Lucchese soldier sentenced to nearly three years in prison for assaulting former husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey star
A reputed Mafioso was sentenced on Thursday to two-and-a-half years behind bars for assaulting the husband of former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Dina Manzo.
John Perna, 44, an alleged soldier in the Lucchese crime family, had roughed up Manzo’s new beau at the request of her jealous ex-husband Tom Manzo in July 2015, Acting US Attorney Rachael Honig said in a statement.
In exchange for his strongarm services, Perna allegedly got a huge discount on a wedding reception at Manzo’s ritzy Patterson restaurant, Brownstone.
“The reception was attended by over 330 guests, many of whom were members of the Lucchese Crime Family,” the statement said.
Perna, the son of reputed Lucchese capo Ralph Perna, was accused of using a slap jack to beat up Dina Manzo’s new boyfriend (now husband) David Cantin in a Passaic County strip mall parking lot.
Dina and Tom split up in 2012 and divorced in 2016. They were on the outs at the time of the assault.
Dina, who appeared on the first two seasons of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” married Cantlin in 2019.
Perna will have three years supervised release after he gets out of the clink – and he’ll have to pay almost $18,000 in restitution, a federal judge ordered at sentencing.
The alleged Cosa Nostra member is the son of reputed Lucchese capo Ralph Perna, who was accused by the feds of running the faction’s Garden State operations.
Tom Manzo, 56, was recently charged in a separate incident that accuses him and associate of targeting his wife and her new husband in a 2017 home invasion.
“This is what happens when you f—k with a guy from Paterson,” one of the assailants said before they left, according to prosecutors.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/10/mafioso-sentenced-for-attacking-real-housewives-husband/
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