Amy Fisher is known for being an American actress and writer. Over the years, she has worked on several projects and her determination has earned her a net worth of $200 thousand. Amy is mainly known as “Long Island Lolita” by the media.
Talking about her popularity, she hit the spotlight after she was charged with first-degree murder. The case was on the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco, and it happened in 1992. Amy was found guilty and sentenced to around 10 years in jail. However, she was released six ears later on parole.
Amy was released in 1999 and she went on to become a columnist for Long Island Press and that’ how she earned her popular name. Let’s discuss more about her life.
Early Life of Amy Fisher
Amy Fisher is an American woman born in Merrick, New York. She was born on August 21, 1974 to Roseann Fosher and Elliot. Amy’s father was Jewish. Other insights about her early life and childhood remain in the dark.
Amy attended Kennedy High School in Bellmore and that’s when she met 35-year-old Joey Buttafuoco. The two met in 1990 and Amy was only 16 years old. The encounter happened when Amy accompanied her father to take his car to Buttafuoco’s auto body shop.
Amy even later on opened up intentionally damaging her car as a way to ensure she could manage to meet Buttafuoco in the auto body shop while fixing the car. She even disclosed that the two had an affair while she was still underage.
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While in their conversations, Buttafuoco occasionally opened up to Amy about how his wife. He had many complaints about her and he would insinuate of how he would appreciate of someone could kill his wife.
Unknowingly, Buttafuoco was planting a seed in Amy’s mind and in her quest to please him, she forged a plan to kill his wife for him. Amy went ahead to obtain a 25-caliber handgun with the help of a Peter Guagenti who was a supply salesman and her getaway driver.
Amy visited Mary Jo Buttafuoco and knocked on her door. She the introduced herself and told Mary Jo of how her imaginary younger sister was having an affair with her husband. She didn’t disclose that it was her and she even showed him a branded t-shirt as proof.
Mary Jo got furious and opened the door for Amy to leave. Amy then took out the gun and hit Mary Jo on the right side of her head. The gun went off and a bullet hit Mary. That’s how Amy got into a court case and found her way in prison.
Amy Fisher’s Net Worth
Amy built her career after prison. She worked on becoming an American writer ad actress and is still scaling the ladder to see what the future holds. Her path wasn’t the smoothest but she has managed to achieve a thing or two. Her net worth as of 2024 is $200 thousand.
