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00:00:28Look how
00:00:29I don't know what kind of game you're playing, but I'm not interested.
00:00:33You really need to hear what I'm trying to say.
00:00:35I told you I'd tell Joey you stop by.
00:00:37That good enough for you?
00:00:39No.
00:00:45Everyone saw Amy Fisher as a victim.
00:00:48A teenage girl seduced by an older man.
00:00:50And in some ways she was.
00:00:52But that's not the whole truth.
00:00:55Amy Fisher made choices.
00:00:57Devastating choices that nearly cost me my life.
00:01:00I am Mary Jo Buttafuoco.
00:01:02And this is the first time you're hearing the story directly from me.
00:01:06A story a lot of people think they know, but don't.
00:01:10Not all of it.
00:01:11Not everything.
00:01:15Thank you for coming in, Mary Jo.
00:01:17Do you mind if I call you Mary Jo?
00:01:19Sure.
00:01:19You know, you do not look like someone who was shot in the face.
00:01:23Well, it was over 30 years ago.
00:01:26It's been a long journey in the surgeries, but here I am, still intact.
00:01:31Here you are.
00:01:32You know, and that's why I think now is the time that we make a documentary about what you and
00:01:37Amy Fisher suffered through.
00:01:39Excuse me?
00:01:41The other victim.
00:01:42I think reuniting you two would be what I would call undeniable.
00:01:47Just to make sure that I'm following.
00:01:49Mm-hmm.
00:01:50I get shot in the head, which causes me to go through decades of living hell, me and my kids.
00:01:57And you think that Amy Fisher, the person who shot me, is the other victim.
00:02:07Right?
00:02:08That bullet's still lodged in my skull.
00:02:11A permanent reminder of that day.
00:02:13Thanks to what happened, my beautiful, innocent children and I learned what it was like to be watched publicly long
00:02:19before the Kardashians.
00:02:20Amy and Joey both made choices that changed all of our lives forever.
00:02:25Joey!
00:02:25Joey!
00:02:29Look, I never had nothing to do with Amy Fisher.
00:02:31Joey, but if Hugo took advantage of my innocence.
00:02:33I did not sleep with that girl.
00:02:35The gun went off by accident.
00:02:37You'd think, after all this time, my story's been fully told, but it hasn't.
00:02:43And I'll start by answering the question on most people's minds.
00:02:48Why did I believe Joey didn't sleep with Amy Fisher for so long after I was shot?
00:02:52Or should I have realized what kind of man Joey was before any of this happened?
00:02:58The answers are clearer now, but they weren't back then.
00:03:02Not when this all started.
00:03:04Not on day one.
00:03:12You think I'm sitting here?
00:03:21What, are you shy?
00:03:23My mother told me not to talk to strangers at all.
00:03:26I'm Joey.
00:03:27Joey, but a Fuco.
00:03:29You what?
00:03:30Mary Jo.
00:03:31Mary Jo, call me.
00:03:32So, I'm Mary Jo.
00:03:34You believe in density?
00:03:36You mean destiny?
00:03:38No, no, no.
00:03:39I'm talking about the teacher.
00:03:40Don't be mean.
00:03:41You're just being mean.
00:03:43Look at all the framed degrees and diplomas behind the desk.
00:03:46I'm talking about density, like, in the context of describing the volume of something.
00:03:51But, hey, seeing as you brought up destiny.
00:04:07You're the luckiest guy in the world.
00:04:09No.
00:04:10I'm not gonna argue with you.
00:04:13Oh, you better not, Mrs. Butterfucko.
00:04:16Because with our auto-body business, we're gonna make sure we got whatever we want and
00:04:20whatever we need for the rest of our lives.
00:04:23I can't believe we were able to save up for and buy a house on top of planning this wedding.
00:04:31Stick with me, babe.
00:04:33You're not gonna have a bad day from here on out.
00:04:37Have you been dreaming?
00:04:39It's a celebration, isn't it?
00:04:41Well, you.
00:04:43What'd you got?
00:04:45Hey.
00:04:46Hey.
00:04:47Hey.
00:04:51Take a sip.
00:04:52Okay, okay.
00:04:54It's in spirit.
00:04:56Come on, get back to dancing.
00:05:04You think it's always gonna be like this?
00:05:06You and me, I'm fine, I'm fine.
00:05:09What could ever stop that?
00:05:18Only life moved on a little faster than either of us expected.
00:05:23I'm pregnant.
00:05:32For real?
00:05:33I mean, wasn't this always the plan?
00:05:37Get married, buy a house, have kids?
00:05:41Yeah.
00:05:43Yeah.
00:05:44Well, are we even done being kids yet ourselves?
00:05:49I mean, life was just starting to get good.
00:05:51Look, I can, I can double check with my doctor, but these tests are supposed to be pretty accurate.
00:06:00Um, plus I'm late, which is why I did the test in the first place, you know?
00:06:11You know what?
00:06:17This is great.
00:06:21This is really, really great.
00:06:24You mean it?
00:06:27You can always count on me, you know that, no matter what.
00:06:30And that goes for our kids, too.
00:06:33I never do anything to hurt you.
00:06:35Ah!
00:06:37Joey was my first serious relationship, my only sexual partner.
00:06:42I was an Irish Catholic girl in the 70s.
00:06:45This was the man I loved.
00:06:47I trusted.
00:06:48I was committed to raising a family with.
00:06:51Being Joey's other half became my identity.
00:06:54And I was sure he loved me just as much.
00:06:57Even though there were times, he definitely tested my limits.
00:07:03Joey, they just pulled up behind us.
00:07:05You hurt speeding, right?
00:07:06What should I know?
00:07:09All right, just so you're going into labor, so I have to drive a little faster, all right?
00:07:12Joey, no, I am not doing that.
00:07:13Just trust me on this, Mary Jo, come on.
00:07:15Don't I always know what I'm doing?
00:07:35What's the problem?
00:07:37You could have gotten a ticket, Joey.
00:07:40Key word, could have.
00:07:42But I didn't.
00:07:43All because of my brilliant idea.
00:07:46Yeah, yeah.
00:07:48Joy to the world.
00:07:53Stick with me, babe.
00:07:56I can get away with anything.
00:07:58I think Joey really believed that, which explains why his behavior got even worse after I gave birth to our
00:08:04son, Paul.
00:08:08By the time our daughter, Jessie, came along, I was having more and more trouble keeping track of Joey and
00:08:14what he was up to.
00:08:15Ooh.
00:08:16What's that?
00:08:17It's okay.
00:08:18Yeah.
00:08:19It's almost time to take little Jessica back to the nursery, Mrs. Bettafuoco.
00:08:23Oh, I'm waiting on my husband.
00:08:24Uh, he went home to get our son, Paul, so he could bring him here and meet his little sister.
00:08:29Visiting hours ended over 30 minutes ago.
00:08:32Really?
00:08:35Promised he was coming right back, didn't he?
00:08:39Yeah, he did.
00:08:42Yeah, it's okay, though.
00:08:44I got you.
00:08:45I was really excited to be a good mom and wife.
00:08:49I knew it was the right thing to give up the partying.
00:08:52But Joey, he sort of stayed a perpetual teenager.
00:08:56But that's what everyone loved about him.
00:08:58My mother considered him a son.
00:09:01My baby sister Eileen thought of him as an older brother.
00:09:04Any time I tried to share behavior I was troubled by, everyone assured me, that's just Joey.
00:09:10All they saw was his sweetness.
00:09:12Not that he was usually trying to make up for some kind of bad behavior.
00:09:18Is there a beautiful woman in here?
00:09:20Eileen?
00:09:21Yeah.
00:09:26Oh, Joey, it's beautiful.
00:09:29All right, careful.
00:09:30One big step coming up.
00:09:32All right, I trust you.
