Mary Jo Buttafuoco
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About
Self-Help Author and ex-wife of Joey Buttafuoco, who was shot in the face by her husband's mistress, Amy Fisher, in 1992. She published Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned, and What Millions of People Involved with Sociopaths Need to Know in 1999.
Before fame
She says that Fisher didn't threaten her or reveal the gun until she was shot. She had no idea what was going on when it happened.
Trivia
She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 to discuss the attempt on her life and her facial reconstructive surgery. Her story has helped raise awareness about facial paralysis.
Family life
Her children are Jessica and Paul Buttafuoco.
Associated with
She and Amber Frey are both writers whose lives were turned upside down by a crime.
