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November 9, 1992

Fisher: Joey Asked Me to Shoot Mary Jo

In a television show that airs today, Amy Fisher says that she shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco last May because Joseph Buttafuoco - Mary Jo's husband, and the man Fisher claims was her lover - specifically asked her to do it, saying Mary Jo was "an evil person."

January 18, 1993

Amy The Phenomenon

The tale of Amy Fisher, the 18-year-old from Merrick who is serving five to 15 years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco after what Fisher claimed was an affair with her husband, Joey, has laid claim to the nation's attention for eight months - since Fisher's arrest three days after the May 19 shooting.

April 2, 1993

Mary Jo Stands Up for Joey

In a dramatic effort to save her husband from prosecution, Mary Jo Buttafuoco yesterday tried to persuade a Nassau grand jury not to indict her husband on Amy Fisher's charges of statutory rape.

July 27, 1993

No Mistrial in Joey's Case

A district court judge yesterday denied a defense motion for a mistrial in the Joey Buttafuoco misdemeanor menacing trial, ruling that the mere knowledge that he faces statutory rape charges in another court wasn't enough to prejudice a potential juror against him.

October 6, 1993

Joey Admits It

Standing in a Mineola courtroom packed with reporters, cameras and curiosity seekers, Joey Buttafuoco yesterday reversed 17 months of denials, admitting to a judge that he had sex with an underage Amy Fisher, who is now in prison for shooting his wife.

November 14, 2003

Washing Hands of Long Soap

Hearts were aflutter in TV land. It was the big day, the last chapter (sigh) in the "Amy Loves Joey Story," the most touching and well-publicized generational gap romance since the Grover-Cleveland-dated-Frances-Folsom affair. The hour of truth and justice in the Nassau County Courthouse yesterday ended perhaps the longest mini-series in TV history in the nick of time. Joey Buttafuoco was into his 16th minute. The overtime clock was on in his Warholian fame count.

November 16, 2003

Joey Jailed

"Your Honor, when this relationship began, I was not just a 16-year-old teenager taken to bed by a man twice my age. I was a 16-year-old teenager shown a world that I was not ready for, a world of elaborate spending and fast boats. This man took me to expensive restaurants and cheap motels," Fisher told the court. "I am sad to say that he taught me well."

November 17, 1993

Barred Love

Mary Jo Buttafuoco visited her husband in jail yesterday for the first time, but not before the bullet fired into her head by his former teenage lover set off a metal detector. "The officers understood, and they were wonderful about it," said Lucretia Floros, who accompanied her sister-in-law to the jail. Inside, Mary Jo and Joey Buttafuoco tried to embrace when they saw each other, but a corrections officer told them it wasn't allowed. The two met in a secluded area several yards away from dozens of other inmates and their visitors. The Buttafuocos held hands atop a small wood partition that separated the couple.

November 22, 1993

Amy & Joey: Crime Pays In Big Way

The Amy Fisher case was just one week old when the first person stepped up to cash in.

December 2, 1995

With Few Words, Joey's Out Of Jail

Without a news conference, a limousine ride home or his snakeskin boots, a pale Joey Buttafuoco left the Nassau County jail yesterday completely free from prison and probation.

June 7, 1997

Lawyer: DNA Tests Prove Rape

Genetic testing of stains on a pair of Amy Fisher's underwear supports her claim she was raped by a guard at the upstate Albion Correctional Facility, where the Merrick woman has been serving time for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, her lawyer said Friday.

April 23, 1999