00:09:33How he thought?
00:09:34All right.
00:09:35Ta-da.
00:09:40I kept telling myself he'd eventually get it together and be the man I thought I married.
00:09:45What are you waiting for?
00:09:46Don't be.
00:09:46Don't get in.
00:09:47Don't get in.
00:09:47I'm sorry.
00:09:48I'm sorry.
00:10:00Babe, don't be mad.
00:10:02I didn't mean to stay out this late.
00:10:12It's after midnight, Joey.
00:10:18Remember you promised you would come home and help me put the kids to bed?
00:10:24These things got a little out of hand.
00:10:25Didn't they?
00:10:26Is it so wrong?
00:10:27I just wanted it off a little steam.
00:10:33All right, all right.
00:10:35I messed up.
00:10:42I think this potty-ing is getting a little out of hand, you know?
00:10:46No, look, I need you to be a part of this family, a part that the kids and I can
00:10:53rely on, you know?
00:10:57Or else, you know?
00:10:59Oh, or else.
00:11:00Yeah.
00:11:02Or else what?
00:11:03Hmm?
00:11:04You can never stay mad at me, babe.
00:11:06I'm not playing around, Joey.
00:11:12I think it's time you get some help.
00:11:16Hmm?
00:11:19Yeah.
00:11:20Help.
00:11:22Just, you know, uh...
00:11:26Look, just to control whatever it is that...
00:11:31It makes you...
00:11:33Makes you...
00:11:35Yeah.
00:11:36Hmm?
00:11:43You know, you and the kids mean the world to me.
00:11:45I'll do anything to prove that to you.
00:11:49Anything?
00:11:52All right.
00:11:53I will get some help.
00:11:56You will?
00:11:57Your wish is my command.
00:11:59I love you, Joey.
00:12:00But if you go...
00:12:00And I love you, Mary Jo, but if you go...
00:12:03Yeah.
00:12:04And I'll never stop proving that to you.
00:12:07Ever.
00:12:10I should have seen the pattern.
00:12:12Joey would mess up, promise to change, then go right back to his old ways.
00:12:17But I loved him.
00:12:18I loved our kids, our life.
00:12:21I wanted to believe him so badly.
00:12:28Yeah, that'll work as a replacement part.
00:12:31And I think, uh...
00:12:33Oh.
00:12:42Can't be in the work area, ma'am.
00:12:44Too dangerous.
00:12:46I like danger.
00:12:48Makes me hot.
00:12:52How old are you?
00:12:5416.
00:12:55Why?
00:12:56Like what you see?
00:12:58Sure.
00:13:03I'm talking about my car.
00:13:09Looks a little beat up, to be honest.
00:13:12Only because I like to go fast.
00:13:15And sometimes I get distracted when I see a cute guy.
00:13:22You're really a Fisher's daughter.
00:13:26Guilty, but don't hold it against me.
00:13:29My dad has an account here, so he would want you to take extra special care of my car.
00:13:38Woody now.
00:13:41While I was home taking care of our kids and managing our life, I honestly had no idea what
00:13:47my husband was really doing behind my back.
00:13:50We're not done yet, are we?
00:13:53Don't you ever get tired?
00:13:55Isn't that what you like about me?
00:13:57That I can go longer and more often than your wife?
00:14:00All right, all right.
00:14:01No more of the pay-per-view stuff, okay?
00:14:04These one-hour hotel stays are breaking my bank.
00:14:07You'd have a lot more time and money if you left to marry Joe.
00:14:12How do you know my wife's name?
00:14:14I know your kid's name, too.
00:14:16Paul and Jessica.
00:14:17What's wrong with that?
00:14:18You know, I'm 17 now.
00:14:21Which means I'm legal in the state of New York.
00:14:25We could get married.
00:14:28Would you stop?
00:14:30Undressing you?
00:14:31Or talking about getting married?
00:14:33All of the above.
00:14:36I want to be with you all the time.
00:14:40What part of I'm married do you not understand?
00:14:52This is where I want you to really pay attention.
00:14:55I know now that Amy Fisher came from a troubled background,
00:14:59that she was struggling with her own pain.
00:15:01And I have compassion for that young girl.
00:15:04But that doesn't erase the choices she made next.
00:15:08Calculated, deliberate choices.
00:15:11She was determined to get what she wanted,
00:15:13and she knew exactly what she was doing.
00:15:36You're Stephen, right?
00:15:38Yeah.
00:15:39I'm Amy.
00:15:40I know Lou.
00:15:41He told me I could find you here.
00:15:45I heard you would do just about anything
00:15:48to spend a little time with a girl like me.
00:15:51She did.
00:15:53I mean, yeah.
00:15:56As it happens, you are just the kind of guy I'm looking for.
00:16:00You got a gun, right?
00:16:04Yeah.
00:16:06Been on a few hunting trips with my uncle.
00:16:09Got a rifle.
00:16:10Hmm.
00:16:11Perfect.
00:16:13Because I need you to kill someone for me.
00:16:20Joey worked hard to provide for the family,
00:16:22but I was the one running the household,
00:16:25paying the bills,
00:16:26taking care of every detail of our lives.
00:16:28Sure, he was a hard worker,
00:16:30but Joey and Mai's relationship
00:16:32was more like mother and son.
00:16:34I grew up while Joey stayed a perpetual teenager.
00:16:41I did a lot of research on adult men
00:16:44who showed no signs of maturing.
00:16:47Peter Pan Syndrome describes adults
00:16:49who cling to teenage habits and attitudes.
00:16:52Yep, that was Joey.
00:16:53Only I had no idea what to do about it.
00:16:56Still, never in a million years
00:16:59did I think he'd ever cheat on me and the kids.
00:17:11I thought you were mad at me
00:17:15for not leaving my wife.
00:17:18How could I stay mad at you, Joey?
00:17:22We were meant to be together.
00:17:28What are you doing?
00:17:30Decided you've been right all along.
00:17:34Oh, yeah.
00:17:35As long as you're married,
00:17:36I don't expect you to marry me.
00:17:39Of course.
00:17:40If that ever changes,
00:17:42I want to be the first in line
00:17:44to be the next Mrs. Butterfuka.
00:18:01Help me.
00:18:03I don't know.
00:18:05I don't know.
00:18:07I don't know.
00:18:09I don't know.
00:18:10I don't know.
00:18:11Maybe, but...
00:18:13I don't know.
00:18:16I don't know.
00:18:19Here you go, Mr. Tupu, for lunchbox.
00:19:04You did good, Steven.
00:19:06We can use this information for our next move.
00:19:12Hello.
00:19:12Now we know when Mary Jo's all alone in the house.
00:19:16Four.
00:19:18So when we go there to shoot her with your gun?
00:19:21Oh, um, hey, you mean my rifle?
00:19:28Um, I mean...
00:19:31Say it, Steven.
00:19:33I'm not really sure if I can actually kill somebody.
00:19:37I mean, between you and me, I had a hard time killing a deer upstate.
00:19:42Hmm.
00:20:02You wanna sleep with me, don't you?
00:20:05Then all you've gotta do is kill that bitch.
00:20:08Trust me, I'm doing public service here.
00:20:11Mary Jo's an obstacle that I'm clearing out of the way for everyone's sake.
00:20:25Thanks for treating.
00:20:27How is it that you come by so much cash?
00:20:29I mean, as your boyfriend?
00:20:33Joey?
00:20:34I can say his name.
00:20:36Yeah, but you here with me, isn't that cheating?
00:20:40Uh, first off, he's cheating on me with his wife.
00:20:43Besides, he likes that I'm so sexual.
00:20:45It's one of my many qualities.
00:20:47Cool.
00:20:48So, he just gives you money?
00:20:50Actually, I earn it.
00:20:52Men pay to spend time with me.
