John Alite

ABOUT JOHN ALITE

American former mobster who was known for being a Gambino crime family associate and a government witness who testified against the crime family and John A. "Junior" Gotti in 2008. In 2011, he was sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison but was released on a five-year supervised release in 2012. He denounced the life of organized crime and became a motivational speaker, podcaster, and book author.

He grew up in the same neighborhood as John Gotti 's son, John A. Gotti, with whom he was friends.
He received a baseball scholarship to the University of Tampa but dropped out after three years.

He has four books that he co-wrote, Gotti's Rules, Darkest Hour, Prison Rules, and Mafia International. On March 25, 2020, he started his own podcast, called Mafia Truths with John Alite.

His grandparents were Albanian immigrants from Gjirokastër. His first wife was Carol. His second wife was Claudia DiPippa. He has four children.

In March 2023, he posted a photo alongside Anderson Cooper .