Nicholas Scibetta (died 1978) was a Gambino crime family associate. In 1978, he was killed by Sammy Gravano for insulting Frank DeCicco's female cousin.
Biography[]
Nicholas Scibetta was born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, and he grew up with ADD. He became a Gambino crime family associate, and he had a financially unstable criminal career, as did his brother-in-law Sammy Gravano. Scibetta never saved any money, preferring to pick up tabs at restaurants and nightclubs, buy clothes, hand out huge tips, and dine on champagne and filet mignon at the Copacabana. He never had any female companions, and he was once found in a gay nightclub owned by the family. Scibetta went on to insult a cousin of Frank DeCicco, so Paul Castellano told DeCicco to get Sammy Gravano's crew to murder Scibetta. Gravano met with Scibetta at his drywall business, and he had Scibetta climb up a latter to inspect some drywall. He then pulled the ladder from under him, but his gun jammed when he tried to shoot Scibetta. Scibetta pleaded for his life, saying that he was his brother-in-law, but Gravano pushed some packages of drywall onto him before shooting him once with his pistol, killing him.