Sonny Bellini
| Sonny Bellini | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Sonny Tutoine Bellini February 7, 1952 Brooklyn, NY |
| Disappeared |
December 15, 1995 (aged 43) New Prairie, WI |
| Occupation | Business & Deals |
| Associates |
Jerry Burr (Associate) Robert Partone (Associate) Michael Partoni (Associate) Vinnie Sportien (Partner/Boss) Jimmy Vito (Associate) |
| Family |
Amanda Bellini (Sister-In-Law) Carlo Bellini (Brother) Kirsten Bellini (Niece) Rocco Bellini (Brother) Rosary Bellini (Mother) Tessio Bellini (Father) |
Sonny Bellini was a businessman, associate, and good friend of Vincenzo Sportien.
Contents
Bio
Meeting Vinnie
Sonny became friends with Vinnie Sportien at a very young age. Co-founded The Family with Sportien in 1968 and fled to New Prairie with Sportien in 1973 following a failed drug exchange. Split from The Family in 1974.
Attempted to move into the fishing business until early 80’s when he switched to selling drugs hidden amongst frozen fish. After numerous busts and a bad rap, Sonny switched from drugs to money laundering in the early 90’s.
Jerry Burr & Jimmy Vito
In 1992, met Jerry Burr and Michael Partoni, becoming good friends with both. In 1995, after being arrested for the third time attempting to pull the same scam, Sonny met Jimmy Vito, a cop from Chicago who was willing to cut him a deal: if he worked with the police in trying to bring down Vinnie, he’d be cleared of all his charges and be a free man.
Sonny agreed and over the next few months helped Vinnie rid of some newly received cocaine, which immediately gets delivered to Jimmy, who's secretly undercover as Tom Cortini, a dealer.
Final Days
Sonny is “murdered” by Jimmy, who has recently "revealed" himself, in front of Vinnie and Jerry Burr (who’s been helping with the exchanges). After the events that transpired, Sonny went into hiding and left New Prairie.
3 years later, his fishing business reopened mysteriously leading to the idea that Sonny was back in New Prairie but continuing to hide out.
Character Connections
- Amanda Bellini
- Carlo Bellini
- Kirsten Bellini
- Rocco Bellini
- Tessio Bellini
- Jerry Burr
- Tom Cortini
- William Hoyt
- Robert Partone
- Michael Partoni
- Maria Sportien
- Vinnie Sportien
- Jimmy Vito
- Anthony Zuitco, Jr
Appearances
Stories
Films
- To Tom Cortini (2002) (Main Character)
- To Tom Cortini 2: Return 2 Sender (2003) (Main Character)
- To Tom Cortini 3: Damaged Goods (2003) (Main Character)
- The Best of You (Mentioned)
- 12/13 (Mentioned)
