Gotti family members face judge after basketball game brawl on Long Island

LOCUST VALLEY, Long Island (WABC) -- The wife and daughter of former acting mob boss John "Junior" Gotti appeared in court Tuesday for their misdemeanor assault case.

The judge in the case was set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday in First District Court in Hempstead to determine if the case will go forward, but instead court was adjourned until July 30.

Kimberly Gotti, 56, and her 25-year-old daughter, Gianna, were charged in February with beating up a 48-year-old parent during a brawl at a Locust Valley High School basketball game.

A spectator said the pair attacked her after she asked that Kimberly and a man stop yelling offensive slurs at students.

Defense attorneys want the case dismissed, saying prosecutors took too long to take it to trial and withheld a prior criminal record of the woman they allegedly attacked.

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