00:20:54You know, through an escort service.
00:20:56And Joey's good with that?
00:20:59Yeah, what did I just say?
00:21:00He likes that I'm so comfortable with my body.
00:21:03Cool.
00:21:08So, uh, when are you free to shoot Mary Jo?
00:21:11The sooner the better.
00:21:13Gotta make sure I can get a good aim at her.
00:21:15You know, for the kill shot.
00:21:20Don't worry, Steven.
00:21:21I got a plan.
00:21:38Hi, can I help you?
00:21:40I'm here to raise money for my high school.
00:21:43I think you went there, too.
00:21:48How would you know that?
00:21:50The, uh, principal's office gave us a list of names to solicit
00:21:54on account of, uh, who wanted us girls to be safe
00:21:58and raising money for the school.
00:22:03And what are you selling, exactly?
00:22:06Uh, candy bars.
00:22:08Only got three left.
00:22:10That'll meet my goal.
00:22:13Just, just give me a moment.
00:22:18What are you waiting for?
00:22:33Excuse me?
00:22:34Excuse me?
00:22:41Um...
00:22:42Which, when you want.
00:22:45You have a nice day.
00:22:47Yeah, um...
00:22:50You too.
00:22:55This isn't candy for a school charity.
00:22:59Is she serious?
00:23:03Were you waiting for a written invitation?
00:23:05All you had to do was take the shot.
00:23:07You kept on stepping in front of my aim.
00:23:08I did not want to shoot you by mistake.
00:23:09So instead you didn't end up shooting anybody?
00:23:11After I planned everything perfect.
00:23:16Try telling you, I don't think I could ever kill nobody.
00:23:19I...
00:23:20It's...
00:23:20Can't kill anybody?
00:23:22You idiot.
00:23:25You can forget about me.
00:23:27I have a sleep with you now.
00:23:31Sorry.
00:23:34Don't be.
00:23:37I'll find a way to kill the bitch myself if it's the last thing I do.
00:23:49Amy Fisher became fixated on Joey.
00:23:52Looking back, I can see how he manipulated that young girl the same way he manipulated me.
00:23:58He was that good at convincing anyone that they were the center of his attention.
00:24:03Everyone loved him.
00:24:05He was Mr. Fun.
00:24:06He had everyone fooled.
00:24:09Especially me.
00:24:11Your carburetor's filthy.
00:24:12I gotta take out the whole thing.
00:24:14Clean it up.
00:24:15I don't want to let you drive out of here without...
00:24:17Without me doing that, alright?
00:24:20It's kind of expensive, it is.
00:24:22Yeah.
00:24:23Go. Go.
00:24:25I got good news.
00:24:26The way we can be together all the time.
00:24:29Sir, I'll call you back, alright?
00:24:36Ow.
00:24:38Joey.
00:24:47Hey, hey, get it through that thick skull of yours once and for all.
00:24:50I'm married.
00:24:55Not for long, you know.
00:24:57Amy Fisher wasn't about to stop trying.
00:25:00In her mind, I was the only thing standing between her and the life she wanted with Joey.
00:25:06And she decided the solution was to eliminate me.
00:25:09She was gonna make it happen.
00:25:11Ha ha ha ha.
00:25:16It's crazy.
00:25:19It's crazy.
00:25:23It's crazy.
00:25:24Yeah, I would do it.
00:25:25Yeah, I would do it.
00:25:35Couldn't help but notice you've been staring at me whole night.
00:25:38I'm Peter.
00:25:40I know.
00:25:42Amy.
00:25:46You messing with me?
00:25:48No, but you definitely got something I want.
00:25:53Do I know?
00:25:55Relax, Romeo.
00:25:58I'm here on business.
00:26:02Business?
00:26:06Yeah.
00:26:08I heard you could sell me a gun.
00:26:13Get lost, little girl.
00:26:17800.
00:26:18Cash.
00:26:20Close your mouth, Peter. You're practically drooling.
00:26:24Gun.
00:26:25First. Cash.
00:26:27Second.
00:26:29Oh, yeah? What's that?
00:26:32You teaching me how to use it so I don't miss my intended target.
00:26:47Mrs. Butterfuoco?
00:26:50Do I know you?
00:26:52No.
00:26:53Definitely not.
00:26:55I'm Anne-Marie Fisher.
00:26:58I'm here because I'm concerned about my little sister, Amy.
00:27:02Why do you, uh, why do you look so familiar?
00:27:05Uh, probably seeing me and my sister around the neighborhood.
00:27:09She's why I'm here. She's only 17.
00:27:12And how old are you?
00:27:1319.
00:27:15Which is why I'm so concerned about my little sister, see, because...
00:27:19Your husband seduced her when she was even younger than she is now.
00:27:24It...
00:27:24Is this some kind of prank?
00:27:27Your husband's Joey Butterfuoco, right?
00:27:31Listen, look, I'm a little busy right now, so if you're done messing around...
00:27:34No, no, I'm serious.
00:27:36Your husband and my little sister have been sleeping together.
00:27:39I have proof.
00:27:45Where'd you get this?
00:27:48You can't even get this at the shop yet.
00:27:50Your husband gave it to my little sister.
00:27:52After he slept with her.
00:27:54Over and over and over.
00:28:00Look.
00:28:01I don't know how you got this, but keep it.
00:28:04I don't want it.
00:28:09I'll tell Joey you stopped by.
00:28:11No, don't do that.
00:28:13Why not?
00:28:15Listen, I don't want any trouble.
00:28:17I'm here because...
00:28:19What are you looking at?
00:28:21Is that who you came here with?
00:28:23Look, I don't know what kind of game you're playing, but I'm not interested.
00:28:26I told you I'd tell Joey you stopped by, alright?
00:28:28That good enough for you?
00:28:29No.
00:28:33Uh-huh.
00:28:36Uh-huh.
00:28:37Uh-huh.
00:28:41Uh-uh.
00:28:49What does he say?
00:28:50Yay!
00:29:04In an instant, everything about my life was changed forever.
00:29:12I don't understand.
00:29:13Shouldn't we have heard something by now?
00:29:14Mr. Barofiucho.
00:29:16Oh, this is Eileen.
00:29:17This is Mary Jo's sister.
00:29:19Is Mary Jo okay?
00:29:20Your wife's still with us.
00:29:22The bullet severed her carotid artery and is lodged at the base of her brain, just above
00:29:27her spinal cord.
00:29:29But she'll be okay.
00:29:31She'll live.
00:29:33Honestly, it's too early to tell.
00:29:36We want to operate, but even if she survives the surgery, she's likely to have severe brain
00:29:40damage, could even be paralyzed, deaf, and or blind.
00:29:45With your permission, we'll operate right away.
00:29:47You do what you got to do.
00:29:48You go save my wife.
00:29:50We'll do the best we can.
00:29:54I don't understand.
00:29:56Who would do something like this?
00:29:58Who would want to hurt Mary Jo?
00:30:01Nobody I can think of, that's just true.
00:30:03No.
00:30:04No.
00:30:19I don't know.
00:30:21I don't know.
00:30:30I don't know.
00:30:37This is but a few who?
00:30:52Mary Jo, can you hear me?
00:30:57Can you blink if you hear me?
00:31:05Mary Jo, you've been shot.
00:31:08We're doing everything we can for you.
00:31:10Stay strong now, okay?
00:31:20Mary Jo, hey, who shot you?
00:31:25Who did this to you?
00:31:27Don't try to speak, Mrs. Butterfugo.
00:31:29You've been outfitted with a tracheostomy too.
00:31:35We better sedate her.
00:31:37Can we at least let her try writing?
00:31:46I was fighting for my life while everyone else was fighting about the truth.
00:31:51No one took me seriously at first because they were convinced that I had brain damage.
00:31:54Not to mention they couldn't remove the bullet since it might have put me in even more danger.
