Testimony we are going to show you here is from the federal trial held two years AFTER Tom was "saved", and with his Church members looking on, where Pastor Fred Kelly testified and his lawyer requested that Tom hold the bible (yes, imagine) while he testified, and the trial where Tom announced to the Atlanta press upon his acquittal:

(1) " But God let every lie come forward, so He could expose it with the truth. He saved the truth 'til the end to expose all the lies, " 

Now, if the above statement reflects Tom's words, which they do, and he now tells folks this in his paid for testimony and his paid for tapes and videos, where he utilizes this same statement to reflect on the same trial and offers God as his savoir, then why does his testimony today tell an opposite "story" and not THE ACTUAL VERBATIM WORDS OF TOM AT THAT TRIAL, AS STATED BELOW?

Among our allegations, and by Public Documents and Federal Court Room testimony by Tom himself prove these facts:

1- Tom was an associate of  Thomas Billoti and Not the Gambino Family, 
2- Tom's "job" (besides the job in Paul's chicken house)  was as a runabout.
3- He was never ever "Inline" for leadership.
4- Was never a soldier, OR a CAPO or Captain of a crew ( a must for someone as Tom said and testifies he was).
5- Was detested by the rank and file wiseguys for being a "yes" man to what was considered a "white collar" group of Mafia wannabes.
6- Tom was never sent away for ten years to prove he could and would "not talk"
7- Was not made at 17 years of age
8-- Tom never "took down a store front" at 15.
7- Tom NEVER EVER OWNED OR OPERATED a business in Atlanta (this also is extremely important, due to the fact this is the most substantial of his testimony!) .
9-Tom was, in reality, a gopher/body guard for a drug dealer, was dependant on the salary paid by this convicted drug dealer, and lived in a house where the RENT was paid by the same dealer
10- That Tom, in fact, was "saved" but immediately saw a profit and reverted to the con-artist he was before

A- He had been taken off the Drug Dealer's payroll, and had NO cash or business' as he now says, even Off The Books, testimony by his daughter states they were BROKE..

B-Was taken off the dealer's "rental program", after Tom began to worry about his fate with the crew of Drug Dealers he worked with, he had a falling out where his rent and salary were cut off, and right after this, Tom was "saved".

C-A federal indictment was coming down on him and he was aware that he WAS not a soldier with the mob, and the heat was getting heavy in NY with his ONLY friend, Thomas Bilotti, he HAD to find another way to SURVIVE

D- Tom's true patron, the Drug Dealer in Atlanta, was having problems from the true Gambino people bleeding him dry and was running out of cash.

So, Thomas Papanier, alias "Tommy Papania" of Staten Island: What is the truth?

To begin this Truth, and demonstrate Tom's capacity to both untruth and fraud, please take your time and read the following its entirety:

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These are from the AJC (the Atlanta Journal Constitution) reporting at the time of Tom's trial. The RED writing are comments by Rock based on Tom's present day testimony. Rock is not saying his is this innocent person, he was as involved as Tom claims to have been. But as of Jan 1993, Rock has followed the Bible in everything he does. So, let us begin:

Coppola co-defendant denies crime family ties
BYLINE: By Gail Epstein Staff Writer
DATE: 04-03-1987
PUBLICATION: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
EDITION:
SECTION: Newspapers_&_Newswires
PAGE: B/02

The testimony of Papanier, a tall, strapping man with a thick New York accent, and his wife, Margaret , contained several references to his devout Christian beliefs. Ten members of his Norcross church lined the courtroom benches, and his attorney, Alan Begner, unsuccessfully sought permission for Papanier to hold his Bible while on the witness stand.

[ rock: Margret now is going by the name Maggie Harper and was DIVORCED by Tom AFTER he became a DEACON and was MAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, her comments are further down and she said "Tom is a pathological liar"]

Papanier said he moved to Atlanta in May 1983 to work for Coppola's Jilly's rib restaurants.

[ Papanier denied being a member of the Gambino syndicate and said he moved to Atlanta to work for Coppola's Jilly's rib restaurants in 1983 to sever his informal ties with organized crime and "start my life over." By Gail Epstein Staff Writer  04-04-1987 The Atlanta Journal and Constitution]

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These are the players in the trial

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Carl Louis Coppola, 44, owner of Jilly's Inc..... Indicted for racketeering. In federal custody.

Joseph Anthony Cam, shot to death May 9, 1983, at age 43 in Fort Lauderdale area. Longtime associate of Carl Coppola and alleged partner in Jilly's.

[This is the man Tom was accused of conspiring to kill, and the one he swore on a bible that he had NOTHING to do with and the SAME one he now claims he ordered " an example made of"]

Thomas Papanier, 41, alias "Tommy Papania,"  former bodyguard for Coppola and charged in federal racketeering indictment. In federal custody.

