Victoria Gotti Fighting Foreclosure of NY Home

Growing up Gotti never included the threat of foreclosure — until now.

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 file photo, Victoria Gotti exits Manhattan federal court...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006 file photo, Victoria Gotti exits Manhattan federal court after the third trial of her brother John Gotti Jr. ended in a mistrial, in New York. An appeals court Monday, May 11, 2009 cleared the way for a lender to foreclose on Victoria Gotti's Long Island mansion _ the same home once used in the "Growing Up Gotti" reality show. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, file)

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That's just what Victoria Gotti, daughter of the "Dapper Don," faces as the latest member of the infamous crime family to be called into court.

Deceased mob boss John Gotti earned the name "Teflon Don" after a series of acquittals before being sentenced to life in 1992 for racketeering and six killings. He died in prison in 2002.

There were also Victoria Gotti's uncles, who went to prison for various mob-related offenses. And more recently her brother, John "Junior" Gotti, is battling his latest racketeering indictment in a federal courtroom in Manhattan.

Now, Victoria Gotti is in another court, fighting the threat of foreclosure on her Long Island mansion, the same house used in the "Growing Up Gotti" reality show.

"I'm never going to lose the house — trust me," the 46-year-old author-turned-reality TV star told reporters this week after a federal court hearing.

The opulent estate in Old Westbury features two-story columns fronted by a large stone driveway and fountain. It was featured on the short-lived reality show featuring the curvy blonde and her three sons.

Now, an appeals court has ruled that JP Morgan Chase Bank should be allowed to seize the property because of nonpayment of a $700,000 loan.

Gotti blames her former husband, Carmine Agnello, with taking out the loan with the house as collateral without her knowledge. She says he left her holding the debt when he transferred his share of the estate to her in 2005. The couple divorced in 2003.

Gotti told a judge she intends to satisfy the debt if Agnello completes a planned $10 million property-forfeiture settlement with federal prosecutors from his own 2001 racketeering conviction. Gotti claims she is entitled to a portion of the proceeds from that settlement by virtue of her $7 million divorce settlement with Agnello.

But there is one problem: Agnello's 85-year-old mother, Marie. She apparently has ownership interests in three of the properties, and her permission is required for the sales to go through.