Mobster gets punchy at a fancy eatery
Running a pricey, high-end restaurant in Manhattan can be dangerous, as Bruno Selimaj found out when a gangster punched him in the face. Genovese-linked mobster Anthony “Rom” Romanello allegedly let his fists fly at Selimaj’s Club A Steakhouse on E. 58th St. in 2017, Jerry Capeci reports on his GangLandNews.com website.
Romanello (right) was acting on behalf of Albanian tough guy Luan “The Waterbug” Bexheti who allegedly wanted Selimaj to make good on a gambling debt a relative owed him, Capeci writes.
Selimaj, who emigrated from Albania at age 18 in 1972, reported the assault to police, but withdrew it a day or two later, Capeci reports.
The feds kept Selimaj out of it when they leveled loansharking charges against Bexheti and Romanello last week. But Capeci didn’t take a vow of omerta. He fingered Selimaj as the victim.
Selimaj is used to more civilized clientele. When his eatery was called Ristorante Bruno, he fed John Gotti, Donald Trump, Lawrence Taylor and Robert De Niro.
Mickey Stevenson wanted to be a singer, but Motown legend Berry Gordy listened to him warble and had other ideas.
“Your voice is for s—t,” Gordy told him. “I want you to be an A&R [artists and repertoire] man.”
“That’s how we started Motown,” Stevenson told me. “I found out I had that gift.”
Stevenson (left) will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 16 at the Marriott Marquis with
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Don’t be surprised if Gordy is there, as well as Mickey’s high school friend Smokey Robinson.
Stevenson wrote “Dancing in the Street,” “Devil With A Blue Dress,” “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,” and many more. He sold his Motown catalogue for millions a few years ago.
Stephen Elliott has a special interest in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial as the author of “The Adderall Diaries.”
The film version of the book starred James Franco and Heard, and their kissing scenes made Depp crazily jealous.
“James Franco played me in that movie. So in a way, not to center myself, but I play a pretty important role in the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial,” Elliott recently tweeted.
“Also, worth pointing out, I wasn’t allowed on the set of that movie based on my book, because they were trying to avoid drama.
“And that really is the story of my life. I’m like a decoy for people much worse than me. It’s because I have a guilty face.”
Richard Azzopardi, spokesman for former governor Andrew Cuomo, shouldn’t be stealing from Daily News legend Jimmy Breslin, says his son James Breslin.
Azzopardi, criticizing the plan to seize Cuomo’s $16 million campaign war chest before he runs for office again, said, “This effort is clearly unconstitutional and a pathetic abuse of taxpayer money, but not surprising from the gang that can’t legislate straight.”
Breslin famously wrote a book titled, “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight.”
Son James told me, “This lout is stealing from Jimmy! Find your own words. Illiterate jerk.”
Breslin once wrote, “Media, the plural of mediocrity.”
Doja Cat flipped out while flying from London to Venice when she felt a fellow passenger was staring at her, a source told me.
“Stop looking at me,” the rapper (right) allegedly screamed.
Then, upon landing, “She lost a bag and the crew wouldn’t let anyone leave the plane until it was found.”
It’s tough being rich and famous.