Webin truth, gotti was never teflon. He was jailed nine times during a hardscrabble youth in new york. He went to jail for three years for theft in 1968, when he. Webin his new book gotti’s boys: Webalso known as “the teflon don” and the “dapper don,” gotti was a notorious american mobster and head of the gambino crime family. He was born on. His ability to avoid. Published june 11, 2002, 4:00 a. m. He was the dapper don who became the teflon don and then the velcro don. John gotti, who died yesterday at age 61,.
