Mary Jo Buttafuoco – Net Worth, Son, Family, Husband, Bio, Residence

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Who is Mary Jo Buttafuoco?

Mary Jo Buttafuoco is an American author and motivational speaker. She is best known for being shot in the face by her husband’s lover, Amy Fisher on May 19, 1992.

Mary Jo Buttafuoco Biography and Education

Mary Jo Buttafuoco was born on May 15, 1955 in United States and she was also raised there. She was born to her parents named Mavin (Father) and Remima (Mother).

Shooting and Aftermath

Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the face on May 19, 1992 by her husband’s lover Amy Fisher, who at that time was having an affair with Buttafuoco’s husband named Joey.

Amy Fisher came to the Buttafuocos’ house to confront Mary Jo about Joey, whom she had been having an affair with since July, 1991. There affair kicked off after Fisher brought her vehicle to Buttafuoco’s auto body shop in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York.

When Amy knocked at the door, it was answered by Mary Jo. The confrontation soon escalated when Buttafuoco told Amy to leave and as she turned to go into the house and call Joey, Fisher shot her in the face with a .25 caliber semiautomatic pistol.

Once Buttafuoco recovered she recognized her shooter. But due to the shot, she was deafened in one ear and her face was partially paralyzed.

After Fisher was recognized by Buttafuoco, she was arrested and sentenced to five to fifteen years in prison. She served eight years and was granted parole in May 1999. Joey Buttafuoco also served four months in jail after pleading guilty to one count of statutory rape.

After this incident, Buttafuoco and her husband moved to Southern California, but they divorced on February 3, 2003.

In a bid to get her face back in order, Buttafuoco underwent a facial reanimation procedure with facial plastic surgeon Babak Azizzadeh which involved static facial suspension; face lift and eye lift procedures. She also did surgery to widen her ear canals.

In 2008, she wrote a book titled Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know.

She was inspired to write the book after her son referred to her ex-husband as a Sociopath. She also used her story to raise awareness on facial paralysis.

Mary Jo Buttafuoco Husband

Mary Jo Buttafuoco was married to her husband named Joey Buttafuoco from 1977 until 2003. She later got married to Stu Tendler in Las Vegas in 2012, until his death in 2018.

Mary Jo Buttafuoco Family

Mary Jo Buttafuoco was born to her parents named Mavin (Father) and Remima (Mother). She has two children named Paul Buttafuoco (Son) and Jessica Buttafuoco (Daughter).

Residence

Buttafuoco resides in Las Vegas, United States.

Height and Weight

Buttafuoco stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches. She weighs 71 kg.

Nationality and Ethnicity

Buttafuoco is of American nationality. She is of white ethnicity.

Social Media Presence

Buttafuoco is active on social media, as of recent, she has accumulated over 100,000 Twitter followers and she is also active on a host of other social media networks.

Controversies, rumors and legal issues

Since coming to limelight with her story, Buttafuoco hasn’t been linked to any known controversy, rumors and legal issues.

Mary Jo Buttafuoco Son

Buttafuoco has a son named Paul Buttafuoco; it was Paul who inspired his mother into writing her book and sharing her story with the world.

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Mary Jo Buttafuoco Net Worth

Mary Jo Buttafuoco is an American author and motivational speaker and her net worth is estimated to be $1 million.

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