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Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974, in Merrick, New York), is an American criminal. Dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by the press, she was convicted in 1992 of non-fatally shooting the wife of her lover, with whom she began an affair as a 16 year-old student at Kennedy High School in Bellmore. The case drew a great deal of media attention. Fisher served seven years in prison for attempted murder, and was released in 1999. She has since gone on to become a successful writer. Fisher met Joey Buttafuoco in May 1991, when she took her car to his auto shop for repairs. Shortly after that, they began a sexual affair.
Amy Elizabeth Fisher (born August 21, 1974, in Merrick, New York), is an American criminal. Dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by the press, she was convicted in 1992 of non-fatally shooting the wife of her lover, with whom she began an affair as a 16 year-old student at Kennedy High School in Bellmore. The case drew a great deal of media attention. Fisher served seven years in prison for attempted murder, and was released in 1999. She has since gone on to become a successful writer. Fisher met Joey Buttafuoco in May 1991, when she took her car to his auto shop for repairs. Shortly after that, they began a sexual affair. In August 1991, when Fisher needed money, Joey set her up to work with an escort agency. The affair continued while Fisher was working as a prostitute. Fisher apparently asked Joey to leave his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, who knew nothing of their relationship, but he refused. On May 13 1992, Fisher, then aged 17, had an accomplice drive her to the Buttafuoco's home in Massapequa, New York. She got out of the car and rang the doorbell. When Mary Jo Buttafuoco answered the door, Fisher shot her in the head on the front porch. Mary Jo was severely injured and was left paralysed on one side of her face, but nevertheless survived. The crime and the story behind it drew a great deal of interest from the press. Fisher was charged with attempted murder, and in September 1992 she was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison. Joey Buttafuoco was charged with statutory rape of Fisher, and was convicted in October 1993. He served four months in jail for the crime. Fisher served her prison sentence at the Albion Correctional Facility in New York. During her time in jail, Fisher claimed she was raped by one of the prison guards. She began a legal case against the guard and requested to be moved to a different prison. After pursuing the case for some time, she eventually dropped it after several legal setbacks, claiming that she no longer had faith that the judiciary would do anything to help her. (Charges of rape against guards at the same prison by other inmates in subsequent years led to a series of successful convictions.) In 1999, after seven years in prison, the Nassau County District Attorney consented to Fisher's original plea bargain being vacated, and a new plea entered where she was sentenced to 3-10 years, ensuring her immediate release. This was done pursuant to the wishes of Mary Jo Buttafuoco. Fisher was granted parole and released. Since her release from jail, Fisher has become a columnist for the Long Island Press. She won a Media Award for Column/News from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2004. She has written a book about her experiences, entitled If I Knew Then, which was published in 2004. She is actively involved in campaigning for prisoners' rights. Fisher was married in 2003, and has two children – Brett, born in 2001, and Ava Rose, born in 2005. Amy and Joey Buttafuoco reunited at the 2006 Lingerie Bowl for the coin toss.
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