Batts had just gotten out of prison after doing 6 years on a drug-related charge the night his fate was decided. [3][4], After his release from prison in 1970, in the book Wiseguy, Henry Hill said that they threw a "welcome home" party for Bentvena at Robert's Lounge, which was owned by Jimmy Burke.
While they were driving, the car had a minor collision with a van on the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens. DeSimone did not escape reprisal for Billy Batts’s murder, although the true details of his own gruesome end did not emerge until nearly thirty years later.
When Henry Hill was facing a heavy sentence for cocaine trafficking, he turned state's evidence and testified at the trials of James Burke and Paul Vario.
According to Henry Hill, who told his life story to author Nicholas Pileggi in his book, As Hill tells it, at the Batts’ welcome back party in 1970, he made a snide comment to fellow wiseguy Tommy DeSimone at the party, asking him to shine his shoes. DiSimone had to swallow his anger and bide his time; a few weeks later, he got his opportunity for vengeance at the Suite, a club owned by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. Parsons and La spesa were later tried for the same offense and found not guilty. Birthplace The True Story Of Mobster Billy Batts’ Murder Was Too Brutal Even For ‘Goodfellas’. However, FBI Agent Edward McDonald didn't know his real name and informed an aide to Hill that Bentvena's name was really "Billy Batts" and nothing else. Shortly thereafter Henry Hill goes to jail for 4 years and slightly after Tommy’s murder he is caught with drugs, which is around 1980. Since Bentvena was a made man, he could not have been killed without permission from the Gambino leadership. In the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, the character Billy Batts (Bentvena) was portrayed by Frank Vincent. Six months after Bentvena's murder, Jimmy Burke found out that his friend sold the Connecticut property in order for condominiums to be built. Deathplace Born in Brooklyn on January 19, 1921, little is known about Bentvena's early life other than that he grew up in the same area as DeSimone and Hill. (1921-01-19)January 19, 1921 After spending six years in prison, Bentvena was murdered by mobster Tommy DeSimone, with the help of his associates Jimmy Burke and Henry Hill.
However, the real reason for the murder was that Burke had taken over Billy Batts' loanshark business while he was in prison. Vario had his own reasons for wanting DeSimone out of the way, not only had the volatile gangster put the Lufthansa heist that Vario’s gang had orchestrated in jeopardy when he lifted his ski mask, but he had also attempted to rape Hill’s wife (whom Vario happened to be having an affair with) while her husband was in jail. Born Italy, 13th–16th century. Bentvena was later convicted and sentenced to 6 years in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut. [7][8], CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, "United States of America, Appellee, v. William Bentvena et al., Defendants-appellants, 319 F.2d 916 (2d Cir. William "Billy Batts" Bentvena, also at times referred to as William Devino, (born January 19, 1921 – died June 12, 1970) was a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s. They stopped at DeSimone's mother's house to get a knife, lime, and a shovel. More details about this death and what really happened has not been released. Appraising of Lazarus: 200 million-year-old fossil of a FISH is set to sell for £50,000 at auction next month, 'They were frothing at the mouth': Police officer describes horror moment he found bodies of 39 half-naked Vietnamese migrants dead in back of lorry, EXCLUSIVE: VP hopeful Kamala Harris- who says she supports defunding police - is seen in Miami being protected by dozens of cops as well as a Secret Service agent carrying an assault rifle, a weapon she's vowed to ban, El Paso police refuse to enforce county judge’s order limiting business due to virus outbreak, Bison engravings discovered in Spanish caves reveal a common art culture existed across Europe over 25,000 years ago, Coronavirus mutation that has become the dominant strain worldwide may be MORE contagious than the original – accounting for over 99% of cases at one US hospital, Body of missing Fort Hood soldier, 23, is 'found hanging from a tree' after he alleged sexual abuse at troubled base which has now been linked to at least 15 deaths this year alone, Britain under attack from plague of stinging pests: Killer Asian hornets and angry 'drunk' German wasps are invading UK after wet and warm weather created 'perfect breeding ground'.
June 12, 1970(1970-06-12) (aged 49) Soon after the collision, the men started hearing thudding sounds from the trunk and realized that Bentvena was still alive.
As Hill tells it, the Gambino family had been stewing over the DeSimone’s murders of Billy Batts and another one of their men (Ronald “Foxy” Jerothe). William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (January 19, 1921 – June 12, 1970), also known as William Devino, was a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s. Post Comments Died Henry Hill later said that Bentvena provoked DeSimone because he wanted to impress some mobsters from another crime family. When he arrived in Bridgeport, undercover police arrested Bentvena and charged him with possession and exchange of narcotics. William Bentvena It was widely speculated that the Gambino family ordered the death of DeSimone, a mob associate with the Lucchese crime family, for his role in the murder of Bentvena. On June 11, 1970, Bentvena went to a bar owned by Henry Hill called The Suite in Jamaica, Queens, where mobsters had thrown a "welcome home" party to celebrate his release from prison.
Burke had a friend who owned a dog kennel in Upstate New York, and Bentvena was buried there. Bentvena was released from prison on June 9, 1970. About three months after Bentvena's murder, Burke's friend sold the dog kennel to housing developers, and Burke ordered Hill and DeSimone to exhume Bentvena's corpse and dispose of it elsewhere.
Hill said that before DeSimone started to beat Bentvena, DeSimone yelled, "Shine these fucking shoes!
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