00:32:07From there.
00:32:11It is.
00:32:12Envermucous.
00:32:14Is that who shot you?
00:32:38You know, we don't know any Anne-Marie.
00:32:46She's writing more.
00:32:52Even with a bullet in my head, I was determined to be heard.
00:33:00None of this is making any sense.
00:33:11Your wife has suffered a great deal of harm.
00:33:14It's very likely she's delirious or worse.
00:33:18We're still assessing possible brain damage.
00:33:21I lost track of all the surgeries and physical therapy sessions I had to go through.
00:33:27I wasn't the one who committed the crime, but I was the one paying the price.
00:33:51Mr. Bonifuco, I have some news.
00:33:54The bullet penetrating your jawbone likely saved your life, but it got stuck there, and we weren't able to remove
00:34:02it without jeopardizing you further.
00:34:04Unfortunately, with the bullet being so close to your brain and spinal cord, it's likely that your facial paralysis and
00:34:09hearing loss are permanent.
00:34:13Honey, it's okay. Babe, you don't have to.
00:34:18When can I go back to solid foods at least?
00:34:21As you know, your jawbone was shattered. It's only liquids for now.
00:34:28And how about her eye?
00:34:29Well, she has to wear an eye patch for a while, due to severe corneal damage.
00:34:35We are gonna find out who did this.
00:34:37I already know who did it.
00:34:44I don't know why she did it.
00:34:49Help. Help. Help.
00:34:58I spoke to the nurse.
00:35:00She's gonna have your pain medication at the top of the hour.
00:35:05Hey.
00:35:07Sweetheart.
00:35:09We're gonna get through this.
00:35:11Okay?
00:35:13I don't care what that doctor says.
00:35:18Water.
00:35:19The police.
00:35:25I keep telling you.
00:35:26I...
00:35:27I got no connection to this Aunt Marie.
00:35:30Or her sister.
00:35:32Honey.
00:35:33Honey.
00:35:35I did not have an affair with this awful person who shot you.
00:35:40Or anyone, for that matter, on our kids' lives.
00:35:45I swear.
00:35:54Come on.
00:35:55Come on.
00:35:56Come on.
00:35:57Come on.
00:36:00Okay, okay, okay.
00:36:02It hurts.
00:36:05Only a few more questions, Mr. Butterfuco.
00:36:08Anything to help Viner did this to Mary Jo?
00:36:10According to your wife, the young lady with the gun said that you and her little sister were having an
00:36:15affair.
00:36:20Uh...
00:36:25No, I got no knowledge of that sort of thing.
00:36:27We got an axe.
00:36:28This shirt.
00:36:30You know how many shirts we give away in a year?
00:36:33It was one of the new golf shirts.
00:36:36Yeah.
00:36:37Those are still in boxes.
00:36:40She...
00:36:41She said...
00:36:43You gave it to her little sister.
00:36:46And it's how she was trying to prove that what she said was true.
00:36:53It wasn't.
00:36:55It isn't.
00:36:58I don't know.
00:36:59Maybe someone stole the shirt.
00:37:01Maybe another employee of the auto body shop had access to him.
00:37:07You know, on second thought, there actually was a customer I gave one of those shirts to as a preview.
00:37:14A male customer.
00:37:17Elliot Fisher.
00:37:18And he's the only one you gave a golf shirt to?
00:37:21Maybe this Elliot Fisher has some daughters or nieces or something.
00:37:42We got something.
00:37:43Hot time.
00:37:51That's her.
00:37:53Yeah, that's...
00:37:55That's the girl that shot me.
00:37:56That's Anne-Marie?
00:37:57Amy.
00:37:58Yeah.
00:37:58Amy Fisher.
00:37:59The daughter of your customer?
00:38:01Elliot Fisher.
00:38:03Wow.
00:38:04So he had kids.
00:38:05One daughter.
00:38:09We just needed your confirmation.
00:38:11Now we can lure her in.
00:38:13Are you gonna do that?
00:38:24Stick to the script.
00:38:25Nothing more, nothing less.
00:38:27Yeah, yeah.
00:38:28Got it.
00:38:39Hello?
00:38:40Hey, this is Amy Fisher.
00:38:41This is Joey Butterfuoco from the auto body shop.
00:38:43Joey, how come you...
00:38:44You know what's better?
00:38:45We talk in person.
00:38:46Yeah.
00:38:48Uh...
00:38:48Can you meet right now?
00:38:50Uh...
00:38:50Tell me where you at.
00:38:52Okay.
00:38:54Be right there.
00:39:08Stay calm.
00:39:09Could be just a, uh...
00:39:11Traffic ticket.
00:39:13Step out of the vehicle and put both hands on your head.
00:39:27Amy.
00:39:28Amy.
00:39:29Did you do it?
00:39:30And if you didn't, who did?
00:39:31Amy.
00:39:31Miss Fisher.
00:39:33Talk to us, Miss Fisher.
00:39:34Amy.
00:39:35It'll take two minutes.
00:39:36Amy.
00:39:36Amy.
00:39:40Amy Fisher, dubbed the Long Island Lolita since it's rumored she was having an illicit affair
00:39:44with the victim's husband, is now the prime suspect in the shooting of Mary Jo Butterfuoco.
00:39:50It should be noted that Miss Fisher is only 17 years old, leaving many to wonder just how responsible
00:39:56someone this young could be for the circumstances she finds herself in.
00:40:01The media portrayed Amy Fisher as this sweet 17-year-old who'd been taken advantage of,
00:40:06who didn't know what she was doing.
00:40:09I understand the complexity now that someone can be both victim and perpetrator,
00:40:13but I was there on that front porch the day she shot me, and Amy Fisher knew what she was
00:40:19doing.
00:40:20Before, during, and after.
00:40:25Uh-huh.
00:40:27There she is.
00:40:27There she is.
00:40:28There she is.
00:40:28How can you feel now?
00:40:30Bring the camera.
00:40:32Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
00:40:35Hey, what are you doing?
00:40:35Back off.
00:40:36Clear a path.
00:40:37Come on.
00:40:39I got you.
00:40:40I got you.
00:40:45Boy, these people don't have anything better to do, huh?
00:40:48I keep telling you, sweetheart, we're famous.
00:40:51I don't want to be famous.
00:40:54I want my kids.
00:40:56Mom.
00:40:57Hi.
00:40:58Oh, Mom.
00:40:58Hey.
00:41:00Careful, Paul and Jessie.
00:41:02Your mother's still hurting.
00:41:03Don't listen to your father.
00:41:04I love you.
00:41:05I love you, too.
00:41:06I never want you to let go.
00:41:08I love you, baby.
00:41:09Who do you believe, Mary?
00:41:10Joe?
00:41:11Your husband?
00:41:11Do it.
00:41:12Annie Fisher.
00:41:18Sure.
00:41:28I was so beaten up, so dependent on Joey financially.
00:41:32I didn't want to break up our family.
00:41:35The kids were young.
00:41:37I was worried what people would say, what my Irish Catholic mother would think if I questioned
00:41:41Joey's and my wedding vows.
00:41:44Joey was all I knew, all I thought I had.
00:41:48And he seemed so sincere.
00:41:51It wasn't so much that I was ignorant.
00:41:53It's that Joey was that good at being dishonest.
00:42:02The realization that my life would never be the same, that I might never be able to smile again,
00:42:07was something I didn't know if I could ever come to terms with.
00:42:26Jess?
00:42:34Sweetie?
00:42:35You awake, huh?
00:42:51Hi.
00:42:55Can I see this?
00:43:17You are the sweetest girl.
00:43:37I keep telling you it was an accident.
00:43:40That's all you gotta say for yourself?
00:43:46I was confused on account of Joey is so much older than me and I really didn't know what I
00:43:52was doing.
