Gotti, 45, son of the late Gambino crime family mob boss John Gotti, has pleaded not guilty to being involved in three slayings in the late 1980s and early 1990s and possessing and trafficking more than 5 kilograms of cocaine.

Three previous cases alleging Gotti orchestrated a kidnapping and attempted murder plot against Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa ended in hung juries and mistrials in 2005 and 2006. The son of notorious mob boss John Gotti has used the defense that he had quit the mob for good in the 1990s.