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{{infobox character|salvatore is killed in 2001 by claude in gta 3
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|image = SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII.jpg
|image = SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII.jpg
|size  = 160px
|game_1 = GTA III
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]]
|game_2 = GTA San Andreas
|game_3 = GTA Liberty City Stories
|name = Salvatore Leone
|name = Salvatore Leone
|aka = Sal<br>Mr. Big<br>Mr. Leone
|aka = Sal<br />Mr. Leone<br />Mr. Big
|status = Deceased
|gender = M
|gender = M
|dob =  
|dob =  
|pob = Sicily, Italy<ref name="Mid 1980s">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/apr2001/story1.html | title = [[Just a Business Man|Salvatore Leone: "Just a Business Man"]] | work = [[Julius Cohen]] and [[Liberty Tree]] | accessdate = }}</ref>
|dob-comment =
|dod = October [[2001]]
|pob = Palermo, Sicily, Italy<ref name="Mid 1980s">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/apr2001/story1.html | title = [[Just a Business Man|Salvatore Leone: "Just a Business Man"]] | work = [[Julius Cohen]] and [[Liberty Tree]] | accessdate = }}</ref>
|home = [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]], [[Saint Marks]]
|dod = October 2001
|nationality = Italian
|dod-comment = <small>(during [[Sayonara Salvatore]])</small>
|family = Un-named and deceased brother<br>Un-named deceased wife<br>[[Maria Latore]] (wife)<ref name="Maria Latore">'''Salvatore Leone''': "How did I marry her [Maria Latore]?" (from [[Contra-Banned]] mission)</ref><br>[[Joey Leone]] (son)<ref name="Joey Leone">{{cite web | url = http://www.rockstargames.com/libertytree/jul2001/story2.html | title = [[Leone: Like Father, Like Son?]] | work = [[Johnnie Blain]] and [[Liberty Tree]] | accessdate =  }}</ref><br>[[Uncle Leone]] (uncle)<ref name="Uncle Leone">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Hey, Uncle! How you doin', ah? You look good." (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref><br>An unnamed cousin.<ref name="Cousin Leone">'''Salvatore Leone''': "The Sindaccos and the Leones?  That's impossible.  That's been impossible since your associates whacked my cousin." (from [[The Introduction]] DVD)</ref>
|home = [[Las Venturas]]<br />[[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]] in [[Saint Mark's]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]<br />[[Staunton Island]], Liberty City<br />
|affiliations = [[Leone Family]] ([[Boss|Don]])<br>[[Claude]]<br>[[Ken Rosenberg]]<br>[[Carl Johnson]]<br>[[Johnny Sindacco]]<br>[[Toni Cipriani]]
|nationality = Italy
|vehicles = [[Mafia Sentinel]]<br>[[PCJ-600]]<br>[[Banshee]]
|family = [[Joey Leone]] <small>(son)</small><br />[[Maria Latore]] <small>(wife)</small><br />[[Uncle Leone]] <small>(uncle)</small><br />Un-named brother <small>(possibly deceased)</small><br />Un-named cousin <small>(deceased)</small><ref name="Cousin Leone">'''Salvatore Leone''': "The Sindaccos and the Leones?  That's impossible.  That's been impossible since your associates whacked my cousin." (from [[The Introduction]] DVD)</ref><br />Un-named wife <small>(deceased)</small>
|businesses = [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]]<br>[[Caligula's Palace]]<br>Leone Casino
|affiliations = [[Leone Family]] <small>([[Gang Leaders|Don]])</small><br />[[Mickey (GTA SA)|Mickey]]<br />[[Paulie Sindacco]] <small>(former, [[The Meat Business|deceased]])</small><br />[[Ken Rosenberg]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Kent Paul]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Maccer]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Carl Johnson]] <small>(former)</small><br />[[Ma Cipriani]]<br />[[Toni Cipriani]]<br />[[Vincenzo Cilli]] <small>([[The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade|deceased]])</small><br />[[Luigi Goterelli]]<br />[[Mickey Hamfists]]<br />[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] <small>([[The Made Man|deceased]])</small><br />[[Jane Hopper]] <small>([[1998]])</small><br />[[Miguel]] <small>(until [[1998]], [[Ransom (GTA III)|deceased]])</small><br />[[Donald Love]] <small>([[1998]])</small><br />[[Leon McAffrey]] <small>(former, [[Silence the Sneak|deceased]])</small><br />[[Massimo Torini]] <small>([[1998]], [[The Sicilian Gambit|deceased]])</small><br />[[Miles O'Donovan]] <small>([[1998]] - [[2001]])</small>
|vehicles = [[Mafia Sentinel]]<br />[[PCJ-600]] <small>([[1998]])</small><br />[[Banshee]] <small>([[1998]])</small>
|businesses = [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club]]<br />[[Caligula's Palace]] <small>([[1992]])</small><br />[[Leone Casino]] <small>([[1998]])</small>
|voice = [[Frank Vincent]]<ref name="Frank Vincent">{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898634/ | title = [[Frank Vincent]] Internet Movie Database entry | work = Internet Movie Database | accessdate =  }}</ref>
|voice = [[Frank Vincent]]<ref name="Frank Vincent">{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898634/ | title = [[Frank Vincent]] Internet Movie Database entry | work = Internet Movie Database | accessdate =  }}</ref>
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'''Salvatore Leone''' is a recurring character in the [[GTA III Era|3D Universe]] who appears as a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] (set in [[2001]]), a supporting character in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] (set in [[1992]]) and a main character in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] (set in [[1998]]). He is the [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the [[Leone Family]], father of [[Joey Leone]] and husband of [[Maria Latore]]. He is voiced by [[Frank Vincent]] in each appearance.<ref name="Frank Vincent"/>