00:43:53You gotta believe me, the gun went off by itself, I swear.
00:43:56Okay.
00:44:00The physical evidence told a different story.
00:44:04Detectives had the theory that the gun Amy used had its slide pulled back before it was fired.
00:44:09Which showed she came to my home with the intent to shoot me.
00:44:13That was hard to accept.
00:44:15All I wanted was for my life to return to normal.
00:44:18And that meant putting faith in my family.
00:44:26I'm not sure this is the best idea, Joey.
00:44:29You know, I mean...
00:44:34Feels like...
00:44:36Feels like it's too soon.
00:44:44What'd I tell ya?
00:44:45Everyone loves ya.
00:44:46Same as us.
00:44:48Especially me.
00:44:50Alright, let's go find Les Cabana for your mother.
00:44:51Come on.
00:44:54Come on.
00:45:07Does it hurt?
00:45:10Excuse me?
00:45:12What bullet went in now?
00:45:14You wanna know a secret?
00:45:17The bullet is still in my head, yeah?
00:45:19In my jaw.
00:45:22Can we see?
00:45:24Sure you can.
00:45:27If you had x-ray vision like Superman, you'd be able to see right through it.
00:45:34Mm-hmm.
00:45:37But if you go, you're the coolest lady ever.
00:45:45He's right, you know.
00:45:47You're definitely the coolest lady ever.
00:45:50Joey was a fabulous liar and manipulator.
00:45:53But he wasn't the only one still hiding the truth of what really happened.
00:45:58I'm glad we came.
00:46:16So?
00:46:17Anything change?
00:46:18You can ask me the same questions over and over all you want.
00:46:22My story's never gonna change.
00:46:24None of this is my fault.
00:46:26None of this is my fault.
00:46:27I got caught up in other people's troubles is all.
00:46:29Their manipulations.
00:46:32I was used.
00:46:37A Mr. Steven Sleeman and a Mr. Peter Guigente tell a very different story from the one you've shared, Ms.
00:46:43Fisher.
00:46:44The first guy says he helped you try and kill Mary Jo Butterfuco last November.
00:46:49And when that plan didn't work out, the other says that he sold you a gun and drove you to
00:46:56the Butterfuco residence so that you could do it yourself.
00:46:58We're not gonna comment on what sounds like hearsay at best.
00:47:06Holding back information isn't gonna do you any favors.
00:47:11We're aware of our rights.
00:47:16According to sources, the only person who doesn't suspect Joey Butterfuco had an affair with the accused assailant is his
00:47:23wife, the gunshot victim, Mary Jo Butterfuco.
00:47:32Come here and gifts.
00:47:36Hmm.
00:47:39Applesauce and cottage cheese.
00:47:40At least you don't beat it through a straw.
00:47:42Yeah.
00:47:49I hear the news on here again?
00:47:52Hmm?
00:47:52How many times I gotta tell you that stuff's no good for you?
00:47:56Can I help it if we're all that's on TV?
00:47:59And if I wanted to be famous or infamous?
00:48:02You know who really doesn't mind being famous?
00:48:05It's that girl.
00:48:08Who?
00:48:09Who?
00:48:13What?
00:48:14You go ahead, say it.
00:48:16You don't believe I never slept with Amy Fisher, do you?
00:48:19Looking back, I can see the cracks forming all around me.
00:48:24If only I'd been ready to admit it to myself at the time.
00:48:27It's not that I don't believe you, Joey.
00:48:30I just wish that these, these idiots on TV did.
00:48:35I'm, the things that these reporters, these newscasters are saying about us.
00:48:41About our marriage.
00:48:45We've gotta make sure Paul and Jessie never see this stuff.
00:48:49Amy Fisher is a very confused young girl.
00:48:53Sure, I remember her being in the shop a lot.
00:48:55Her dad let her charge repairs to his account.
00:48:57She was a really bad driver, always getting into all these accidents.
00:49:02What do you think she says about me?
00:49:04Bull-faced lie.
00:49:05That's all there is to it.
00:49:06Besides, there's something I wanna talk to you about that's better than TV.
00:49:09Oh, yeah? What's that?
00:49:14Movies.
00:49:17Dear Mr. and Mrs. Butterfuoco, if you'll kindly grant us your valuable time for a meeting, we'd like to explain
00:49:25how telling your story cinematically can bring something good out of something that's been truly awful for you.
00:49:39Give me gifts.
00:49:41Hollywood came calling sooner than the police could wrap up the case.
00:49:46Everyone wanted in on the action.
00:49:48They were making three movies at the same time.
00:49:51I couldn't believe it.
00:49:52But everyone around me thought it was so exciting.
00:49:55Oh, Mary Jo's on TV.
00:49:57Joey's consulting on a movie.
00:49:59I thought to myself, if this was happening to my best friend, it would be exciting.
00:50:04So, I went along with it.
00:50:09Even though we were on the set for one of the movies, I was still in total denial of the
00:50:14absurdity of it all.
00:50:17Not to mention, barely functional because of all the drugs I was on for pain.
00:50:22And action.
00:50:24You're gonna wanna hear what I have to say.
00:50:26I need to get back to my painting.
00:50:28He's lying to you.
00:50:31It's not how it happened.
00:50:33Ah, it's Hollywood, babe.
00:50:35Just be clear that one of these movies is finally telling my side of the sto-
00:50:39Our side of the story.
00:50:42Yeah, well, he lies about a lot of things.
00:50:48You okay?
00:50:49Yeah.
00:50:50Yeah.
00:50:56Someone call 9-1-1.
00:50:58Mary Jo?
00:50:58Mary Jo?
00:50:59You okay?
00:51:01Come on.
00:51:12Joey?
00:51:30You should be resting, Mary Jo.
00:51:33You don't mind me calling you that, do you?
00:51:36No.
00:51:36Of course not.
00:51:40So, um, you feeling well enough for me to ask a small favor.
00:51:49Can I get an autograph?
00:51:53I figure if I get yours and Joey's, then all I need is Amy Fisher's.
00:51:57Although I am very much Team Mary Jo.
00:52:01I never wanted to be recognized in public.
00:52:04I was happy being a wife, a mom.
00:52:07I loved my life.
00:52:08All I wanted was to be there for my children.
00:52:12Those three movies did nothing to help my anonymity.
00:52:15At this point in my life, I've seen myself shot in the head on TV more than 300 times.
00:52:22Everything became about Joey and Amy.
00:52:26Me and my kids got lost in the shuffle.
00:52:29And things just kept getting worse.
00:52:34Is Joey Badafuoco the one who told you to shoot Mary Jo, Amy?
00:52:37Whose idea was it to kill Mrs. Badafuoco?
00:52:40If you're innocent, we want to hear from you, Amy.
00:52:42You can talk to us.
00:52:57What's so funny?
00:52:58This show really cracks me up.
00:53:01Come on.
00:53:02Watch some TV with us.
00:53:04Take a load off.
00:53:08No, I'm okay.
00:53:17A lot of the comedy shows back then thought it was funny to do sketches making fun of what happened.
00:53:22What I was going through.
00:53:24Me being paralyzed on one side of my face.
00:53:27You know who didn't find any of that funny?
00:53:30Me.
00:53:36He didn't even watch those comedy shows right now.
00:53:39And I'm not knowing when they're going to make fun of us again.
00:53:49When did I?
00:53:51Did we become the punchline?
00:53:55Our lawyers looking in to sue in the shows that are doing that.
00:53:58Because I got shot in the face.
00:54:00Because I didn't believe you.
00:54:03Man, I promised to love took that to his part.
00:54:07You know?
00:54:09What you and I got is rock solid.
00:54:13No one needs to understand that except for you, me and the kids.
00:54:16Looking back, I could see I had all the symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome.
