Amy Fisher Biography
Summary
"Amy Elizabeth Fisher" (born August 21, 1974), dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by the press, is an American woman who was convicted of the 1992 shooting of Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco with whom she began an affair as a 16 year-old student at Kennedy High School in Bellmore, New York. Fisher served seven years in prison for first degree assault. The case drew a great deal of media attention. Since leaving prison in 1999, Fisher has become a writer and a porn star.
Biography
Fisher was born in Merrick, New York to an Italian American mother and a Jewish-American father. At age 16 she began a sexual affair with Joey Buttafuoco.
On May 19, 1992, Fisher, then aged 17, had an accomplice drive her to the Buttafuoco home in Massapequa, New York. When Mary Jo Buttafuoco answered the door, Fisher told her that Joey was having an affair with Amy's younger sister, providing a t-shirt advertising Joey's auto body shop for her 'proof'. When Mary Jo turned away, excusing herself, Amy shot her in the head on the front porch, then fled.
Fisher was charged with multiple counts, including attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to one count of assault in the first degree, and in December 1992 was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison.
Based on a signed hotel receipt dated days before Fisher's 17th birthday, Joey Buttafuoco was charged with statutory rape. He was convicted in October 1993 and served six months in jail.
In 1999, after seven years in prison, Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon consented to vacating Fisher's original plea bargain and a new plea was entered with a 3-10 year sentence, ensuring her immediate release. (This legal motion was done pursuant to the wishes of Mary Jo Buttafuoco.) Fisher was granted parole and released.
After her release from prison Fisher became a columnist for the "Long Island Press", winning a Media Award for Column/News from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2004. She wrote a book about her experiences entitled "If I Knew Then", published in 2004. The "Long Island Press" (announced Fisher's departure) from the newspaper in late December 2005. She continues to actively campaign for prisoners' rights.
Fisher was married in 2003 to Louis Bellera with whom she has two children.
In 2006, Amy Fisher reunited with Mary Jo Buttafuoco in sessions televised for "Entertainment Tonight" and its spinoff "The Insider". Fisher said she wanted to heal her past and move on with her life. However, two years later she said that she felt 'no sympathy for Mary Jo'.
Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco eventually reunited for the first time at the 2006 Lingerie Bowl for the coin toss.
On May 13, 2007 the "New York Post" reported that Amy Fisher had left her husband and Joey left his girlfriend, and were both reportedly going on a date near Central Park on Monday, May 14, 2007 to either reconcile or pitch an idea where they would cohabitate for a reality series. Many similar articles ran in "The Post" in a lead-up to a possible reality series, but neither Joey nor Amy were quoted confirming their supposed romantic reconciliation. Indeed, Joey's second wife Evanka withdrew her divorce petition on June 22, 2007, in an apparent reconciliation.
In March 2008 Fisher was a commentator on truTV's "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...".
Sex tape and adult entertainment career
In October 2007, the "New York Post" published allegations that Fisher's husband, Lou Bellera, sold a sex tape of the couple to Red Light District Video of Los Angeles. Red Light District Video published a press release stating they will release a sex video of the couple. As of October 31, nude pictures of Fisher from the video were posted at various internet sites, and on November 1, 2007, a teaser clip was released by Red Light District Video that showed a nude Fisher showering and sunbathing. Of note were a tattoo surrounding her navel and a breast augmentation. On November 6, 2007, Fisher sued Red Light District and its owner David Joseph, claiming copyright infringement and other damages. By November 8, 2007, amyfisher.com, a website Fisher previously fought to win ownership of, began pointing directly to the Red Light District website.
In early January 2008, Fisher announced that she had settled with Red Light and, while refusing to endorse the video and its release, agreed to do a related promotional appearance. The same announcement indicated that she and Bellera had reconciled. The promotional appearance took place at Retox in New York City on January 4, 2008.
The video also features unusual and explicit dirty talk, clips of which have been frequently played on "The Howard Stern Show". On March 6, Fisher was a guest on the Stern show and one topic of discussion was meant to be her video, but after the first phone call was from Mary Jo's daughter Jessica, Fisher left the show six minutes into her interview.
On January 12, 2009, Fisher released a pay-per-view adult film titled "Amy Fisher: Totally Nude & Exposed". She also started her own porn site where she limits herself to girl on girl scenes because her husband would be uncomfortable with her doing scenes with men. Fisher signed a deal with Lee Entertainment to become a stripper doing club shows at least once a month. She became a stripper because 'I love to dance' 'and I'm an exhibitionist'. She plans to strip until 'my fans tell me, 'Dear, please put your clothes back on. You're too old."
Books by Amy Fisher
Fisher, Amy & Robbie Woliver (2004). "If I Knew Then". iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-32445-2.
Fisher, Amy with Sheila Weller (1994). "Amy Fisher: My Story" (reprint edition). ISBN 0-671-86559-5. (Originally published by Pocket Books in 1993; ISBN 0-671-86558-7.)
Books about Amy Fisher
Dominguez, Pier (2001). "Amy Fisher: Anatomy of a Scandal: The Myth, the Media and the Truth Behind the Long Island Lolita Story". Writers Club Press. ISBN 0-595-18417-0.
Eftimiades, Maria (1992). "Lethal Lolita: A True Story of Sex, Scandal and Deadly Obsession". St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-95062-4.
Movies about Amy Fisher
"The Amy Fisher Story"
"Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story"
"Amy Fisher: My Story" (1992) (TV)
"Lethal Lolita" (1993) (DVD)
Songs about Amy Fisher
"Sergio Valente "by" caP'n Jazz"
Credit
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