'''Salvatore Leone''' (? - October [[2001]]) is the Sicilian<ref name="Mid 1980s"/>[[Boss|Don]] of the [[Leone Family]], a major [[Mafia]] family based in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. He appears in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], being voiced by [[Frank Vincent]] on all three occasions.<ref name="Frank Vincent"/>
==Character history==
===Life until 1992===
Salvatore Leone was born in Palermo, Sicily and also had a brother<ref name="Mid 1980s"/>, as well as a cousin to whom he was close.<ref name="Cousin Leone"/> He later immigrated to the [[United States of America|United States]] and settled in a [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|mansion]] in [[Saint Mark's]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]. He also had a wife and son, [[Joey Leone|Joey]], although it is unknown when he met his wife or when they had their son. It is presumed, however, that she died prior to [[1992]] as Salvatore is seen flirting with his future wife, [[Maria Latore]]. In the mid 1980s he took control of the [[Leone Family]] after a power struggle<ref name="Mid 1980s"/>. During this time he and his [[Uncle Leone|uncle]] began to distrust each other, possibly due to him becoming Don.


==Background==
===Life in 1992===
Salvatore was born in Palermo, Sicily, once had a brother<ref name="Mid 1980s"/> and was also close to one of his cousins (later killed by the [[Sindacco Family]])<ref name="Cousin Leone"/>. He immigrated to Liberty City and with his first wife (who died, presumably by 1992), had a son named [[Joey Leone|Joey]]<ref name="Joey Leone"/>. It is unknown whether Joey was born in Sicily or the US.
In [[1992]] he meets [[Johnny Sindacco]], of the [[Sindacco Family]], and agrees to give him [[Money|$]]5 million to invest in [[Caligula's Palace]], a casino and hotel in [[Las Venturas]], and takes a one-third ownership alongside the [[Forelli Family]]. He is at first reluctant to give Johnny the money, because a Sindacco previously killed a cousin of his. During the negotiations, Salvatore gains control of the books and also successfully suggests [[Ken Rosenberg]] as being the man to run the business, knowing that as a recovering drug addict he will be easy to manipulate. He later flies to Las Venturas to run the business, telling Rosenberg that he wanted his money back quickly, making it clear that he was in charge. While in Las Venturas, he meets and befriends [[Carl Johnson]], who had worked for his son in a car theft ring in Liberty City at some point between [[1987]] and [[1992]]. After being vouched for by Rosenberg, Carl is employed to [[Freefall|kill four Forelli gangsters]] flying into the city to kill Salvatore. Salvatore, satisfied with his abilities, hires Carl to [[Saint Mark's Bistro|perform a hit]] at [[Marco's Bistro]] in Liberty City. During this time, however, Carl is planning to perform a heist at the casino and helps Rosenberg, [[Kent Paul]] and [[Maccer]] escape. Carl later [[Breaking the Bank at Caligula's|performs the heist]] with the [[San Fierro Triads|San Fierro based Triads]], who run a [[The Four Dragons Casino|rival casino]], resulting in a furious Salvatore [[Mobile Phone|phoning]] him and threatening to kill him and his family.  


He took over the Leone crime family after a power struggle in the mid 1980s<ref name="Mid 1980s"/>, likely against his [[Uncle Leone]]<ref name="Uncle Leone"/> (as of 1998, they were supposedly at peace but heavily distrusted each other in secret). By 1992, he had purchased and moved into a [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|mansion]] in the [[Saint Mark's]] district of [[Portland Island]], Liberty City.
During his time in Las Venturas, he also starts a relationship with one of the casino's waitresses, [[Maria Latore]]. They first meet when she delivers a sandwich to him in his office, and she sasses him even though he owns the casino. However, she quickly warms up to him, and they had their first date a few days later - throwing large knives at [[Maccer]] in the same office. They seem mutually attracted to each other, and Salvatore impresses her by smoothly hitting a bull's-eye with his back completely turned (Maccer is unharmed).


