Mick Gatto Biography
Mick Gatto is a debt collector and a professional mediator in the Victorian building business. During the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, Gatto was designated as a standover witness.
How old is Mick Gatto? – Age
He is 67 years old as of 6 August 2022. He was born in 1955 in Parkville, Australia. His real name is Domenic Gatto.
Mick Gatto Family
Gatto, the son of two Italian immigrants from Calabria, grew up in Melbourne and began working in the fruit and vegetable industry.
Who is Mick Gatto married to?
He is married to Cheryle Gatto, who is a Current Affair.
Mick Gatto Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Mick Gatto Underbelly
Gatto was represented by actor Simon Westaway in the Australian TV drama series Underbelly, which was based on the Melbourne gangland killings, then by Luke McKenzie in the second series.
Mick Gatto Murder
Gatto was indicted on a murder charge in 2004 for the alleged underworld assassin Andrew Veniamin. For 18 months, Gatto was remanded in custody. During the trial, Gatto claimed he had acted in self-defense after Veniamin pulled out a.38 and threatened to kill him. He was found not guilty. According to Gatto, he was able to turn the gun around on Veniamin during the struggle and fire one shot into his neck and one shot into his eye. He also said that Veniamin had said that he was responsible for the deaths of Dino Dibra, Paul Kallipolitis, and Graham Kinniburgh during the argument.
At the time Vince Benvenuto was charged with killing Victor Peirce in 2002, it was alleged that Gatto had connections to both men and to Faruk Orman, who was later found not guilty of Peirce’s murder but acquitted in 2019. Gatto never faced any charges.
Mick Gatto Career
It was revealed during the Cole Royal Commission hearings that Gatto helped settle some business disputes. Witnesses testified that David “the Rock” Hedgcock, Gatto’s business associate, had been involved in resolving labor relations issues in the construction industry. “…he expressed some concerns about his safety, that people associated with this deal were the sorts of people that break legs…” Gatto and Hedgcock’s solicitor rejected any implication that they had used threats or intimidation. One witness, a representative of Baulderstone Hornibrook, expressed the fears of a colleague. In his 2002 testimony before the Royal Commission, Gatto vehemently denied being a standover man and asserted that the inquiry was using him as a scapegoat.
In 2012, Sydney neurosurgeon Dr. Charlie Teo established the Cure for Life Foundation, which Gatto helped raise money for. In 2019, when The Sydney Morning Herald contacted Dr. Teo’s office about his alleged sexual harassment of colleagues in Arkansas, United States, the relationship between Gatto, an underworld figure, and Dr. Teo, a medical professional, was further substantiated. One of Gatto’s associates received a response within 24 hours.
Gatto was arrested in 2016 on charges of possessing a firearm and ammunition without a license and possessing an unregistered firearm.
The Napthine government revoked his fight promotion license, citing his past as a boxing promoter. Gatto claimed in 2014 that over the course of ten years, he had raised more than $4.5 million for charity. In 2017, it was alleged that Gatto assisted in resolving Stephen Dank’s and the Essendon Football Club supplements controversy’s resolution.
Gatto settled a long-running dispute with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), according to reports in April 2017. It was asserted that Gatto and his family owed $15 million to the ATO; and that the dispute would be settled for less than $4 million by both parties. Gatto was said to have sold his Lower Plenty home for $4.1 million to pay the ATO. Additionally, Gatto and his family own a home on Mount Martha, which is located on the Mornington Peninsula.
In 2020, Gatto filed a lawsuit against The Australian Broadcasting Corporation for defamation. Gatto claimed that the article portrayed him as “one of Australia’s most violent criminals” and a “murderer.” “Far from being distorted, the article was entirely accurate and correlated with what occurred in those parts of the Proceedings which were reported,” Justice Andrew Keogh wrote in his ruling in support of the ABC in 2021.