Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names
"DiB"
Allegiance
Gambino crime family
Robert "DiB" DiBernardo (May 31, 1937 – June 5, 1986) was an American caporegime in the Gambino crime family, who was reputed to control much of the commercial pornography in the US. During the 1984 US presidential election, publicity about DiBernardo having rented business premises from the husband of Geraldine Ferraro embroiled her in damaging media innuendo about organized crime.
By some accounts, DiBernardo was the most dominant figure behind the US adult industry[clarification needed] in his era. He was a relatively capable businessman who did not have a reputation for involvement in violence, but his Mafia links deterred potential competitors and warded off other criminals. He became immensely influential in the US pornography business, and an associate of Reuben Sturman. Whether DiBernardo's relationship with Sturman and others was based on extortion or mutual advantage was never established. DiBernardo was seen as a phenomenal money maker, secretive, and a lone operator (unlike most Mafia members of his status, he did not retain a crew to back him up). All of these traits made him vulnerable to others within Gotti's organization.
DiBernardo, who had been the target of a federal investigation into child pornography, was awaiting sentencing when he was murdered by members of Sammy Gravano’s crew on orders from John Gotti. The body was never found. According to some accounts, Angelo Ruggiero engineered an order from Gotti to kill DiBernardo because he had once told Ruggiero that he was not smart enough to be underboss.
Robert "DiB" DiBernardo (May 31, 1937 – June 5, 1986) was an American caporegime in the Gambino crime family, who was reputed to control much of the commercial...
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Paruta was ever diagnosed with having the condition. After the DiB (Rober DiBernardo) hit, his smoker's cough got worse and worse. Sammy made arrangements...
family capo, RobertDiBernardo. Ruggiero started talking subversively about DiBernardo. Sammy Gravano later said, I said to Angie that if DiB said anything...
the murder of RobertDiBernardo by Gravano; both DiBernardo and Ruggiero had been vying to succeed DeCicco until Ruggiero accused DiBernardo of challenging...
indictment, Gravano was approached by RobertDiBernardo, a fellow Gambino member acting as an intermediary for Gotti. DiBernardo informed him that Gotti and Ruggiero...
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and report directly to the boss, like Gambino crime family soldier RobertDiBernardo did in the 1980s when Paul Castellano was boss. Others, like the Chicago...
the support of capo Frank DeCicco and soldiers Sammy Gravano and RobertDiBernardo, but lining up the support of Armone was a critical step in the conspiracy...
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with organized crime members including Gambino crime family soldier RobertDiBernardo, which Ferraro interpreted as anti-Italian slurs. After Abrams emerged...
distributing amateur pornography and enlists the help of local porn kingpin RobertDiBernardo. Rudy, under pressure from John Gotti, urges Vincent and Paul to return...
company owned by pornography tycoon and Gambino crime family member RobertDiBernardo. Many other newspapers minimized their coverage of possible connections...
property rented by pornography tycoon and reputed organized crime figure RobertDiBernardo, although much of the media minimized their coverage of the matter...
around New York in partnership with Gambino crime family mobster RobertDiBernardo. In the 1970s and 1980s, Basciano's real estate empire was centered...
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Joseph "Joe Piney" Armone and soldiers Sammy "the Bull" Gravano and Robert "DiB" DiBernardo (collectively dubbed "The Fist") to overthrow Castellano, insisting...
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Dreams." In the television movie Gotti (1996), Vincent played Robert "D.B." DiBernardo, an associate of Mafia boss John Gotti's, whose life the film chronicled...
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producer. She starred alongside Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 (1976) and received two David di Donatello Award nominations...
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