Exclusive | Black Long Island family sues wife, daughter of notorious Gambino mob boss for $50M after high school brawl

The black Long Island family allegedly assaulted by the wife and daughter of John “Junior” Gotti in a race-fueled rage at a high school basketball game have sued the mother-daughter duo for $50 million.

Jean and Crystal Etienne claim Kimberly and Gianna Gotti allegedly called their son a “f–king monkey,” “f–king faggot,” “f–king bitch,” and told him, “f–k your mother,” according to a Brooklyn Federal Court lawsuit.

The explosive February 2024 incident during the Oyster Bay vs Locust Valley game at Locust Valley High School — resulted in assault charges for Kimberly, wife of Junior and daughter-in-law of the late Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, along with her daughter Gianna.

But the case went sideways in October on a technicality and the charges were dismissed.

Kimberly’s son, Joe Gotti, was playing for Oyster Bay and Etienne’s son, identified only as S.S., was on the Locust Valley team. Both Mama Bears claimed they were trying to protect their sons from verbal abuse from the stands.

The Gottis have vehemently denied using racial slurs and insisted Crystal Etienne was the aggressor who hurled insults at their son.

But Crystal Etienne, 48, said Kimberly Gotti, 56, and Gianna, 24, were “yelling ‘shut up’ and getting in some of the faces of other children in the stands” before Crystal’s son entered the game.

“Please do not call my son. Please do not. They’re just kids,” Etienne allegedly begged the pair.

The dispute then turned physical, with Etienne allegedly suffering a head injury as the Gotti women tried to rip her wig off.

“In a fit of race fueled rage, the Gottis, along with unknown cohorts physically assaulted both Etiennes and their child,” including punching, scratching and hitting them while school officials did nothing, according to court papers.

The Etienne family further alleged that the “aggressive behavior had gone on for the whole entire game without any intervention by, direction from, or warnings from” Locust Valley Central School District officials.

The ugly, caught-on-video episode was the culmination of years of “racist and degrading” behavior at Locust Vally High School, claimed the Etiennes, a pair of wealthy business owners who live in a $6 million mansion in the tony enclave of Upper Brookville.

“Students and instructors have repeatedly voiced, and utilized electronic devices to utter racial words, including but not limited to, the ‘n’ word being played in classes,” according to court papers.

S.S. has also been falsely accused by school officials of marijuana use and assaulting a girl, the family contended.

The Gottis repeatedly rejected plea deals in the case from Nassau County prosecutors, and insisted their famous last name is what sparked criminal charges.

Their lawyer called the new lawsuit “absolute hog wash, totally frivolous and a waste of time.”

“They should leave the Gotti family alone. The case was dismissed because it had no merit,” said attorney Gerard Marrone. “Crystal started the entire fight.”

He pointed to the fact that Crystal Etienne was charged with grand larceny in 2015 for allegedly embezzling $50,000 from a car dealership where she worked. She pleaded guilty in 2016 to petty larceny and was sentenced to probation and restitution, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office.

“I guess Crystal needs $50,000 to pay the restitution she owes,” Marrone quipped, calling any allegation of racial slurs being slung in the incident “pure bullsh-t.”

Junior Gotti served six years and five months behind bars for racketeering and was the target of four federal trials between 2004 and 2009, which all ended in mistrials.

A spokeswoman for the Locust Valley Central School District declined to comment on the litigation.

A lawyer for the Etiennes declined comment.