in damages.{{episode needed|date=May 2014}}

===TV and film career===

Buttafuoco made his film debut as a cab driver in ''Cul-de-Sac'' (video title: ''Better Than Ever''). He subsequently appeared in ''[[The Underground Comedy Movie]]'', ''Mafia Movie Madness'', ''Skin Walker'', ''[[Finding Forrester]]'' and ''Operation Repo: The Movie''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2015}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0125251|Joey Buttafuoco}}
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