
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 16, 1993                   TAG: 9311160011
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MINEOLA, N.Y.                                LENGTH: Short

FIRST AMY, NOW JOEY'S OFF TO JAIL

The saga that began in a Long Island auto body shop ended Monday in a courtroom where a handcuffed, smirking Joey Buttafuoco was led away to the same fate that befell his former lover, Amy Fisher - jail time.

Buttafuoco's expression never changed as he was sentenced to the maximum six months in prison, $5,000 fine and five years' probation for statutory rape.

Only minutes earlier, Fisher, now 19, faced Buttafuoco for the first time since she shot his wife, Mary Jo, on May 19, 1992. In a nervous, barely audible voice, she spoke of the ill-fated relationship that began "when I was a 16-year-old with braces."

The midday drama provided a certain closure to the case that has provided grist for countless talk-show jokes and three made-for-TV movies.

A year ago in the same courthouse, Fisher had been sentenced to five to 15 years for shooting Buttafuoco's wife, who still has a bullet lodged next to her brain.

Then, Buttafuoco wanted justice. On Monday, it was Amy's turn.

Nassau County Judge Jack Mackston delivered the sentence without comment. In a final slap, he told Buttafuoco he also had to pay a $5 "victim's assistance" fee.

Buttafuoco could be released from the county jail in four months.

by CNB