Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, the former Gambino crime family underboss, has given a new account of how he was recruited to help kill boss Paul Castellano, a hit that cleared the way for John Gotti to seize control of the crime family. Gravano made the disclosure during an interview on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, offering a first-hand mob insider's perspective on one of the most notorious killings in American organised crime history.

Gravano, who later became a government witness against Gotti, described being brought into the plot against Castellano, whose 1985 assassination outside a Manhattan steakhouse remains one of the most infamous mob hits in US history and directly paved the way for Gotti to become the "Teflon Don" atop the Gambino family. The full details of Gravano's account were not available in the article text provided.