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On ]], Fisher, then aged 17, had an accomplice drive her to the Buttafuoco home in ], ]. She got out of the car and rang the doorbell. When Mary Jo Buttafuoco answered the door, Fisher shot her in the head on the front porch. Mary Jo was severely injured and paralyzed on the right side of her face, but survived. She was able to describe the t-shirt that her assailant had been wearing as one from her husband's auto body shop. Joey realized the shooter was Fisher, to whom he had given the shirt as a gift, and identified her to the police. On ]], Fisher, then aged 17, had an accomplice drive her to the Buttafuoco home in ], ]. She got out of the car and rang the doorbell. When Mary Jo Buttafuoco answered the door, Fisher shot her in the head on the front porch. Mary Jo was severely injured and paralyzed on the right side of her face, but survived. She was able to describe the t-shirt that her assailant had been wearing as one from her husband's auto body shop. Joey realized the shooter was Fisher, to whom he had given the shirt as a gift, and identified her to the police.

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Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21 1974), dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by the press, is an American woman convicted of the 1992 shooting of the wife of her lover, with whom she began an affair as a 16 year-old student at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York. Fisher served seven years in prison for aggravated assault, and was released in 1999. The case drew a great deal of media attention, and Fisher has since become a writer.

Biography

Fisher was born in Merrick, New York to an Italian American mother and a Jewish-American father. Fisher (then aged 16) met Joey Buttafuoco in May 1991, when she took her car to his auto shop for repairs, shortly after which they began a sexual affair. In August 1991, when Fisher needed money, Joey set her up to work with an escort agency, and the torrid affair continued while Fisher was apparently working as a prostitute. (On June 27, 2007, Fisher claimed on The Howard Stern Show that she lied about being a prostitute.) Fisher apparently asked Joey to leave his wife, Mary Jo (who knew nothing of their relationship) but he refused.

On May 191992, Fisher, then aged 17, had an accomplice drive her to the Buttafuoco home in Massapequa, New York. She got out of the car and rang the doorbell. When Mary Jo Buttafuoco answered the door, Fisher shot her in the head on the front porch. Mary Jo was severely injured and paralyzed on the right side of her face, but survived. She was able to describe the t-shirt that her assailant had been wearing as one from her husband's auto body shop. Joey realized the shooter was Fisher, to whom he had given the shirt as a gift, and identified her to the police.

The crime and the back story drew a great deal of interest from the press. A movie production company offered the Fisher family $80,000 for the movie rights, which was accepted and then used to post bail. The situation would have made the money eligible for seizure under New York's Son of Sam law, though it was not invoked.

Fisher was charged with multiple counts, including attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault and in December 1992 was sentenced to 5–15 years in prison.

Based on a signed receipt from a Long Island hotel dated a matter of days before Fisher's 17th birthday Joey Buttafuoco was charged with statutory rape. He was convicted in October 1993 and served four months in jail for the crime.

Fisher served her prison sentence at the Albion Correctional Facility in New York. During her time at Albion, Fisher claimed she was raped by a correctional officer at the prison; she began a legal case against the guard and requested to be moved to a different prison. After pursuing the case for some time she eventually dropped it after several legal setbacks, claiming she no longer had faith the system would do anything to help her. (Rape charges against guards at the prison by other inmates in subsequent years did lead to a series of successful convictions, however.)

In 1999, after seven years in prison, Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon consented to the vacating of Fisher's original plea bargain and a new plea entered with a 3–10 year sentence, ensuring her immediate release. (This legal motion was done pursuant to the wishes of Mary Jo Buttafuoco.) Fisher was granted parole and released.

After her release from prison Fisher became a columnist for the Long Island Press, winning a Media Award for Column/News from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2004. She wrote a book about her experiences entitled If I Knew Then, published in 2004. The Long Island Press announced Fisher's departure from the newspaper in late December 2005. She continues to be actively involved in campaigning for prisoners' rights.

Fisher was married in 2003 to Louis Bellera with whom she has two children - Brett born in 2001 and Ava Rose born in 2005.

In 2006 Amy Fisher reunited with Mary Jo Buttafuoco in sessions televised for Entertainment Tonight and its spinoff The Insider. Fisher said she wanted to heal her past and move on with her life. Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco reunited at the 2006 Lingerie Bowl for the coin toss.

On May 132007 The New York Post reported that Amy Fisher had left her husband and Joey left his girlfriend, and were both reportedly going on a date near Central Park on Monday, May 142007 to either reconcile or pitch an idea where they would cohabitate for a reality series. Many similar articles ran in The Post in a lead-up to a possible reality series, but neither Joey nor Amy were quoted confirming their supposed romantic reconciliation. Indeed, Joey's second wife Evanka withdrew her divorce petition on June 22 2007, in an apparent reconciliation.

Sex tape

In October 2007, the New York Post published allegations that Fisher's ex-husband, Lou Bellera, sold a sex tape of the couple to Red Light District Video, of Los Angeles. Red Light District Video published a press release stating they will be releasing the sex video of the couple. As of October 31, nude pictures of Amy from the video were posted as a variety of internet sites, and on November 12007, a teaser clip was released by Red Light District Video that showed a nude Amy showering and sunbathing. Of note were a tattoo surrounding her navel and breast augmentation. On November 62007, Fisher filed a lawsuit against Red Light District and its owner, David Joseph, claiming copyright infringement and other damages. By November 8, 2007, a website Fisher had previously fought to win ownership, amyfisher.com, began pointing directly to the Red Light District website.

As of November 16, 2007 the entire video was available for free download from a variety of internet sites.

Books by Amy Fisher

  • Fisher, Amy & Robbie Woliver (2004). If I Knew Then. iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-32445-2.
  • Fisher, Amy with Sheila Weller (1994). Amy Fisher: My Story (reprint edition). ISBN 0-671-86559-5. (Originally published by Pocket Books in 1993; ISBN 0-671-86558-7.)

Books about Amy Fisher

  • Dominguez, Pier (2001). Amy Fisher: Anatomy of a Scandal: The Myth, the Media and the Truth Behind the Long Island Lolita Story. Writers Club Press. ISBN 0-595-18417-0.
  • Eftimiades, Maria (1992). Lethal Lolita: A True Story of Sex, Scandal and Deadly Obsession. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-95062-4.

Movies about Amy Fisher

Popular culture references

This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. Please relocate any relevant information into other sections or articles. (October 2007)
Will: Knock Knock.
Phil: Who's There?
Will: Amy Fisher.
Phil: Amy F-
Will: (points finger like a gun) BANG!

References

  1. The Devil in Long Island September 19, 1993
  2. Fanelli, James; Li, David K. (2007-05-13), "Amy & Joey Set Date For Love", New York Post
  3. BUTTAFUOCO WIFE NIXES DIVORCE BID By KIERAN CROWLEY for The New York Post June 22 2007. Accessed July 9 2007
  4. AMY FISHER'S SEXY VIDEO By DAVID K. LI for The New York Post October 29 2007. Accessed October 29 2007
  5. PRNEWSWIRE October 30 2007. Accessed October 30 2007
  6. Peter Warren (November 62007). "Amy Fisher Files Complaint Against Red Light". Adult Video News. Retrieved 2007-11-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. lalate news November 9, 2007
  8. "Amy Fisher Sex Tape Is Now Online And Available For Download". The Post Chronicle. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
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