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Part 11: Gene Borrello on Why Being Gay in the Mafia is a Death Sentence
Part 1: Gene Borrello on John Gotti Jr's Sister Suing Him for $10M, Calls John Gotti Jr a Rat
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In this VladTV interview, Gene Borrello opens up about how untreated mental health issues shaped his violent past, discussing ADHD, bipolar disorder, impulsive behavior, and his refusal to stay on medication because it made him feel like a “zombie.” The conversation begins with Vlad revisiting his interview with John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 while obsessed with Jodie Foster and Martin Scorsese’s *Taxi Driver*, starring Robert De Niro. Borrello reacts to Hinckley’s insanity defense, his 35 years in a mental hospital, and the lasting injuries to James Brady and a Secret Service agent. The discussion expands into mental illness in prison, the legal line between insanity and criminal responsibility, and Borrello’s own admission that impulsivity and mood swings led to serious mistakes. A candid look at crime, accountability, medication, and mental health in the justice system.
