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“Why Do They Say You’re Part Of The Mob?” - Joey Merlino BREAKS SILENCE On Philly Mob Boss Rumors

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Joey Merlino pushes back on decades of mob rumors, calling it all “fake news” while defending his past, his reputation, and his loyalty to people in prison. In a heated exchange, he takes aim at informants, media narratives, and what he sees as a broken justice system.

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0:30.1

If the average guy wants to know who's Joey Morrino, what would you say?

0:33.3

I'm a cheese state guy.

0:34.8

You're a cheese state guy? Yeah, I'm for the people. I'm a no mob. Listen, that sells movies. That's what they, you know, it's, that's what the media does. The media does it. So the media says you're part of the mob. You've never been part of the mob. No, I'm nothing. No. No. So why do they make documentaries and talk about you? Why do they, you know, write books about you? Why do they, you know, and all these shows talk about, you know, the boss, you know, previously with Natale, previously with all these, why did they talk about your name all the time? Natali's the biggest liar ever. That's why I got mad at you because you had him on the show. I had him on the show. He got very mad at him. Yeah. He's an habitual liar. He was an habitual drug dealer. The only way he'd get out of jail is because of me. That's it. He would have died in jail. He got his whole family involved with drugs. He got his son-in-law involved with drugs.

1:29.6

The guy who married his daughter,

1:33.6

would I want my son-in-law to deal drugs?

1:36.8

I want my son-in-law to be a doctor or whatever, whatever he does.

1:40.6

He got his whole family involved with drugs, his son-in-law.

1:42.3

And they were never getting out of jail.

1:43.5

He was going to die.

1:47.8

Yeah, he, when he and I sat down,

1:54.6

he was very critical of Leonetti and very critical of you in a big way.

1:59.2

But he said, you guys were in prison together when he became the boss,

2:00.2

if I'm not mistaken.

2:01.4

The boss of what?

2:02.0

Boss of the family. Yeah, I was in jail with him.

2:03.0

Yeah.

2:18.8

He's a nut. The guy's a nut. What was he like? I mean, I know he died a couple years ago, but what was he like? He was a good talk. He was a, he was a salesman. He was a good bullshitter. Ralph? Yeah. Was he a tough guy? Was he a capable guy? Was he a known guy?

2:19.8

I met him in jail.

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