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Aug 27, 2022 · According to Henry Hill himself in his memoir Gangsters and Goodfellas, while he was in jail after being sentenced for extortion in 1974, Tommy DeSimone (DeVito in Goodfellas) beat up and attempted to rape Karen, but at the time, Karen was having an affair with Paul Vario.
Feb 24, 2024 · But unlike in the movie, Karen’s friend was seeing a gangster associate of Henry’s named Paul Vario Jr., the son of local crime boss Paul Vario, and not Tommy DeSimone, the inspiration for Joe Pesci’s character in the film.
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York . Following the testimony of Henry Hill , Vario was convicted in 1984, of fraud, and sentenced to four years in prison, followed by a conviction for extortion ...
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Oct 11, 2022 · Since Vario, the capo, was allegedly having an affair with Karen (according to Hill), the moment DeSimone put his hands on her, he might as well have been signing his own death warrant.
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In 1965, Karen Friedman met Henry Hill through Paul Vario, who insisted that Hill accompany his son on a double date at Frank "Frankie the Wop" Manzo's restaurant, Villa Capra. According to Friedman, the date was disastrous, and Hill stood her up at the next dinner date.
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- Karen B. Friedman, January 16, 1946 (age 77), New York City, New York, U.S.
Feb 12, 2023 · Henry and Karen Hill met in 1965, when Paul Vario (Paul Cicero in Goodfellas) convinced Henry to accompany his son on a double date at the restaurant of one of his associates. Karen shared that the date was a disaster, and Henry stood her up on their following date.
Jun 4, 2018 · Paul Vario died in 1988 in a Texas prison, where he was still doing time on a conviction Hill had helped bring about. After learning about Paul Vario, read the story of Karen Hill, wife of Henry Hill .
