So in June of 2026, this year, Johnny Alite was arrested in New Jersey for loan sharking, extortion, terroristic threats, and related charges while serving as a city councilman.

Ah, I know.

I, I know.

It's, it's, it's the craziest thing because I was just on the phone with him, FaceTiming with him, two days before that, 'cause we always talk, me and him.

He, you know, I, I, and I say this openly, he was like a, a father figure to me, um, when he took me in when I came out.

I was lost, Vlad.

I just came out from doing almost six and a half years, and, you know, I, only thing I knew was the street.

Well, you got a situation with Fat Joe.

Are there any places you wouldn't go, walk the streets today?

I don't care.

No.

Because what's the worst thing? If I know the worst thing that you're going to do is throw a punch at me, that's a joke to me.

That's fake beef.

That's fake beef.

When I had real beef in the street back in the early 2000s, I was worried about walking out of my house.

So do you ever regret becoming like, you know, a snitch? Do you ever regret any of that? No,

Are there any places you wouldn't go, walk the streets today?

I don't care.

No.

Because what's the worst thing? If I know the worst thing that you're going to do is throw a punch at me, that's a joke to me.

That's fake beef.

That's fake beef.

When I had real beef in the street back in the early 2000s, I was worried about walking out of my house.

So do you ever regret becoming like, you know, a snitch? You ever regret any of that? No,

does that work? So they send it to a fence, and then what does the fence do with it? How do they discard it? And it's not all at once, right?

Right.

So I'll give you a perfect example.

I had a jewelry store in Manhattan before for $2 million, and we only got $500,000 in cash.

Think about that.

So, you know what I mean? It's the same thing.

So you might be all this money amount, but you're only going to get a certain percentage of it.

So, okay, so assuming for a moment that the allegations are true and Dono is the mastermind, who does he hire for this? Because if I'm understanding correctly, these are people who are not quite sophisticated in this.

Unfortunately, that's why we talk about the Second Chance program and, uh, getting that mentality away from the next generation.

Yeah.

You know, for instance, we had an altercation.

A guy was hiding from me, so I couldn't get to him, so I went to his house with a Tec-9 machine gun and I sprayed his whole house up.

Because, you know, he was hiding from me.

That's how I had to do it.

He didn't wanna come meet me, so, you know, he got my friend shot through the neck, tried to kill me.

But if we can set something else up, make them comfortable in their new life, then, uh, hopefully we start some programs, like with Second Chance, and, and see where we can go in helping some, uh, young guys have a life.

Unfortunately

... for me to sell that many, and then plus thousands of autographed copies I sell from my Instagram.

I've sold tons of books.

That's very hard.

So you're not gonna sit here and tell me that the, the, the story isn't good.

Every single producer that reads this script loves it.

We had the big- I can say his name now.

Right.

Okay

... zero to natural life in prison.

That's his range now.

Now, if you don't have the 5K, your minimum mandatory is life, obviously.

So with the 5K letter, and I had friends, Sammy Gravano, 19 murders, five years.

Um, Joey Cave's seven murders, eight years.

Big Dino, 11 murders, 10 years.

... they're robbing fucking, uh, trucks.

I said, I'm just being honest.

It's a non-violent crime.

You know, and I'll be honest with you.

Like, I know people get mad at me when I say this.

Like, I was locked up with Sam Bankman Freed.

That's my buddy.

I did a time with him.

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