00:54:20I still didn't think Joey had been having an affair with the person who did this to me.
00:54:25Life was too foggy because of the multiple pain medications I was on.
00:54:30When I was in sixth grade, I had a concussion after a bad fall and couldn't remember anything for a
00:54:35short period.
00:54:37Catholic school left me back a grade.
00:54:40Everyone called me immature, the left back baby.
00:54:43Kids told me I was stupid.
00:54:46Then later in life, this all happens and now I'm stupid again because I'm not leaving Joey.
00:54:52Because I believed the man I swore to stay with for better or for worse.
00:54:58These interrogations are bordering on harassment.
00:55:01My client remains a frightened young girl.
00:55:03A victim of everyone who's trying to take inappropriate advantage of her.
00:55:07We're just trying to do our best to piece together the facts as they're revealed to us.
00:55:11For everyone's best interest, including Miss Fisher's.
00:55:14If you've got something you haven't disclosed, that alone could be grounds for-
00:55:17What I'm asking for is a little clarification on all the stuff about Miss Fisher being reported on TV night
00:55:22after night.
00:55:23Tabloid fodder, none of which has been substantiated.
00:55:25Just some people trying to make a quick buck off all the publicity surrounding my client.
00:55:33Call me Cap.
00:55:39Call me Cap.
00:55:41Don't worry. We're still gonna get him to agree to a plea deal.
00:56:00What?
00:56:08Hello?
00:56:08I just wanted to let you know that Amy Fisher's grand jury testimony has been temporarily postponed.
00:56:13What?
00:56:14Yeah, apparently she's been hit hard by a news story airing last night with a video of her admitting to
00:56:19her boyfriend
00:56:20that she's keeping her name in the press to make a lot of money and get a super high-end
00:56:24car.
00:56:25Really?
00:56:26Mm-hmm. So, uh, they said that she'll be there for at least a week for psychiatric examination and observation.
00:56:33Look, it's not like I wanted to, you know...
00:56:37I'll be in touch when we have more information.
00:56:40Okay. Thank you.
00:56:42Take care of yourself, Mary Jo.
00:56:52Everything good?
00:56:56Nothing's been good since May, Joey.
00:56:58Or have you not been paying attention?
00:57:01Babe, I...
00:57:02Amy's in the hospital for psychiatric examination.
00:57:09Yeah, I mean, I keep telling you how messed up she is.
00:57:15Well, what about me, Joey?
00:57:19Do you understand how long I have been waiting to finally see the person who shot me testify to a
00:57:24grand jury, so she will finally face charges?
00:57:28I do.
00:57:29No.
00:57:39This is never gonna end, is it?
00:57:50Will today be the final chapter in the lengthy saga of the Long Island Lolita?
00:57:54Inside this courthouse, Amy Fisher will at long last come face to face with her victim.
00:57:59It will be the first time the two have seen each other since May 19th, 1992, when Amy Fisher allegedly
00:58:05visited a tranquil Massapequa home and put a bullet in Mary Jo Badafico's head.
00:58:25Let's try to keep this matter as efficient as we can since the defendant has already agreed to plead guilty
00:58:31to the shooting in arrangement for her plea deal.
00:58:41The defendant has a statement she wishes to enter?
00:58:44Yes, Your Honor.
00:58:52Seeing Amy Fisher in person for the first time since the shooting was surreal.
00:58:57The girl who tried to kill me in the same room.
00:59:01But I held my head high.
00:59:03I knew who I was.
00:59:04I had my integrity.
00:59:06And I wasn't trading it for anything.
00:59:15Sometimes I think this was a nightmare and it didn't really happen and then I realized that it did.
00:59:21I went up to the doorstep with a loaded gun in my pocket.
00:59:25I spoke with Mrs. Badafico outside her Massapequa home for 15 minutes until Mrs. Badafico turned to go back inside.
00:59:33I hit her on the back of the head.
00:59:36I hit her again.
00:59:38The gun went off.
00:59:39I tried to get her off of me and I hit her.
00:59:43I think twice.
00:59:45And then I left.
00:59:47I ran away.
00:59:49These, Your Honor, are all true.
00:59:51They are all facts.
00:59:53And I cannot and will not take them back for the sake of harmony.
01:00:03And now I believe we'll hear from Amy Fisher's victim.
01:00:10Make no mistake, this courtroom will not devolve into the media frenzy that has surrounded these goings on for the
01:00:18last year and a half.
01:00:20This is Badafico.
01:00:35My two beautiful children are having a difficult time leaving me alone.
01:00:40They are afraid I might not be there when they get home from school.
01:00:46They have been severely traumatized by this event.
01:00:49And this, to me, is the greatest tragedy of all.
01:00:54All this damage by someone who still shows absolutely no remorse for her actions.
01:01:02The bullet is still lodged in the base of my brain and causes me constant pain and suffering.
01:01:08The future holds numerous operations.
01:01:11And if there is any unnatural movement of the bullet, I am faced with paralysis and perhaps even death.
01:01:19I understand you have a letter written by your daughter, Jessica, that you'd like to read.
01:01:27Thank you for putting Amy Fisher in jail.
01:01:30She has done so many bad things to my family and I.
01:01:35Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a very long time so she can't hurt my mom again.
01:01:44My daddy, brother Paul and I love her very much.
01:02:09So far, the seductive teenager has stuck to her story that she had a steamy romance with Mary Jo Badafico's
01:02:16husband, Joey Badafico, who isn't in the courtroom today.
01:02:19At an earlier news conference, he once again claimed he never had sex with the accused.
01:02:25I have a brief statement.
01:02:28Amy Fisher is a liar and has zero credibility.
01:02:31She knows that.
01:02:33I know she's a liar.
01:02:34I know she has no credibility.
01:02:36That's all I'm going to say.
01:02:37Joey! Joey!
01:02:42You are a tragedy and disgrace.
01:02:44To yourself, to your family, to your friends and to society.
01:02:50And you deserve no less than the maximum sentence I can impose by law.
01:02:56For many months, you had stalked Mary Jo Badafico like a wild animal stalks its prey.
01:03:04Motivated by lust and passion, you were a walking stick of dynamite with the fuse lit.
01:03:12Amy Fisher, you're sentenced to five to 15 years in prison.
01:03:20Do you have anything you wish to say to the court?
01:03:24Or to Mrs. Badafico?
01:03:29If I could change everything, I would.
01:03:32If I could put my hand over her face and make it go away, I would.
01:03:38I don't want to be the Amy Fisher that stands here today.
01:03:41I want to be the Amy Fisher I was before I met Jo Badafico in November of 1990.
01:04:02Do you still believe your husband didn't sleep with Amy Fisher?
01:04:05Do you feel sorry for her at all?
01:04:07You don't need to talk to me, okay?
01:04:08Amy Fisher is a liar, not to mention an attempted murderer.
01:04:13And the DA is taking her word over Joey's.
01:04:17I am not going to let this one person destroy our lives.
01:04:23There you have it.
01:04:37You're Mary Jo Badafico, right?
01:04:40You've been through so much, I am a big fan.
01:04:47I am so embarrassed.
01:04:49Sorry.
01:04:49No.
01:04:51It's okay.
01:04:52Have a nice day, all right?
01:04:54Yeah.
01:04:54Is it true what they're saying?
01:04:55That Amy Fisher can describe, you know, Joey's privates?
01:04:59I developed this weird ability to ignore what anyone was saying.
01:05:04I still believed Joey.
01:05:06I was in pain, mental and physical, and on way too many drugs to know the difference.
01:05:11Not to mention being raised Catholic in the 60s absolutely shaped my view of what was right and wrong.
01:05:18Catholics don't get divorced.
01:05:20One time when Joey and I temporarily separated, my mother said this is what happens when you don't have Jesus
01:05:26in your life.
