Jessie Buttafuoco grew up in Long Island, New York, experiencing what she thought was an idyllic childhood. Her father Joey Buttafuoco spoiled her with toys and gifts he claimed had “fallen off a truck.” Her dad also did trips to “Disneyworld,” when he was really doing drug rehab. Even as a young girl, Jessie sensed the mental stress her mother was under. Jessie tried to cheer up her mother, well before she learned about the insanity all around her.
