Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s anonymous life as a suburban housewife and mother of two in sleepy Massapequa, NY ended on May 19, 1992, when she was shot in the head on her front porch by 17-year-old Amy Fisher, who'd been having an affair with Mary Jo's then-husband Joey. The sensational trial that followed sparked a media frenzy that hasn't fully died out to this day. Mary Jo steadfastly stood by her man while the name Buttafuoco became a national punchline and Joey and Amy continued to make bizarre headlines. Why did she stay, you ask? Mary Jo answers this question in her new
book, Getting It
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