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MAFIA PRINCESS

Larry Potash, Reporter
January 20, 2006

Going underground can mean two things when you’re in the mob–one involves a shovel and possibly a brief ride in (the trunk of) a Cadillac; the other involves life on the run from the FBI. Neither is a great option.

Joey “the Clown” Lombardo lived the latter. The reputed mob boss pleaded not guilty in Chicago Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy that includes accusations of murder. His capture after months on the lam seems to be the final chapter in one mafia era.

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For Georgia Durante, that mafia era still lives, at least in the pages of her mafia-princess memoirs, which I recently read. Not only does she claim to have been friends (and sometimes a lover) with men in the New York outfit, but she also drove the getaway car on occasion. In her book, “The Company She Keeps,” she claims to have survived an abusive husband and outwitted a stalker who was ready to shoot her in bed. Then she became a stunt-driver, (stunt-double for Cindy Crawford) and survived a spectacular cliffside crash in a Ferrari. Durante is a survivor. I corresponded with her this week.

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