‘RHONJ’ alum Dina Manzo reacts to ex-husband being convicted of hiring mobster to assault boyfriend https://t.co/a0TScgE9YR pic.twitter.com/OQWzHeLE9d
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Dina Manzo celebrated on Instagram after her ex-husband, Thomas “Tommy” Manzo, was convicted of hiring a mobster to assault her partner Dave Cantin.
A federal grand jury found Tommy guilty of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity on Tuesday. Dina separated from Tommy in 2012 and divorced in 2016.
In 2015, her former husband hired a man to assault her and Dave Cantin. Cantin was physically attacked by John Perna who used a slapjack (it’s like a baton) to assault him in the parking lot of a North Jersey strip mall.
Prosecutors accused Tommy of hiring John, the son of former mob boss Ralph Perna, because he was “outraged that his former wife became romantically involved with another man.”
Shortly after the attack, Tommy reportedly paid John with a discounted wedding reception at his Paterson, N.J. catering hall, The Brownstone.
Caroline “thick as thieves” Manzo wrote a character letter on behalf of Tommy Manzo in 2021 as did Dolores Catania.
