I dont know if he gave Nancys family money or anything. President Donald Trump appointed him to an advisory group dedicated to reopening the country during the coronavirus pandemic, allwhile WWE has continued running its weekly live wrestling Florida has deemed WWE an essential business without a live audience. Dr. Mihalikis did not find any bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. With this information, the cause of death would have been termed accidental if a formal autopsy report was prepared., As it would later transpire, the paragraph contradicts the complete coroners office file, which I obtained as part of the same civil case appendix mentioned earlier. The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! "I would only say there wasn't anything significantly said or done and that's why there's no record of it,"Frederick Conjour, the former police of police with the Whitehall Township,told the docuseries. He writes, At one point, I went with Vince McMahon Jr. to either a court or a law office, I dont remember which because I was still in shock. The medical evidence showed that he was not getting better, and in fact, hes getting worse.". Snuka, a cliff diver and bodybuilder with a vertical leap as impressive as his physique, was the WWFs newly minted top good guy. "We never saw a dime, but money was . And in his book Snuka, besides fearing needles (even though the word fear, he vows, is not part of my vocabulary) boasts his respect of women. Assistant District Attorney Richard Plochocki, citing Argentinos affidavit with regards to the assault on her person, and the potential negative effects on Snukas green card as a first-time offender, recommended a plea on a single charge of harassment. The most detailed story, by Jeanne Bednarski in the Syracuse Herald-Journal, was failed by an editor who gave it the headline, Judging by Bare Facts It Was Quite a Match. Worse, it was accompanied by a cartoon mocking the ordeal. Hello! This time he saw Argentino, naked, soon followed by Snuka, also naked. At the funeral, I told her mother and father how sorry I was about her death. The date was May 11, 1983, . The latter made national headlines not so much because a married celebrity had been arrested for beating his girlfriend in a. , motel room, but rather because Snuka fought off a cadre of deputies and police dogs from the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office in the process. In 1985, they won a $500K wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka but he contended he was broke and never paid it, the Morning Call reported. Even the incident with Roddy Piper smashing a coconut on Snukas head was used! due to Snukas apparent mental incompetence mere days before his 2017 death from stomach cancer. But her family thought they were more an item. Bronstad would add that Argentino complained of neck, head, back and hand injuries. Per a separate statement from Deputy Lawrence Witter, those were diagnosed as a bruised right thumb, contusion to the neck, possible fractured ribs and injury to the lower back., Snuka, in his ghostwritten memoir, brazenly claimed, We were drinking and having a good time when all of a sudden, the police burst into our room. He added, I dont know why they chose my room maybe mine was the first one they passed but they did. In point of fact, they were there because of a call from Thomas Donovan, the motels night manager. There is no record of what was talked about during the meeting. Nancy Argentino's surviving sisters had lobbied authorities to reopen the case into her 1983 death in Lehigh County. Snuka also didnt help matters, with. He filed for bankruptcy, and the family never got any restitution. He drove his Oldsmobile Delmont 88 off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, which is near Marthas Vineyard. The Hall of Famer was arrested on Tuesday in connection with Nancy Argentino's death in 1983. At this point, he began to yell that if she wants to leave[,] go ahead. What else could I possibly say.. The WWE has also furloughed manyworkers amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. "He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. [Photo: Patriotpost.us]As told to The Daily Beast, Muchnick, while researching the incident, says that Detective Procanyn never told him that they didnt have enough evidence to indict Snuka. That said, the law librarian at the Fifth Judicial District told me that a Certificate of Conviction would be the document to trust over newspaper reports. Eerily, Salome recalled feeling restless that night. 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And despite the caked on foundation applied by the ambitious mortician on this day the grim sight haunted her pro wrestling beau to the core. In May of 1983, Nancy died as the result of serious head trauma. If this is correct on their part, I do not know. A Pennsylvania grand jury will reopen and investigate the 31-year-old death of Nancy Argentino, who was then the girlfriend of WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. She said, "Justice suffers after 30 years because everything decays.". It was six men in blue with police dogs and everything, he writes, while he was dressed only in his skivvies. In a single sentence summary from the same phone interview between Bronstad and Romanenko referenced above, Procanyn wrote, , Vince McMahon tried to talk her out of making the complaint against Snuka. It also chillingly recontextualizes something that, according to Muchnicks reporting, McMahon told the Argentino familys initial attorney, Richard Cushing, in 1983. And of course, as noted earlier, Mihalikis ruled the death a homicide, not an accident. Snukas wife, Carole Snuka, told the producers of Dark Side of the Ring that her husband told her that McMahon came into town with his briefcase and told him it was done., Her family claimed that WWE offered them $25K following her death. