Comparison With Vincent Della Pesca
DeSimone was portrayed in the movie The Hurricane as "Lt. Vincent Della Pesca", an obsessed racist out to get Rubin Carter 7. There is no evidence that this is a correct description of DeSimone, and the partial disclaimer in the movie credits states, "some characters have been composites or invented, and a number of incidents fictionalized."6. Unlike the character in the film:
- DeSimone had never met Carter before the murders, and so had not hounded him as a child. 3 4
- DeSimone could not have threatened Carter's Canadian supporters immediately prior to the 1985 federal hearing, since he died in 1979. 1 3
- Obviously, he couldn't be present at the 1985 trial, either. 1 3
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