New York Post

MOB’S ‘FALL’ GUY

Jail-shower slip

- By EMILY SAUL esaul@nypost.com

Someone get this wiseguy a Life Alert.

The aging Bonanno capo who dodged a conviction after being brought to trial for the 1978 Lufthansa heist, slipped and fell in the jailhouse shower last week — and couldn’t get up.

“GoodFellas” gangster Vincent Asaro, 82, looked stiff and haggard during a brief appearance in Brooklyn federal court Monday for his new arson case, as defense attorney Elizabeth Macedonio told Judge Allyne Ross her client was hospitaliz­ed after the shower slip at the Manhattan Detention Complex.

Macedonio added that her client was discovered lying on the shower-room tile floor only because she went to visit him that day.

Asaro (inset), who has been in special housing since his March arrest, was also diagnosed with high blood pressure and dehydratio­n after the fall.

“He’s not receiving the medical care he needs to survive,” Macedonio told the judge, adding Asaro has undergone two coronary bypasses and was extremely “disoriente­d” dur- ing their last visit.

According to the feds, the reputed capo was driving through Queens in 2012 when another motorist cut him off — infuriatin­g Asaro so much he tracked down the man and ordered associates to torch the car as revenge.

The firebugs allegedly included “Teflon Don” John Gotti’s namesake grandson, who grinned and joked with his attorney Gerard Marrone as he sat beside Asaro Monday.

Macedonio and attorneys for the other five co-defendants are pushing for a speedy trial, which could begin as early as August. “I have an 82-year-old client,” Macedonio said. “There’s just no reason for any delay.”

Asaro has also been subject to 24-hour lockdown since his arrest, and isn’t even given a daily hour for exercise, she said. Macedonio indicated she intends to file a bail applicatio­n shortly, in addition to requesting the judge separate Asaro’s case from the others’.

The young John Gotti is already serving an eightyear prison sentence after pleading guilty to drug-related charges in March..

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