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year stru. That said, the law librarian at the Fifth Judicial District told me that a Certificate of Conviction would be the document to trust over newspaper reports. As those in the center of the true crime/wrestling fan Venn diagram will likely be aware, VICE TV's pro wrestling documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring, recently explored the May 11, 1983, death of Nancy Argentino, the then-girlfriend of then-top WWF (now WWE) star "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. . I respect them. Kirwin, speaking about the prosecution publicly for the first time, also added, "Their case was doomed from the start. The Argentinos have provided high-resolution copies of all four pages to me: It contains some information that wasnt reported in the 1980s, but its importance becomes more clear in light of the paragraph that discusses Argentinos autopsy. New information has surfaced regarding the death of Nancy Argentino. Conjour insistedthe case was investigated the best it could have been investigated. In October 1983, Debbie Rogers, the wife of Snukas manager, Buddy, took photos and notes of injuries to Sharon as a result of her beating by Snuka and her hospitalization, according to a criminal complaint. They definitely do not want any tickets reserved for them for the April 7th wrestling match and would not attend. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall Township . In 1983, Nancy Argentinos family hired Richard Cushing, a New York attorney who had spent most of his career defending criminals, to take a second look. He mentioned that this was a far cry from the Snuka that truly used to leap off cages and turnbuckles. Some additional context is needed here to truly understand where both Snuka and McMahon stood at the time. Lorraine reveals that Nancy's childhood friend Ellen was engaged to Johnny Rodz, a legendary journeyman wrestler and trainer, and this was how she was introduced to the world of wrestling. This speculation, though, is now overshadowed by evidence that McMahon may have helped facilitate the cycle of abuse that kept Nancy Argentino in Jimmy Snukas company, and potentially gave Superfly the opportunity to kill her. The case remains open to this day. Yeah, there was some excitement. President Donald Trump, to an advisory group dedicated to reopening the country during the coronavirus pandemic, allwhile WWE has continued running its weekly live wrestling, Florida has deemed WWE an essential business. On January 28th, 2014: Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin announces that the Nancy Argentino case will go to a grand jury. June 21st, 2016: Prosecutors ask Judge Banach to force Snuka to undergo mental health treatment. The Lehigh County jury will . When I got back to the hotel, I remember being very surprised that she was still in bed. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2017 after his death, which actually contradicts those reports. According to the Sheriffs Department file for the case, which I obtained via the Argentino familys wrongful death lawsuit against Snuka, at least two officers on the scene witnessed Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino that same night. In. ", Days after Snukas arrest, the WWE erased his Hall of Fame profile and all images and videos from its media sites. On September 1st, 2015: After a grand jurys recommendation, Martin proceeds to charge Snuka with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. All I remember is he had a briefcase with him. Robert Kirwin, defense attorney of Jimmy Snuka, called Snukas wife Carole with the news and said that she wept with joy and wanted to know if it was truly over. Nancy called me at 2 in the morning saying, I have to get out of here, her sister recalled. He's been a frequent guest on several podcasts and has a few bylines on TheLogBook.com, where he shares stories of pop culture and retro-related awesomeness. The writer was onto the flimsy slip-and-fall storylines Snuka had peddled to police and prosecutors. The Salina City Court and several others in the surrounding area have been merged into a single district court location for the, pandemic, making it impossible to check the original court records, if they still exist. The memo was first published in Justice Denied, an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with Irvin Muchnick, who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case since 1992, as a benefit for a battered womens shelter. They were driving to Allentown in their purple Lincoln carand Argentino needed to relieve herself. Its hard because were talking about a human life that passed away. