Drita D’Avanzo, an Albanian-American reality television personality, gained global recognition after she starred in the VH1 series Mob Wives. The lives of NYC women whose husbands are incarcerated are the subject of the television series. D’Avanzo’s ugly phone altercation with her husband generated a lot of publicity during her stint on the show.
D’Avanzo has concentrated on developing a profession as a makeup artist after the VH1 program ended. With more than a million followers on Instagram, she has been marketing herself as a certified cosmetics artist. Her followers are constantly interested in learning about her marriage to her spouse, even after the show ends.
Additionally, Drita D’Avanzo’s husband was charged with five years in prison for gun possession in August 2020.
How is Drita D’Avanzo’s husband’s married life going?
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In any case, Lee D’Avanzo and the 44-year-old reality personality have been wed for almost 20 years. Daughters Aleeya D’Avanzo and Gizelle D’Avanzo are the couple’s offspring.
Due to Lee’s incarceration, Drita and Lee have spent relatively little time together throughout their more than 20 years of marriage. Lee is one of the most well-known criminals in the US.
According to reports, in 2001 Lee was regarded as the leader of the mafia farm squad known as “The New Springfield Boys.” He was then taken into custody on allegations of drug dealing and bank robbery from the 1980s. After that, he was given an eight-year jail term.
Drita said that her husband completed his prison sentence and was granted parole. However, he received a second sentence of two to five years for the same offenses after a few years.
Lee and Drita Almost Divorced
According to Heavy, Drita discovered that her husband Lee had cheated on her in the early 2010s. Following that, Drita and Lee were separated, with the former considering for a divorce. However, their romance was subsequently reignited.
Drita and her husband’s ex-partner were best friends.
Lee was in a committed relationship with Karen Gravano before to beginning a relationship with Drita in the late 1990s. Before returning to Staten Island to work on the Mob Wives, Gravano maintained a low profile for several years.
Drita, on the other hand, was friends with Gravano prior to her connection with Lee. Speaking with Hollywood Life, Drita revealed that Gravano was a friend of hers when she was just 19 years old, but their acquaintance ended abruptly when Gravano moved on.
Wives of Drita D’Avanzo, Mob
Television personality Karen Gravano and Drita D’avanzo
Years later, while both of them were working on the VH1 series, the old pals reconnected. The fact that Drita’s best friend had slept with her lover at one time was terrible, according to Drita.
Drita went on to say that she was scared that she would take Lee away from Karen or that she would sleep with him while he was still seeing Karen. However, Karen claimed that following their breakup, she never gave the relationship any attention and that she and Drita never discussed it.
The Arrest of Drita and Her Spouse Lee in December 2019
On December 19, 2019, Drita and her spouse Lee were taken into custody from their Staten Island residence. During the raid, officials discovered guns and illicit narcotics at the pair’s residence, leading to their detention.
Two loaded guns, a.38 caliber revolver, and a 9mm handgun were discovered by the cops. They also found two scales with residue, a large amount of marijuana, and a variety of medicines.
Wife of Drita D’Avanzo
In December 2019, Drita D’Avanzo’s husband Lee was taken into custody from their residence. Source: Daily Mail
While her husband stayed in detention after his bond was set at $100,000, Drita was freed after posting her $15k bail. In addition, Lee was placed on remand in connection with a different but connected matter because to a New Jerseyfugitive warrant.
The district attorney cleared Drita of all criminal allegations in February 2020. Lee, her spouse, on the other hand, entered a not guilty plea. In the meanwhile, Lee entered a guilty plea to gun possession in a federal court located in Brooklyn in March.
On August 7, Lee D’Avanzo, the spouse of “Mob Wives” star Drita D’Avanzo, was given a five-year jail sentence. He entered a guilty plea to the charge of gun possession during the last court session in Brooklyn.
He admitted to the court that he had two firearms in his home that were loaded with hollow-point bullets.
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