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Portrait of 'Junior' Gotti emerges from Alite testimony

It was 1986 or 1987, and John "Junior" Gotti was out with his crew having a good time at the Shell Bank, a Queens restaurant, downing shots in a contest with Michael Finnerty, a big kid who could hold his liquor. Suddenly, Gotti bolted for the bathroom to vomit.

When he got back, ex-pal John Alite testified last week at Gotti's murder and racketeering trial, Finnerty was laughing and making...

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