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. Even on the WWF side, the reaction was incredulous: What [Snuka] wants to do in Syracuse is very unusual, said ring announcer and office staffer Howard Finkel, credited as a company spokesman by the Post-Standard. Her family claimed that WWE offered them $25K following her death. Snuka, a cliff diver and bodybuilder with a vertical leap as impressive as his physique, was the WWFs newly minted top good guy. Argentino was dating World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling star James Reiher Snuka known professionally as Jimmy Superfly Snuka when she died under suspicious circumstances in 1983. Dark Side Of The Ring S02E05 Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino. Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. The DAs office and the media certainly failed to do their jobs following Snukas first horrific assault. Detective Procanyn at the time told Muchnick when quizzed about Snukas shaky defense that the evidence was inconclusive. Oh, and hed donate $1,500 his alleged purse for his return to Syracuse that same day to Sheriff John Dillons favorite charity, the Ronald McDonald House. [Photo Courtesy of The Daily Beast] Nancy Argentino was just 23 when she died in 1983 after being rushed to a hospital with a serious head injury. It became clear pretty soon that [Platt] had no intention of presenting the evidence that I amassed. Media Manager Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system . In fact, Snuka made appearances (though he barely spoke to anybody) at the Thanksgiving dinner hosted at Nancys mothers house in Brooklyn. Per Donovans statement in the, file, the guests in the adjacent room called the front desk because their neighbors were raising hell and a male was beating up a female in there., The Onondaga County Sheriffs Office file doesnt contain any trace of an explanation as to why Argentino changed her mind. There is much that is not publicly known about this case. It was none other than the then-WWE chairman and essentially the Wizard of wrestlings OzVince McMahon Jr. He was there and he knew everything about it, Snuka told a radio show host. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! I was stonewalled at every turn, Cushing said. He believed that there was enough to take it to a grand jury as a murder case, but William Platt thought otherwise. Snuka seemed to faintly recall how his knight dressed in a tailored suit saved the day while he was in a perpetual daze. Alistair McGeorge. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka had an explosive career even after the death of Nancy Argentino in 1983 until his past caught up with him 30 years later. That day, with Snukas lawyer, James Sparkes, acting as notary, she swore out an affidavit stating that she was in no way seeking prosecution against Snuka. This speculation, though, is now overshadowed by evidence that McMahon may have helped facilitate the cycle of abuse that kept Nancy Argentino in Jimmy Snukas company, and potentially gave Superfly the opportunity to kill her. Kennedy only got a two-month suspended sentence for leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury, but caused irreperable damage to any presidential ambitions that he may have had. referring to a $500,000 wrongful death suit nancy's family won in 1985. Indeed, at the hospital, Argentino signed a release form to share her medical records with the Sheriffs Department. Perhaps in an effort to rewrite history, Snuka attempts to once again clear his name in his book about how the fatal bump on the head happened. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka wrestles on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. After that meeting, investigators ruled Argentino's death an accident. The investigators had help. They blew it up, brother.), copped a plea for harassment and got a conditional discharge. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka visits "The Opie & Anthony Show" at SiriusXM studios on January 9, 2013 in New York City. Shortly after Snukas arrest in 2015, Judge Banach had issued a gag order (to not talk about the case in public) to all the attorneys involved and to Snukas and Argentinos families. Its been an exceptionally busymonth for McMahon and his company. Author Irvin Muchnick's 1992 article about the incident (later collected in his 2007 book WRESTLING BABYLON) is the most authoritative account of what happened. I didnt know him as a person, but hes a professional cohort. He instead told him that Snuka told one story, and it was perfectly consistent every time. But if he did this, this should have been settled a long time ago.". Its impossible to discern causality, too whether the explanation is simply innocent, lazy reporting, or something more sinister. After being pressed about the moment of impact Snuka told the cops he asked Argentino if she was okay and she was lucid. What? Dr. Mihalikis did not find any evidence of recent sexual contact. Its been known within the business if not exactly a topic of conversation every f*****g day that something f*****g happened.". In a contemporaneous memo, addressed from a lawyer identified as DNZ to colleague SRW (Steven R. Waxman, according to filings from the civil case), the lawyer recounts what he learned from his discussions with Platt while going over the prosecutors file, which he wasnt allowed to copy. Mick Foley spoke about Snuka, a man who inspired him to pursue a career in wrestling. In the same letter, Zemenz