My Criminal Father Groomed Me to Take Over His Empire

Sonny Malvolio grew up inside a world most chiIdren only see in movies. His father was a professional criminal who escaped prison, fled with the family to Mexico, gave his chiIdren new identities, and began grooming Sonny to become part of his criminal empire. From doing payroll at eight years old to living surrounded by g*ns, v*olence, paranoia, and fear, Sonny shares how the unthinkable became normal, and what it took to finally reclaim his autonomy and begin building a life of his own.

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Watch Sonny’s sister, Zett’s interview here: https://youtu.be/0P4lLEmxbSA?si=4e3PnmEy8KeYq8OM
Watch Sonny and his sister Zett on Soft White Underbelly - “A Fugitive ChiIdhood”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W30a0dbt7A

00:00:00 — INTRO
00:01:53 — Meet Sonny
00:03:31 — Growing Up With a Professional Criminal
00:05:06 — A Deeply Religious Mother Living a Double Life
00:06:39 — Exorcisms, Demons & Chaos at Home
00:08:27 — His Father’s Brutal Discipline
00:11:12 — Being Groomed to Become a Criminal
00:12:30 — Visiting His Father in Prison
00:15:08 — The Night Everything Changed
00:18:47 — His Father Escapes Prison
00:20:05 — G*ns Hidden Under the Seats
00:23:31 — His Siblings Were Left Behind
00:25:56 — Fleeing to Mexico
00:26:06 — Arriving During the Mexico City Earthquake
00:27:15 — Being Given a New Identity
00:28:59 — Property Put in the ChiIdren’s Names
00:29:36 — Doing Payroll at Eight Years Old
00:30:29 — The ChiIdren Become Money Mules
00:32:37 — Boarding Schools & Military Academies
00:49:20 — Trying to Separate From the Criminal Life
01:01:01 — Realizing He Needed to Escape
01:01:43 — “Grab a Weapon”
01:04:40 — Being Used in His Father’s Schemes
01:07:43 — His Father Pulls a G*n on Him
01:07:57 — “Screw This. I’m Out.”
01:19:28 — His Father Tries to Pull Him Back In
01:20:45 — “I’m a Ghost in the System”
01:17:43 — Linda, listen
01:22:17 — Fighting to Get His Identity Back


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