01:05:27That was her answer to everything I was going through.
01:05:31Everyone close to us still believed Joey.
01:05:33Even when one of his former employees told a talk show Joey had admitted to sleeping with Amy Fisher.
01:05:38And the DA filed charges because of it.
01:05:45I keep telling you, that former employee is just trying to stir up trouble. None of what he says on
01:05:50TV is true.
01:05:55You want me to go to trial to get sentenced for something I never did?
01:05:59Six counts of statutory rape, twelve counts of sodomy, one count of endangering the welfare of a child?
01:06:08If you never did any of it, why did the grand jury indict you?
01:06:15And why would going to trial be a problem, Joey?
01:06:19Our lawyer says taking the plea deal is the safe bet.
01:06:23Even though you and me, we both know I never did what that girl said.
01:06:39Hey, no, no, no. None of that's true. Don't get yourself worked up.
01:06:44How is this all going to be done?
01:06:47I could save my face or I could save my butt and be here with you and the kids where
01:06:52I belong.
01:07:02This is the last of it. All right? The last of this awful nightmare. I take the plea and then
01:07:08we can finally move on and get the happy ever after.
01:07:11That you and me and the kids deserve.
01:07:13This was yet another wake-up call, but I wasn't ready to wake up.
01:07:19Instead, I numbed myself with pills, believed harder, held on even tighter to a version of Joey that didn't really
01:07:28exist.
01:07:32When this relationship began, I was not just a 16-year-old teenager taken to bed by a man over
01:07:38twice my age.
01:07:40I was a 16-year-old teenager shown a world that I was not ready for, a world of elaborate
01:07:46spending and fast boats.
01:07:48This man took me to expensive restaurants and cheap motels.
01:07:55I hope whatever sentence you might impose today will send a message to other teenagers who might be tempted by
01:08:00men like Mr. Buttafuoco.
01:08:06I know with all my heart that if Mr. Buttafuoco had permitted me to cross the bridge between adolescence and
01:08:12adulthood unmolested, I would not be where I am today.
01:08:45I cannot accept your plea unless, in fact, you are guilty.
01:08:50Please, tell me.
01:08:57On July 2nd, 1991, I had sexual relations with Amy Fisher at a motel.
01:09:16There is a family involved here.
01:09:19Joseph, Mary Jo's father, in-laws, children.
01:09:24That's the kind of man Joey is.
01:09:26He did all he could do in that courtroom so that everybody else's life could go free.
01:09:31Joey, why didn't Mary Jo accompany you here today?
01:09:34Last night, Mary Jo had a rough night.
01:09:36Her true pain is for her children.
01:09:39That's all we're saying.
01:09:48These are for the walls in your cell, daddy.
01:09:50It's not a cell, baby. It's a room.
01:09:53So you don't forget about us.
01:09:55These are great, Jess.
01:09:59How about you, champ? You doing all right?
01:10:02I don't know. This is all right, Joey.
01:10:05Bringing the kids here to visit you, of all places, huh?
01:10:09You know, the lawyer says I'll get off early.
01:10:11Four months instead of six.
01:10:13Then it'll be like none of this ever happened.
01:10:15Yeah, maybe not for the both of us, huh?
01:10:18You wait and see, Mary Jo. I'm gonna prove it to you.
01:10:20Everything gets better from this moment.
01:10:24Look what her daughter drew for me, huh?
01:10:27Pretty good.
01:10:29Is that me and the orange? Come on.
01:10:31After the statutory rape conviction, when Joey got out of jail,
01:10:34the neighborhood threw a huge party.
01:10:37Joey came home a triumphant hero.
01:10:40Nothing he did or was accused of changed the opinions of those closest to him.
01:10:45Not our friends.
01:10:46Not our family.
01:10:48Not me.
01:10:50Not yet.
01:10:54Not yet.
01:10:56Not yet.
01:10:57Not yet.
01:10:58Not yet.
01:11:01Not yet.
01:11:02Don't be upset.
01:11:04What am I not supposed to be upset about, Joey?
01:11:07It's the middle of the night here.
01:11:08All right.
01:11:13I, uh...
01:11:17I was arrested for solicitation, uh, here in L.A.
01:11:22What?
01:11:25You swore you were gonna stay out of trouble while you were on the West Coast.
01:11:28It was a total setup.
01:11:29I-I'm innocent.
01:11:31You forget that you're on parole?
01:11:33Hmm?
01:11:34No, I talked to the lawyer.
01:11:35He's gonna clear it all up.
01:11:37Yeah, and what-what about the next time, Joey?
01:11:40Huh?
01:11:41Everything's just gonna get cleared up for you again?
01:11:45Because everything's about you, right?
01:11:48You know, all the news just makes everything about Amy.
01:11:52And at the end of the day, nobody cares about the woman walking around with a bullet permanently stuck in
01:11:59her jaw.
01:12:00Sweetie, we're gonna clear this up, okay?
01:12:15No way.
01:12:17With Joey, it always wasn't him.
01:12:20It didn't happen this way, he didn't give her the money, whatever.
01:12:23It was the same crap I heard over and over again.
01:12:32I needed the pills to function.
01:12:34I wasn't getting high.
01:12:36I was avoiding incredible pain.
01:12:39Physical, and I now realize, mental.
01:12:42The pills dulled my mind and my instincts.
01:12:45I relied on drugs for seven long years.
01:12:49But eventually, even they couldn't numb the depths of what I was feeling.
01:12:53After Joey's arrest at LA, I went into a spiral of depression.
01:12:58At this point, I just wanted to be dead.
01:13:12I didn't know where else to turn, what else to do.
01:13:20Mom?
01:13:21It's been like three days you've been in here.
01:13:34Mommy?
01:13:39Jess?
01:13:40You scared me.
01:13:44Sorry, honey.
01:13:45I just...
01:13:47I even felt like doing much the past two days of his sleep, you know?
01:13:51All me and Paul want is to see you happy.
01:13:55Okay?
01:13:56I know that, sweetheart.
01:13:58But...
01:14:00The paralysis from the bullet is permanent.
01:14:03One half of my face is never gonna work right.
01:14:06My face.
01:14:07But that doesn't mean I don't love you and Paul.
01:14:11With all my heart, okay?
01:14:18Oh, thank you.
01:14:20You're too good to me.
01:14:22Come here.
01:14:24I love you.
01:14:25It was the lowest point in my life, and I gave up fighting.
01:14:32Nothing was getting better.
01:14:34I was so torn up on the inside.
01:14:36So depleted.
01:14:39I actually researched carbon monoxide poisoning.
01:14:42That's how low I sunk.
01:14:45I didn't think there was any way out for me or my kids.
01:14:49Thank God, I finally realized I wasn't thinking with a clear mind.
01:15:02I finally decided if the bullet still lodged in my head hadn't done me in, then I was gonna have
01:15:07to somehow find a way to go on.
01:15:10Let's make sure.
01:15:11We're sure about this?
01:15:13Mm-hmm.
01:15:13This is the best idea?
01:15:14Yeah, well, I wouldn't be footing the bill if I didn't.
01:15:19You remind me that there's still good in the world.
01:15:21You know that?
01:15:24I could say the same to you, Mary Jo.
01:15:28Look, we both know that pills aren't the answer.
01:15:31Not ultimately.
01:15:33But it's time you treated yourself after all this mental pain you've been suffering through.
01:16:09You gotta help me, all right?
01:16:10You gotta at least give me my prescription, okay?
01:16:13Please?
01:16:16Please!
01:16:17Please!
01:16:17Mary Jo, it can get better from this moment if you decide to make this your rock bottom.
01:16:43You can do this.
01:16:46I'll get you some water.
01:16:56Thank you for sharing.
01:16:58And what about shame?
01:17:01Oh, definitely me.
