Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. ), 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. ). I want to make clear that I only pushed her away to keep her from hitting me. 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. Some outlets inexplicably found humor in it: , for example, glosses over the underlying domestic violence, choosing to frame Snuka violently resisting arrest in joking terms like a pro wrestling match, using phrases such as the match was on and a nine-deputy tag-team. Local media wasnt much better, with, running with the headline, Police, Dogs Win Round.. With Sam Fatu, Valerie Franzen, Jim Garfield, Chris Jericho. PHOTO GALLERY: The strange story of Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka and Nancy Argentino. 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 (emphasis mine). Obviously, there was enough there to arouse my suspicion but not enough to take it to trial., Mihalakis would later say, Just because she was beaten doesnt mean she was beaten to death.. Died? June 1st, 2016: Almost six months after being tried for third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, Judge Kelly L. Banach determined that Jimmy Snuka was not mentally fit to assist his defense. After being informed of her ex-husbands murder charges, she told The Daily Beast, I have nothing further to offer.. That might change as prosecutors announced on Tuesday that a grand jury will review the case which has long cast suspicion on Snuka. She said, "Justice suffers after 30 years because everything decays.". I enjoy them. Ive never heard of anything like it before.. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka enters Lehigh County Court following his attorney Robert Kirwan, II, right, to argue he has the right to have a preliminary hearing in the 1983 murder of his girlfriend in a Whitehall Township motel. All day Snuka claims that he returned to the hotel between TV shoots to check on Argentino. This was a week after District Attorney Jim Martin announced he was re-opening the case. Its impossible to discern causality, too whether the explanation is simply innocent, lazy reporting, or something more sinister. As she did, I moved in front of the doorway and the male ran towards me and struck me in the chest area with his left forearm and pushed me against the wall. Hamilton mentioned the case of Chris Benoit in 2007 who reportedly killed his wife and son. 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. We tried to talk some sense into her but she went back on the road with him, Salome said. Then there were Snukas shifting renditions of what led to Argentinos demise. New information has surfaced regarding the death of Nancy Argentino. Due to COVID-19 and current government mandated impacts on WWE and the media business generally, the Company went through an extensive evaluation of its operations over the past several weeks,, from the company reads. ", Argentinos oldest sister, Lorraine Salome, remembers differently. If you bring up pro wrestling to someone from the Northeast whose fandom peaked around this time, theyll inevitably: 1) gush about Superfly being their favorite; and 2) reminisce about imitating him by jumping off their bed or dresser. It became clear pretty soon that [Platt] had no intention of presenting the evidence that I amassed. Finally, Dr. Mihalikis did not find any unusual amounts of dirt, gravel or other substances on Ms. Argentinos clothing. Indeed, at the hospital, Argentino signed a release form to share her medical records with the Sheriffs Department. Snuka was big money, and with McMahon in the process of plotting a national expansion for his regional promotion their initial trip to California was several weeks away McMahon needed big money for everything he had planned. Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. I think Vince Jr. picked me up from the hotel and took me there. Check out his weekly wrestling history podcast, Between The Sheets, on all major podcast platforms, and subscribe to his Substack at BabyfacevHeel.com. When I woke her up, I picked her up and said, Are you okay, honey? And Argentino apparently replied, Yeah, but its just my head, my bump.. , 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. I went online, and there was a lot of stuff that I also heard that I took to him. , 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. One of the then-WWF's biggest stars, Jimmy Snuka, was present at the Allentown, Pennsylvania motel where Argentino suffered the traumatic brain injuries that ended her life after just 23 years. Ill say that much. 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. The only thing I know for sure is that I didnt hurt Nancy.. Then, he along with his (since deceased) handler Buddy Rogers, beelined it to the exit vowing Ill come back for the church [service]., He never showed, Argentinos oldest sister Lorraine Salome told The Daily Beast. , obtained from U.S. 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 manager would quickly reply that the much larger figure one which amounts to almost $66,000 with inflation wasnt an issue. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2017 after his death, which actually contradicts those reports. She was staying in a motel room with Jimmy Snuka in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. On that date, Nancy Argentino, girlfriend of Jimmy Snuka, was declared dead in a Lehigh Valley Hospital. But its a touchy subject. A Lehigh County judge has dropped homicide charges against Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka after viewing the former WWE wrestler's medical records. The Lehigh County district attorney's office has refused to allow the coroner to release her autopsy report over the past three. In August 2015: Carole, the third wife of Jimmy Snuka, says that he has stomach cancer. Homicide charges against Snuka in the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino, 23, in a Whitehall Township motel, have been dismissed after Snuka was ruled incompetent to stand trial. Patreon: https://goo.gl/hFwQbF Many More Videos: https://goo.gl/p1cRZN My Twitter Page --- http://bit.ly/1Pes74s My Facebook Page --- http://on.fb.me/1U9C3o. 11:02, 2 Sep 2015; Snuka, having lost his physical green card in 2007, began the process to get a new one, which included a new criminal background check. But if he did this, this should have been settled a long time ago.". Eerily, Salome recalled feeling restless that night. In the end, I paid a fine and the charges were dropped., It was after that party that Argentinos family tried to convince her to kick Snuka to the curb. It was a very worrisome case. I respect them. [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. Even the incident with Roddy Piper smashing a coconut on Snukas head was used! 