Sinatra’s success linked to ‘offering anyone can refuse’
Frank Sinatra’s ties with the crowd were no secret, but the dark connections of his family with organized crime have remained largely hidden – so far.
RadarOnline.com can reveal exclusive insight from lawyer Chris Franzblau, who described how ol ‘blue eyes’ was the most important “link by his godfather, Willie Moretti who saved the singer of a brutal contract for his” pre-planned “death.
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In a new book, lawyer Chris Franzblau remembers the relationship of Sinatra with Moretti and how it inspired a scene of ‘The Godfather’.
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In The Last Mob Lawyer: True Stories of the Man who defended some of the biggest names in organized crimeAuthor Bruce Nagel shares moving stories based on stories from Franzblau.
Franzblau, 93, was a prominent lawyer who gained some fame for representing controversial figures-in particular with ties with organized crime.
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It was said that a hitman would have been ordered to kill Moretti after he had contracted syphilis.
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The book gives a look behind the scenes in the relationship of Sinatra with Moretti, the former underbore of the Genovese crime family and cousin to former Mob Baas Frank Castello.
In fact, a scene from the Mobster film from 1972 is The godfather is based on a situation that once took place between Moretti and Sinatra – where Michael explains how his father Luca Brasi sent to a band leader to free Johnny Fontaine from his contract.
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Likewise, Moretti took his godson from his contract with Tommy Dorsey by pushing a gun in the throat of Dorsey, Franzblau recalled.
Moretti told a gagging Dorsey: “I give you a dollar to release Frank from his contract. Take it,” the author wrote.
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Through Franzblau’s eyes, Nagel then went into detail about the character of Moretti, while studying how he was “nothing, if not a heavy negotiator.”
He added: “Willie Moretti had many friends of celebrities in the social circle of Sinatra, including Dean Martin and Jerrylewis.
“In fact, Willie Moretti was supposed to have lunch with Lewis in Joe’s Elbow Room in Cliffsidepark, New Jersey, on the day he was murdered by a Hitman.”
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The author remembered how Moretti’s death story started when he sustained syphilis, which eventually became a huge problem for the once -fed gangster.
The disease began to influence his brain, influence his judgment and make him increasingly erratic.
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Nagel wrote: “And if there is one thing that the crowd does not like, it is a reduced, unpredictable mind full of for decades of mobs secrets.
“Afraid he took away from the authorities, bosses ordered a hit on Moretti.”
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Sinatra’s godfather was the one who took him out of a binding contract with Tommy Dorsey.
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Hitman Albert Anastasia or Murder, Inc. is generally considered as the person who has eliminated Sinatra’s godfather.
The author noted: “It was such a controversial hit, I am always surprised that the press, who liked to theoretized about the crowd connections of Frank Sinatra, never reported this, his most important.”
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Later, Franzblau remembers how he only met Sinatra through a changing room door in one of Las Vegas’s shows of the singer.
The lawyer went backstage next to Tony Pro to meet Sinatra, but in the end he could only hear his voice after being rejected by the artist’s bodyguard.
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According to the author, it later got out how Sinatra was in conversation to buy a Vegas casino and was examined by the Gambling Control Commission.
With an investigation into an investigation, Sinatra could not afford to see it laughing with famous mobsters such as Tony Pro.
“That would have brought more control and doubts at the deal that Sinatra tried to make in the city.”
Elsewhere in the book by Franzblau and Nagel, the couple delves into the experiences of the lawyer who work with more of the biggest names in the criminal network – including Pro and Jimmy Hoffa.
The lawyer even dives into the explosive confrontation of Hoffa with RFK, who – according to Franzblau – hated each other.
