Who is the Real Tommy Pitera & What People Don't Know!

What is Thomas “Tommy Karate” Pitera really like when the headlines and rat‑fiction are stripped away? In this episode of Real Mob Stories with James Proctor, Tommy’s daughter Ericka Pitera sits down to reveal the human side of one of the Bonanno family’s most feared names. Contact Ericka or Donate: Tommy Karate Pitera Talks    / @erickapitera   cash.app/$erickapitera Contact Ericka Pitera: [email protected] Ericka talks about being adopted, nearly dying in the ICU, and discovering her biological father was Tommy Pitera — then spending a year visiting him as a “law student” before finally telling him the truth. She walks us through his life today in USP Big Sandy as an art teacher and relentless workout machine, his reactions to Philip Carlo’s The Butcher, and his anger over the upcoming Pete Davidson movie based on that book. We dig into his views on Sammy Gravano, John Alite, John Gotti Jr., and the whole world of “internet gangsters,” while exploring what Ericka hopes this YouTube channel and future projects will mean for her father’s legacy. Hashtags: #TommyKarate #ErickaPitera #RealMobStories