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. He was suffering from stomach cancer and other ailments. I love women, he writes. They blew it up, brother.) copped a plea for harassment and got a conditional discharge. 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.. They were driving to Allentown in their purple Lincoln carand Argentino needed to relieve herself. But Tarzan never faced a murder rap. , an ebook that Argentinos sisters collaborated on with, , who had been doing the seminal reporting on the case. The Genius Cast with Lanny Poffo (2018-19), HOMAGE.com Our favorite in retro wrestling attire! "He came there in shorts and didnt say anything to my mother. Three weeks after The Morning Call published the story recalling the death of Nancy Argentino and revealing an autopsy report and police interviews never seen by the public, Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin asked Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher and Detective Gerry Procanyn "if theres anything to be gained by opening a grand jury investigation." This again was, according to Argentinos oldest sister. 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. Nancy Argentino, in happier times. Senior Deputy District Attorney Craig Sheetz pointed to medical records showing that Snuka had an appointment with a concussion specialist on January 29, 2014. He has also been published on Slam Wrestling and in G-FAN Magazine. -. Charges were not immediately pressed at the time against Jimmy Snuka though the case was left officially open. It is considered one of the most authoritative accounts of what happened to Nancy Argentino. Finally, I just kept looking at her and trying to talk to her and she didnt even respond like when I left. During one of the hearings, prosecutors noted Snuka did not begin complaining of head trauma until after he learned he was under investigation. They definitely do not want any tickets reserved for them for the April 7th wrestling match and would not attend. Its hard because were talking about a human life that passed away. 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. The case seemed all but forgotten by the general public until interest was renewed in 2013, when the Morning Call did an anniversary story on Argentinos death. Detective Procanyn at the time told Muchnick when quizzed about Snukas shaky defense that the evidence was inconclusive. Though the records check from the Sheriffs Office matched the four known charges, the Certificate of Conviction from the court says he pled guilty to Assault 3rd while being sentenced to his one-year conditional discharge. The cops just didnt give me the chance to explain. Dattilio testified Snuka was unable to recall many of the debilitating injuries that led to his head trauma but did recount the shocking incident mentioned above, which he says left him dizzy and disoriented. Snuka, a married man, had returned from a World Wrestling Federation taping at the Allentown Fairgrounds to find Argentino gasping for air and oozing yellow fluid from her mouth and nose.". 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. In addition, Mihalikis absolutely, 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., But the revelation that if we take Procanyns contemporaneous interview with Bronstad and Romanenko at face value Vince McMahon may have been one of these failures is something that, in 2020, casts her death in a different light. Documentary. A nurse observed Snukas strange demeanor when he visited Argentinos room after she was admitted at Lehigh Valley Hospital Centers ER. The stakes were high. Specifically, those other incidents of domestic abuse were that of Snuka hospitalizing his then-wife Sharon in September 1983 (no charges filed, but testified to by both Sharon and then-neighbor Debbie Rogers); and Snukas January 18, 1983 arrest for beating Argentino. Dattilio told Judge Kelly L. Banach that tests show Snukas brain is shrinking, causing serious memory loss. If you missed it, the immediate things you need to know are that Argentino died of, ; that Snuka initially told a variety of stories that involved pushing her, only to change his tune claiming she slipped and fell at the side of the road . Only after Nancy was killed did we learn that he was married and it was a total shock that he was living this double life, Argentinos sister Lorraine Salome added. Nancy Argentino, seen in a family photo, was a 23-year-old from Brooklyn, N . I never wanted to harm her. The DAs office and the media certainly failed to do their jobs following Snukas first horrific assault. But her family thought they were more an item. Former professional wrestling star Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. He argued Snukas head trauma had progressed to the point where he couldnt understand what was happening in a courtroom and commented that his private doctors detected memory impairment in him as early as 2010 and that Snuka might develop CTE in the future. I moved to the other side of the doorway and saw a woman on the bed against the north wall of the room lying down crying and huddled in a fetal position, added Bronstad, in his own affidavit. 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. And Tarzan likely never took steroids, boozed or binged on cocaine like The Superfly admitted he had. Police say he also battled with responding police. Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka arrives for the second day of a competency hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse on Wednesday, May18, 2016. It also chillingly recontextualizes something that, according to Muchnicks reporting, McMahon told the Argentino familys initial attorney, Richard Cushing, in 1983. I want the whole story. It was never one of those deals where We must put this in,' Chattman recalled. Mick Foley spoke about Snuka, a man who inspired him to pursue a career in wrestling. 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. Instead, Snuka just stared ahead. Investigating the mysterious story of Jimmy Snuka, whose girlfriend Nancy Argentino died in . The couple were even hatching plans to purchase a New Jersey townhouse together. Trying to prove that Jimmy Snuka was mentally and physically capable of standing trial, the prosecutors showed fliers from charity events that Snuka attended during times the psychologist said he showed signs of dementia. 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. 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. The trouble is the brawler allegedly inflicted multiple beatdowns on his wife. A follow-up interview with Snuka was conducted by investigatorson June 1. Media Manager Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system . Frank M. Dattilio was a forensic psychologist hired by the defense. 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. It was 4 a.m and I was already up. This helps us provide free content for you to enjoy! [Argentino] was evidently beaten up and banged up and bruised upyou know, a couple of dozen bruises and cuts on her body, besides a fractured f*****g skull in a wrestlers hotel room that had just been previously arrested, in the f*****g same state I believe, about 6 months beforehand by eight cops and two police dogs for beating up the same girl!, Cornette continued, Even in Snukas book, he wrote that Vince [McMahon] came to represent him at the meeting, which everyone agrees on, but Vince was carrying a briefcase! Feel free to discuss this on the Pro Wrestling Stories Facebook and Twitter pages. Nancy was Italian, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 115 pounds with dark, curly hair and brown eyes. Still, Judge Robert Steinberg, an assistant district attorney at the time, was there and remembered that McMahon did all the talking but was cooperative. This has been very hard on me and very hard on my family I never hit Nancy or threatened her. Specifically, those other incidents of domestic abuse were that of Snuka hospitalizing his then-wife Sharon in September 1983 (no charges filed, but testified to by both Sharon and then-neighbor Debbie Rogers); and Snukas January 18, 1983 arrest for beating Argentino. 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. After being pressed about the moment of impact Snuka told the cops he asked Argentino if she was okay and she was lucid. Jimmy Snuka and Nancy Argentino returned to the George Washington Motor Lodge hotel after a WWF taping at the Allentown, PA fairgrounds. My client would have liked to clear his name, and there was never a doubt in my mind that a jury would have acquitted him if hed been well enough to stand trial., The judge dismissed the charges by saying that she was satisfied that Jimmy Snuka would not regain competency, and "it would be unjust to resume the prosecution.". 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. I remember Vince McMahon being what Vince McMahon has always been very effusive. As the docuseries points out, there was another passenger in the car with them who doesnt recall any fall. She was going to come home for that weekend, Salome said. This is the disturbing story of Nancy Argentino, who was once the lover of professional wrestler Superfly Jimmy Snuka. 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. Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka arrives for day four of his competency hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse in Allentown on June 1, 2016. He filed for bankruptcy, and the family never got any restitution. That was a blatant lie, said Muchnick. Complicating matters is Snukas alien file, obtained from U.S. Take Dr. Isidore Mihalakiss autopsy report noting that the multiplicity and magnitude of Nancy Argentinos dozen or more craniocerbral blows may even be suggestive of mate abuse and that this case should be investigated as a homicide until proven otherwise.. Ultimately, this legal matter will be decided by our judicial system. If that was The Superfly Splash, it was the geriatric version, Kirwan said. The male was forcing the female back towards room #1 while the female was yelling for help., After seeing this, Donovan finally called the Sheriffs Department. They do not want a public apology and would not be a part of it, replied Lieutenant Paul Zemenz, the officers supervisor, in a letter sent back to Sparkes. Current contact information for Platt couldnt be located, while the Lehigh County District Attorneys Office didnt respond to an email about the discovery, beyond saying that they were forwarding it to current DA Jim Martin. 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. What else could I possibly say.. In a moment that, with hindsight, should have been the crossroads where someone intervened to help Argentino, the assembled media largely failed her, refusing to take her story seriously enough to tell it properly. Her family claimed that WWE offered them $25K following her death. As those in the center of the true crime/wrestling fan Venn diagram will likely be aware, VICE TVs 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. Snuka definitely says he saw Argentino hit the ground. ", After Snuka was charged with third-degree murder, Jim Cornette questioned, "Why doesnt someone really start investigating more about why nothing got done for 30 years when there was all of this evidence and conflicting stories? 4 a.m and I was already up became clear pretty soon that [ Platt ] had no of. 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