question bout jake lamotta.....

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    as im sure you all know im a huge lamotta fan but read somewhere that as a youngster he was robbing some store or something and threw a hatchet at a cop to get away. now ive heard some wild stories bout all kinds of crap but that is a very moronic thing to do, but is it true?
     
  2. oli

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    Quite likely. Jake Lamotta was a murderer. I believe he beat a man to death with an iron bar or something along those lines.

    He could have killed twice in fact im not sure. I know he did kill somebody tho
     
  3. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That was when Jake was on his good behavior...Sometimes he really got cranky.
     
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  5. TheGreatA

    TheGreatA Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I believe LaMotta thought for a long time that he had killed the man, but it turned out that he was still alive. He has a long list of offenses but murder isn't one of them, atleast he hasn't confessed to it...
     
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    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    You are correct..th story is detailed in his autobiography ... he also admits to raping a female acquaintence ...
     
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    No one is perfect !
     
  8. Raider Monkz

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    :good Spot on, he thought he killed him but he saw the man years later and didn't say anything about the incident.
     
  9. oli

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    I stand corrected:yep. Still Lamotta was a psychopath and not the nicest bloke