appears to imply that Sparkes was attempting to get the charges dropped extrajudicially, as he added that the officers felt that if any plea bargain, etc., was done[,] it more properly should come from the District Attorneys Office or the Courts. More pointedly, he stipulated, It was generally felt that this is turning into a publicity gimmick to benefit only Snuka, of which they want no part, citing the media coverage. It was attended by WWE CEO Vince McMahon, the, reported in 2013. That was a blatant lie, said Muchnick. He goes on about how he wished it hadnt happen and says I had no reason to hurt her. Nonetheless, Snuka remained forever tied to 23-year-old Argentinos untimely death on May 10, 1983. Right from the get-go, the one constant with him was he kept saying, I want the truth. All this is recorded in the police accounts. However, the, for the investigation of her murder from Pennsylvanias Whitehall Township Bureau of Police which I obtained from the same lawsuit appendix that included the New York file points to one possible reason. In terms of the Nancy situation, I asked him the question a couple of times. Picture made on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. The original investigation went cold on June 1, 1983, after prosecutors met with Jimmy Snuka and World Wrestling Federations Vince McMahon in the district attorneys office law library. I dont know what happened. The excerpts of the interview were provided by WrestlingInc.com. He testified that Snuka is a shell of a man whose brain is damaged beyond repair from years of wrestling and who was suffering from dementia that is worsening by the month.. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and girlfriend Nancy Argentino in an undated photo. Jimmy Snuka was at or near the height of his professional popularity in 1983, as his matches typically drew better responses from fans than anyone else on the roster at the time, including then WWF Champion Bob Backlund. It should also be noted that Snuka allegedly regularly abused his wife Sharon physically and sent her to the hospital five months after Argentinos death. Snuka does not understand whats going on in court and does not even remember his attorneys name. At around 4 a.m. trucks were approaching Argentino, who had found a bush to squat and pee. Indeed, contemporaneous newspaper accounts all reported Snuka as pleading down to harassment, with some mentioning his one-year conditional discharge. I would never use full force. A recent episode of an ongoing docuseries dedicated to the dark underbellyof professional wrestling tackles a mysterious death and asks,was a young woman's death anaccident or was she killed by a professional wrestling superstar? Other sources have been linked where applicable. Reached by phone yesterday, Sharon Georgi said she was having dinner. Recovering from that[,] I observed that the male had grabbed the female by her hair and was dragging her face along the wall (north) of the building. (When I reached Bronstad recently, he basically told the same story, including volunteering the detail about Snuka resuming his attack on Argentino in front of him. He adds, "Sometimes being trapped with my thoughts can be more painful than any injury Ive suffered in the ring. I enjoy them. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in their motel room in 1983, and revealing her family's 30-year struggle for justice. Nancy Argentino, seen in a family photo, was a 23-year-old from Brooklyn, N . On top of that, according to her sisters, Nancy also had her own specific value to McMahon: With Snuka being illiterate and without a drivers license, McMahon needed a driver to get him to and from shows, but with his increasingly problematic drug use and erratic behavior, other wrestlers now refused to chauffeur him around, Speculation has long swirled around McMahons involvement in the murder investigation, specifically his presence during Snukas last police interview, the contents of which unlike every other interview summary in the Whitehall file are notoriously not described in the report at all (a fact that then-Chief Frederic Conjour wrote off as nothing in the, documentary). Nancy was Italian, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 115 pounds with dark, curly hair and brown eyes. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! I dont think you erase him from memory, Chattman said. He didnt say anything to me. I just look at the whole thing as a shame because theres a loss of human life there.. All royalties from Irvin Muchnicks 1992 book JUSTICE DENIED: The Untold Story of Nancy Argentinos Death in Jimmy Superfly Snukas Motel Room are donated to organizations fighting domestic violence. Muchnick considers that to be "a blatant lie." Ill be right back as soon as I get done, as he kissed her, according to the 30-page criminal complaint. