The mafia soldier hired by the ex-husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey s Dina Manzo to assault her current husband has pleaded guilty Haven Orecchio-Egresitz Dina Manzo. An accused mafia soldier hired by the ex of a Real Housewives of New Jersey star to assault the woman s new husband has pleaded guilty to a federal assault charge. Prosecutors said that John Perna was hired by Thomas Manzo to assault the man that Dina Manzo married in 2017. In exchange for the assault, Thomas Manzo provided Perna with a deeply discounted wedding reception at his New Jersey venue, prosecutors say.
John Perna, an alleged soldier in the Lucchese crime family pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge that he planned and carried out an attack on the husband of a Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member at the behest of the woman s ex, according to the plea agreement seen by Insider.