“I couldn’t believe (Leeper) would have the nerve to say that, an obvious threat,” Remo Loreto said Thursday. "He disparaged all Italians by threatening a violent act. He was using that as an example. He could have said ‘Remo, you take the take deal we offered you or I will sue you.’ But he specifically chose to say switchblade. The implication is he is going to hurt us and he has done everything he can since then to hurt us senseless.”