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka wrestles in a match on September 4, 1995 in New Hampshire. He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. In addition, Mihalikis absolutely did find, bruises, lacerations or other indications of a beating or prior injuries. Over two dozen, to be more specific, to the point that the report states that they could suggest mate abuse.. As the episode showed, Snukas drug use had escalated so much by 1983 that his 22-year-old mistress, Argentino, also became his pseudo-manager as nobody else wanted to deal with his alleged reckless behavior. Nancy Argentino died soon after that and despite evidence of a struggle, no one was ever charged. Her defiled face was on display in an open casket during a wake at a funeral parlor in her hometown of Flatbush, Brooklyn. That night I felt very strange. Even though he suffered from serious head trauma from his wrestling career and was perhaps suffering from dementia, he was still competent enough to hang himself after the murders. A follow-up interview with Snuka was conducted by investigatorson June 1. I dont know what happened. A year after Argentino was killed, with her family having retained lawyers from Schonwald, Schaffzin & Mullman, one of the lawyers on the case travelled to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to meet with Lehigh County District Attorney William Platt. Some additional context is needed here to truly understand where both Snuka and McMahon stood at the time. I did not have a clear-cut case. He did not express his apologies or sympathies., Snuka remembers it differently. The Lehigh County district attorney's office has refused to allow the coroner to release her autopsy report over the past three. Kyle Dunning. It is believed that Snuka delaying 12-24 hours in calling for medical help contributed greatly to the emergency staffers inability to resuscitate her. In his autobiography, Jimmy Snuka publicly admitted to drinking heavily, smoking tobacco, liberal marijuana use, ingesting cocaine and using anabolic steroids throughout his adult life. Authorities even tossed the WWE Hall of Famers tell-all autobiography as the cherry on top of the mountain of facts. The episode shineda renewed light about the mysterious death. I think Vince Jr. picked me up from the hotel and took me there. There was enough to take it before a grand jury in 1983. The latter made national headlines not so much because a married celebrity had been arrested for beating his girlfriend in a Salina, New York, motel room, but rather because Snuka fought off a cadre of deputies and police dogs from the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office in the process. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The WWE issued a statement after Snukas autobiography was published and the story about McMahon showing up with a briefcase to solve the Snuka situation when it happened in 1983, "The insinuation that a group of medical examiners, detectives, and prosecutors including two who became judges could have their integrity compromised and participate in an improper activity during the course of a meeting is absurd, categorically false and insulting to all parties. PHOTO GALLERY: The strange story of Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka and Nancy Argentino. Argentino was dating World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling star James Reiher Snuka known professionally as Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka when she died under suspicious circumstances in 1983. ). With regards to the actual events witnessed and lived by deputies at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, although the newspaper articles accurately describe the melee between Snuka and the Sheriffs Department, the deputies had much more to say than the papers reported. Procanyn, meanwhile, was no longer available at a phone number that he had been giving out last year; neither the Lehigh Valley DAs office (where he worked more recently) nor the reporter who covered his retirement had updated contacts. It was obvious. , an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with, , who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case. At first, it seemed as though Argentino was willing to pursue charges against Snuka. I think she died of a fracture to her skull. Frank M. Dattilio was a forensic psychologist hired by the defense. Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. A definitive diagnosis can only be performed during an autopsy by analyzing a persons brain under a microscope after death. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon speaks at a news conference announcing the WWE Network on January 8, 2014. He was the mouthpiece, trying to direct the conversation.. The episode shineda renewed light about the mysterious death. By using this site, you agree to the legal terms set out in ourDisclaimer, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Disclosure. Even though their decision-making is impaired, there isnt a loss as far as I can tell of the sense of right and wrong., I loved Jimmy Snuka as a fan. pointedly mentioning McMahons briefcase and dropping hints: Procanyn, meanwhile, was no longer available at a phone number that he had been giving out last year; neither the Lehigh Valley DAs office (where he worked more recently) nor the reporter, According to the contemporaneous newspaper reports, Snuka who gave an exclusive, ramblingly vague account of what happened to, The hotel manager just got a little excited. -. I didnt push [Jimmy] at all. This whole time Jimmy Snuka had claimed innocence and wrote in his autobiography, "Many terrible things have been written about me hurting Nancy and being responsible for her death, but they are not true. Jimmy Snuka and the Death of Nancy Argentino: Directed by Jason Eisener. 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