[ in a motion to dismiss, Tom and his attorneys alleged that Thomas Papanier was NOT Tom's name! Remember, made guys, especially as high as Tom said he was, would NEVER be a "bodyguard"] }  

Alexander Biscuiti, alleged longtime associate of Coppola in drug smuggling who has testified before the grand jury concerning the alleged plot to kill Forgione. Unindicted co-conspirator identified by federal authorities as a cooperating witness.

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AJC:

For more than 13 years, law enforcement authorities followed the career of Carl Louis Coppola. But when he was kidnapped in 1982 by A LONG TIME FRIEND and when the friends body turned up six months later dumped on a Florida playground, the investigation began in earnest.

[not by a group off drug dealers as Tom alleges in his Christian Testimony , in fact, Tom alleges that the men did not KNOW Coppola }

Accused racketeer Carl Coppola, having been kidnapped and released by a business associate, was the prime suspect. [Witness] Biscuiti said tension between Coppola and Joseph Cam, Coppola's main business partner, heightened after Cam kidnapped Coppola in 1982 in a dispute over money and control of Jilly's rib restaurants and threatened to blackmail Coppola with a series of incriminating tape- recorded conversations,  according to testimony. When Coppola reneged on a promise to pay Cam $500,000, Cam repeatedly pressured Coppola for the money and threatened to kidnap Coppola's ex-wife and stepdaughter. Coppola said Cam was seeking repayment of money he  [Cam]  invested in Jilly's. [listen to your tape or video NOW!]

(in Tom's testimony he says:    "There was one man in the Mafia in Detroit, Michigan. Another one in Miami, Florida, organized and arranged this whole thing, and they hired three drug dealers to kidnap him."}

Coppola described in graphic detail his 1982 kidnapping by Cam, Frank Pilara and Randall Sanford. ... Coppola testified that after his rescue by Fulton County police, and while Pilara was still at large, he turned for help to Forgione, who was connected to a Detroit organized crime family. Coppola said he met with syndicate representatives from Chicago, Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, who "pretty much told me I had to come up with some money to settle the thing. Coppola said he agreed to pay $600,000 to the families or their representatives and $250,000 to Cam in exchange for Cam's stock in Jilly's.

 TOMS PRESENT TESTIMONY:

"And I got a phone call from the man in Florida, who originally called me. And he said, "Have you heard about Carl?" And I just received some money a few weeks ago, and I didn't hear anything. And I said, "No". He said he was kidnapped by some drug dealers. And they want a million dollars or they're going to kill him. He said, "Do you think you can help him?" ""Well, he's not a drug dealer. Drug dealers kidnapped him." So, I said I would help. The position that I had, and the networking, the contacts that I had, within 72 hours I found out who was behind the kidnapping, who kidnapped him. I knew the whole story. There was one man in the Mafia in Detroit, Michigan. Another one in Miami, Florida, organized and arranged this whole thing, and they hired three drug dealers to kidnap him. I called these two men, and I asked them to meet with me. They met with me. And we sat down and I asked them about this kidnapping. And they were really proud about it. They were telling me how easy it went, and they had this man. And they were sure that they were going to get the million dollars. And they were probably going to kill him anyway, because he was a nobody. And that's when I surprised them. I said, "He's not a nobody, he's with me. And I own a percentage of the restaurant." I said, "Now, I want him set free immediately. And I want an example set of those three men [Joseph Cam was murdered] that kidnapped him. And if an example is not set, I'm coming back here and setting an example with the two of you. I got home. Within two days, I was told two of the kidnappers were found dead in the street with bullets in the back of their heads. The third man had evidently seen his two friends were killed, and he just ran away and went into hiding. The man that owned the restaurant called me up and said, "Tom, I understand it was you that got me set free. I don't know how I can ever thank you." I said, "I do. We're going to increase my percentage in your business." Increased it. It went up a lot more each month.

[ notice, Toms testimony today states that "he was kidnapped by some drug dealers" and " I knew the whole story. There was one man in the Mafia in Detroit, Michigan. Another one in Miami, Florida, organized and arranged this whole thing, and they hired three drug dealers to kidnap him." when in FACT, EVERYONE in the "know"  knew it was Coppola's friend and associate that kidnapped him and it was over MONEY. AND he was released because he agreed to pay Cam $500.000. Tom had NOTHING to do with his being set free nor the eventual murder of Cam, even though he explicitly takes credit today. And, testimony demonstrated that Copolla sought protection from MOBSTERS AFTER THE KIDNAPPING and was NOT paying ANYONE ANY MONEY BEFORE THE KIDNAPPING!. imagine this after you read the truth: Of the three men who kidnapped Coppola, one died of NATURAL causes and only Cam was shot.. So?? Can you see this is a lie by Tom? .]

