The press called her the "Long Island Lolita." When she was but sweet 17,she shot her older lover's wife, wounding her badly.
Fisher had met Joey Buttafuocco when she took her car to his body shop. The two began an affair while she was a 16-year-old high school student.
According to her own account of her childhood, her early years were sexually abusive.
Still in her teens, Fisher went to work for an "escort service," continuing her affair with Buttafuocco. When he refused to leave his wife, she attempted suicide. Later, according to Fisher's account, Buttafuocco told her she should shoot his wife, Mary Jo. In 1992, Fisher did so.
Mary Jo Buttafuocco recovered from her headwound and fingered Amy Fisher as the shooter. Fisher pled not guilty, but her lawyer arranged a plea agreement. Fisher served seven years of her sentence.
In 1993, Buttafuocco was convicted of statutory rape and served six months.
He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He was caught in a sting operation for having solicited sex with what turned out to be an undercover officer. He also got into trouble for insurance fraud.
Fisher, remarkably, got a job as a columnist for the Long Island Press and also wrote a book about her life. Her columnist career ended in 2005, but in 2008, she became a commentator on truTV.
Thereafter, she became a stripper and pornography performer. She is shown below in a 2008 photo with her husband Lou Bellera.
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