01:17:04Sorry, did you say fame or shame?
01:17:07I don't really know what's worse.
01:17:10The fact that I...
01:17:13I never wanted to be famous or the fact that I...
01:17:18I really love being a mom and a wife.
01:17:22And I know that that's not popular to say nowadays, but it's true.
01:17:31I loved it.
01:17:34I never wanted to be recognized in public, least of all for having a life-altering injury,
01:17:38or for people thinking that I'm an idiot, for desperately trying to honor my wedding vows, you know?
01:17:47I never wanted any of this.
01:17:53Not for me and, uh...
01:17:58Especially not for my kids, you know?
01:18:02From what you shared, I'm not sure that was a choice you made for them.
01:18:32Jessie!
01:18:32Pull!
01:18:33Come here!
01:18:33Come here, come here, come here.
01:18:34I missed you so much!
01:18:35I missed you so much!
01:18:37Thank you for your letters, and your drawings.
01:18:41Where's your father?
01:18:43He couldn't make it.
01:18:44Don't worry about it, forget I said anything.
01:18:46I'm just so happy you're here.
01:18:47You look great.
01:18:49Kinda happy.
01:18:50Just kinda.
01:18:52From now on, we're gonna be really happy.
01:18:56You know, my time in here did me a lot of good.
01:18:59I can finally let go, move on, got my power back.
01:19:05And that means I gotta forgive.
01:19:07Forgive?
01:19:08It's like who?
01:19:19Go ahead, Miss Fisher.
01:19:20I'd like to say something to Mary Jo.
01:19:30What happened to you wasn't your husband's fault, wasn't your fault, wasn't my father's fault, and wasn't anybody else's fault.
01:19:38It was my fault.
01:19:40And I have spent the last seven years trying to figure it out.
01:19:46It was my fault and I'm sorry.
01:19:57Mrs. Butterfugel?
01:20:11Amy Fisher has shown great remorse and sorrow for what she did to me.
01:20:19You're being given a second chance in life.
01:20:22And I pray that you take it and make something good out of something tragic.
01:20:36I'm sorry.
01:20:37I'm truly very sorry.
01:20:47People always ask, why did I forgive the person who tried to kill me?
01:20:52It wasn't for Amy Fisher's sake, I promise you.
01:20:56It was for me.
01:20:58Back then, I still had a lot to figure out.
01:21:00About Joey.
01:21:02About myself.
01:21:03But I knew this much.
01:21:05I wasn't going to let hate define me.
01:21:08Not anymore.
01:21:13Your Honor.
01:21:14Given that my client now accepts full responsibility for the terrible act of seven years ago, and in light of
01:21:20her testimony, we are urging you to grant Ms. Fisher parole.
01:21:26When I finally came to my senses and told my mother I was leaving Joey, she didn't speak to me
01:21:31for four months.
01:21:32I was wrong.
01:21:34He was right.
01:21:35I was the bad Catholic.
01:21:37That's the stronghold Joey still had on everyone who knew him.
01:21:42One day, I just looked at that picture of our family, covered Joey's face with my thumb, and realized me
01:21:48and the kids were better off without him.
01:21:53I know you might be wondering if there was some big moment that caused me to finally leave Joey, some
01:21:58dramatic confrontation or giant revelation, but it wasn't like that.
01:22:03It was more like death by a thousand cuts.
01:22:07It took years and years before I realized Joey was never going to change, and it was time for me
01:22:12to reclaim my power, my life.
01:22:15I was finally done with him, once and for all.
01:22:19Today, our son Paul has a limited relationship with him.
01:22:24Jessie and I don't speak to him at all.
01:22:26And yes, people still ask me about Amy Fisher.
01:22:29Needless to say, we aren't in touch.
01:22:31The gun went off by accident.
01:22:32Her version of events has changed over the years since she shot me.
01:22:36It was Joey who told me to go up to the door, point the gun, and keep firing.
01:22:40Her truths aren't necessarily mine.
01:22:42I took the plea deal on account I'd get parole three years after I went to jail.
01:22:47Amy Fisher's story is hers to tell.
01:22:50Mine is about survival.
01:22:52About refusing to let what she did define the rest of my life.
01:22:56Me and my kids are still here.
01:22:59We're still standing.
01:23:00We're still smiling.
01:23:02That's our victory.
01:23:04And would you believe I even got married again?
01:23:07Stu Tendler and his children were a wonderful gift.
01:23:11Each of them showing Paul, Jessie, and me what it meant to be part of a family that loved and
01:23:15was committed to one another.
01:23:18Even though the marriage didn't last, Stu reminded me of my worth.
01:23:21And that led to yet another surgery that was completely unexpected.
01:23:25You really think I'm going to be able to smile again, Dr. Izzy, today?
01:23:29I've been dealing with this frozen look for so long, it feels like I've, you know, kind of given up
01:23:33hope.
01:23:34There's certain muscles keeping your paralysis from improving.
01:23:38What I'm talking about is rewiring your nerves.
01:23:41My mom doesn't think of herself as pretty or beautiful.
01:23:44And when the complete opposite is true.
01:23:46She's the most beautiful person I know.
01:23:49The surgery will be intense.
01:23:51I'd be using a nerve stimulator to identify which microscopic nerves are working and which are misfiring.
01:23:57Well, Mary Jo, what do you say?
01:23:59My smile was there all along, mind you.
01:24:01Just hidden.
01:24:02But it was always under the surface.
01:24:05Thanks to Jessie and Paul, who through everything always gave me a reason to be happy.
01:24:11Now Dr. Azizadeh was offering me a chance to show my smile to the world again.
01:24:19Mom?
01:24:21How are you?
01:24:22So can you smile now or what?
01:24:30I don't know.
01:24:32I tried to tell him a joke.
01:24:35Dad.
01:24:39Mom?
01:24:41The doctor said it's going to get even better.
01:24:45You're amazing.
01:24:46To this day, Joey doesn't accept any responsibility for the lives he wrecked.
01:24:51He never apologized to Paul or Jessie.
01:24:54He couldn't even admit to me in person that he really did sleep with Amy Fisher.
01:24:59Speaking of causes for celebration, May 15th is around the corner.
01:25:03Must we celebrate when you're getting older?
01:25:06Duh.
01:25:07That's kind of what people do on their birthdays, Mom.
01:25:10Yeah, I think I'd rather celebrate shooting day on May 19th.
01:25:16Oh my gosh.
01:25:18That's genius.
01:25:19The three of us celebrating everything we survived on the actual date, everything about
01:25:23our lives changed?
01:25:25Yeah, I wasn't certain I was being serious about that.
01:25:30Shooting day.
01:25:31I'm in.
01:25:32We're going to take back that date that's always brought us shame and fear.
01:25:35And we're going to make it our own.
01:25:41Who are you calling?
01:25:43I'm making restaurant reservations at our favorite Italian place for May 19th.
01:25:47Mom?
01:25:48You're a genius.
01:25:51So, that's what we do now.
01:25:54Every May 19th, Paul, Jessie and I get together and celebrate survival day.
01:26:00Because it's our day.
01:26:02And no one else's.
01:26:03We're finally through being a spectacle.
01:26:07And done with letting that date pull us back into the misery of what was in the past.
01:26:12I am Mary Jo Badafuoco.
01:26:14I'm alive.
01:26:15I'm grateful.
01:26:17I'm at peace.
01:26:19And I'm smiling.
01:26:23I feel a change in here.
01:26:26You're my happy.
01:26:31I feel a change in here.
01:26:33I'm hoping that I wish for you.
01:26:33I'm...
01:26:34You're here.
01:26:38I know.
01:26:40I know.
01:26:45I know.
01:26:47I know.
01:26:48I know.
01:26:48I know.
01:26:51I know.
01:26:53I know.
01:26:56What a great day is the secret.
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