Exclusive | Black Long Island family sues wife, daughter of notorious Gambino mob boss for $50M after high school brawl

The black Long Island family allegedly assaulted by the wife and daughter of John “Junior” Gotti in a race-fueled rage at a high school basketball game have sued the mother-daughter duo for $50 million.Jean and Crystal Etienne claim Kimberly and Gianna Gotti allegedly called their son a “f–king monkey,” “f–king faggot,” “f–king bitch,” and told him, “f–k your mother,” according to a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit.The explosive February 2024 incident during the Oyster Bay vs Locust Valley game at Locust Valley High School — resulted in assault charges for Kimberly, wife of Junior and daughter-in-law of the late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, along with her daughter Gianna.But the case went sideways in October on a technicality and the charges were dismissed.Kimberly’s son, Joe Gotti, was playing for Oyster Bay and Etienne’s son, identified only as S.S., was on the Locust Valley team.

Both Mama Bears claimed they were trying to protect their sons from verbal abuse from the stands.The Gottis have vehemently denied using racial slurs and insisted Crystal Etienne was the aggressor who hurled insults at their son.But Crystal Etienne, 48, said Kimberly Gotti, 56, and Gianna, 24, were “yelling ‘shut up’ and getting in some of the faces of other children in the stands” before Crystal’s son entered the game.“Please do not call my son.Please do not.

They’re just kids,” Etienne allegedly begged the pair.The dispute then turned physical, with Etienne allegedly suffering a head injury as the Gotti women tried to rip her wig off.“In a fit of race fueled rage, the Gottis, along with unknown cohorts physically assaulted both Etiennes and their child,” including punching, scratching and hitting them while school officials did nothing, according to court papers.The Etienne family further alleged that the “aggressive behavior had gone on for the whole entire game without any intervention by, direction from, or warnings f...