Arlyne Weiss Grew Up On The Lower East Side Of Manhattan, The Daughter Of A Jewish Mobster Who Ran An Auto Sales Business As A Front. From A Young Age, She Idolized Virginia Hill, The Girlfriend Of Gangster Bugsy Siegel, And Aspired To What She Saw As A Glamorous And Exciting Life. After A Brief Marriage To A Furrier Named Norman Brickman, She Achieved Her Goal And Then Some, Inserting Herself Into The Lives Of Dozens Of Wise Guys - Italian Mobsters Were Her Preference - And Becoming Addicted To The Rush Of Danger And Lawlessness. But After Years Of Violence, A Brutal Gang Rape, And Finally, Threats Against Her Daughter, She Turned The Tables On Those Who Betrayed Her And Became A Government Informant, Wearing A Wire And Ultimately Becoming A Major Witness In The Government's Successful Case Against The Colombo Crime Family, Bringing Down The Notorious Anthony Scarpeti.