ACTUAL TESTIMONY REPORTED BY THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION:

While Coppola's hearing was going on, defense attorney Alan Begner was in the next-door courtroom urging U.S. Magistrate John R. Strother to free Papanier on bond. Papanier is charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

TOM SAYS TODAY:

"And as I started reading the indictment, I saw I was charged with two murders, distributing a hundred kilos of cocaine a week from Atlanta to New York, charged with racketeering, and so many other things. And I looked at the indictment, and I said, "God," I said, 'this is all a mistake'."

and

In the end there were six of us who were charged with all these different crimes. They read off the first five names first. Everyone was found guilty. I had seventeen charges against me.

Now, this is TOM'S PRESENT STORY! He says this is what he thought and said BACK THEN! Just read the above statement and read that he was charged with what he is taking credit for today, even though all records and facts show he was INNOCENT then and now? So, why would he lie today? In fact, below you will discover another individual acquitted also!

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AJC:

Forgione, president of a Broward County, Fla., labor union, had arranged organized crime protection for Coppola after he was kidnapped in November 1982, according to Biscuiti. Coppola hatched the plot to kill Forgione after Forgione threatened to take over some of Coppola's Jilly's restaurants in lieu of payment for the protection debt, said Biscuiti, a cooperating witness.

[now, does this say Tom Papania or Papanier? Tom says TODAY it was HE who got the protection for Coppola! So, is Tom a liar? ]

and

To pay protection money to the Chicago organized crime syndicate, Biscuiti testified, Coppola flew to the Bahamas in January 1983 and withdrew $300,000 in cash from a bank account in the name of his former wife, Rachel Coppola.

[now, once more it was " Forgione " and NOT Papania who arranged protection after Coppola was kidnapped and it was " Forgione " AND the Chicago "Outfit" , with NO affiliation to Gambino that was collecting the CASH and NOT Papania. recall Tom's Present Testimony:   "I now had more interest [owned more] than [Coppola] him"]

TOM:

The man that owned the restaurant called me up and said, "Tom, I understand it was you that
got me set free. I don't know how I can ever thank you." I said, "I do. We're going to increase
my percentage in your business." Increased it. It went up a lot more each month

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AJC:

Regarding the murders, Papanier denied plotting with Coppola to kill associates Daniel Forgione and Joseph Cam. Instead, as Coppola had done, Papanier pointed the finger at a key prosecution witness who implicated both accused racketeers in the South Florida murders.

[Tom NOW says he ORDERED an example made of Joseph Cam --the kidnapper of Coppola , but the truth is, HE NEVER had ANY thing to do with this murder that he testifies to today. DO SOME OF US NOT GET IT? this is after he was "saved" and with the very same Pastor Kelly, Tom's "pastor ",    who continues to support and promote tom RIGHT THERE IN THE COURT ROOM!   ]

TOM:

I knew the whole story. There was one man in the Mafia in Detroit, Michigan. Another one in Miami, Florida, organized and arranged this whole thing, and they hired three drug dealers to kidnap him. I called these two men, and I asked them to meet with me. They met with me. And we sat down and I asked them about this kidnapping. And they were really proud about it. They were telling me how easy it went, and they had this man. And they were sure that they were going to get the million dollars. And they were probably going to kill him anyway, because he was a nobody. And that's when I surprised them. I said, "He's not a nobody, he's with me. And I own a percentage of the restaurant." I said, "Now, I want him set free immediately. And I want an example set of those three men [Joseph Cam was murdered] that kidnapped him. And if an example is not set, I'm coming back here and setting an example with the two of you."

I got home. Within two days, I was told two of the kidnappers were found dead in the street with bullets in the back of their heads. The third man had evidently seen his two friends were killed, and he just ran away and went into hiding. The man that owned the restaurant called me up and said, "Tom, I understand it was you that got me set free. I don't know how I can ever thank you." I said, "I do. We're going to increase my percentage in your business." Increased it. It went up a lot more each month

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AJC

The government is not alleging Papanier is a member of the Mafia

[notice, the Government KNEW Tom was NOT a member of the MOB!]

 EXCERPTS FROM TOM'S TAPES AND VIDEOS STATE:

"You know, Tom, I've been in jails and I've seen many people." And he said, "But, you're different than other people." And I looked at him and laughed. I said, "Of course, I'm different. I'm the third highest in the Gambino family....

I'm much different than the people here." And he said, "No, I'm not talking about that." He said, "What are you planning on doing when you get out in the next few months?" And I looked at him, and I said, "I've got a few hundred people working for me, and I've got about forty businesses I'm controlling. I've got millions of dollars. What do you think I'm doing when I get out? It's business as usual."

 And, to top off this outright Christian Supported Fraud:

http://ganglandnews.com

Subject: Re: Information Please
Date: Tues, 23 Mar 99 23:02:08 -0700
From: Jerry Capeci <capeci@ganglandnews.com>
To: Michael <EDITED> <EDITED>

its tom papania and he's a small time hood from statan island ny who's making a career for himself by telling tall tales and selling tapes as a man of god. he was never a member of the gambino family and i doubt he ever saw paul castellano in his life.