===Life between 1992 and 1998===
Salvatore Leone, at some point after [[1992]] and presumably shortly after the [[Breaking the Bank at Caligula's|heist]], returns to Liberty City with his girlfriend Maria. The two later get married and she moves in to his [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|mansion]]. The relationship, however, quickly deteriorates and she [[Maria Latore's Apartment|moves out]]. Salvatore's role at Caligula's Palace and the result of his investment remain unknown, as Salvatore never discusses the issue. During this time he also gets to know [[Toni Cipriani]], who performs a hit on a rival made man before going into hiding for four years, and [[Vincenzo Cilli]], who rises up through the gang to take Cipriani's place. He also meets union boss [[Jane Hopper]], who agrees to give Salvatore and his men access to the [[Portland Harbor|harbor]] while the workers strike, and also [[Miguel]] of the [[Colombian Cartel]] who begins supplying drugs to the Leone Family. The Leone Family also lose control of parts of the [[Red Light District]], forcing [[Luigi Goterelli]] to lose his [[Sex Club Seven|club]] to the [[Sindacco Family]].


=== GTA San Andreas (1992) ===
===Life in 1998===
[[File:SalvatoreLeone-GTASA.jpg|left|160px|thumb|Salvatore Leone in [[1992]].]]
[[File:SalvatoreLeone-GTALCS.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Salvatore Leone in [[1998]].]]
In late [[1998]] Salvatore welcomes [[Toni Cipriani]] back to [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] and into the gang after four years of hiding. He assigns him to [[Vincenzo Cilli]], who had claimed Toni's place in the gang. The two immediately dislike each other but continue to work together under Salvatore's orders, eventually [[Hot Wheels (GTA LCS)|splitting after Vincenzo attempted to set him up]]. Toni [[The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade|later kills]] Vincenzo, seemingly with Salvatore's approval. Salvatore later begins to work with [[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]], the manager of [[Paulie's Revue Bar]] and a Sindacco Family member, gaining valuable information on the gangs plans, although he is [[Don in 60 Seconds|almost arrested]] by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] at the club. He later has Toni [[The Offer|meet]] union boss [[Jane Hopper]], [[Ho Selecta!|encouraging her]] [[Frighteners|and her associates]] to [[Rollercoaster Ride|give them access]] to the harbor, allowing Toni to meet [[Miguel]] to [[Contra-Banned|purchase drugs]], although the deal is ambushed by the police.


Salvatore agrees to give the Sindacco Family $5 million to invest in [[Caligula's Palace]], a mega-resort in [[Las Venturas]], one third owned by each of them and the [[Forelli Family]]<ref name="Caligula's Palace2">'''Salvatore Leone''': "So, let me understand it. I go in on your casino, take a third stake along with your organization, and the Forelli's..." (from [[The Introduction]] DVD)</ref>. Salvatore negotiates control beyond his share, such as control of the books<ref name="Caligula's Palace">'''Salvatore Leone''': "You can have the money."<br>'''Johnny Sindacco''': "We can?"<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "If you give me control of the books." (from [[The Introduction]] DVD)</ref> and his choice of a supposedly neutral manager, lawyer [[Ken Rosenberg]], that Salvatore could control<ref name="Ken Rosenberg">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Hey, we're gonna need a real idiot. A guy we can all push around. There's this lawyer, used to work for the Forellis down in Florida. I heard he's sniffing around for a job. Just got out of rehab or something." (from [[The Introduction]] DVD)</ref>.
Due to his and Toni's work against the Sindacco Family, including [[A Volatile Situation|preventing]] a [[Leone Casino|Leone controlled casino]] from being destroyed and then [[Blow Up 'Dolls'|destroying]] the [[The Dolls House|Dolls House]] casino, he is [[Salvatore's Salvation|kidnapped]] by Sindacco Family mobsters. Salvatore is rescued by Toni. This earns Salvatore's respect, telling Toni to call him Sal rather than Mr. Leone. Toni, on instructions from Salvatore, later [[Calm Before the Storm|discovers]] the [[Sicilian Mafia|Sicilian Mafia's]] plans to take control of the city and [[The Made Man|unwittingly assists]] in the murder of O'Toole by [[Mickey Hamfists]], as Salvatore could not trust someone who had betrayed his own Don.  


While in Las Venturas, Salvatore befriends [[Carl Johnson]], who had worked in a car theft ring for his son Joey in Liberty City sometime between 1987 and 1992<ref name="Carl and Joey">'''Carl Johnson''': I had the pleasure of doing business with your son, Joey, back in Liberty City."<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "You know my Joey? I like that. So, kid, what can I do for you?" (from the [[Freefall]] mission)</ref>. He slowly trusts Carl with bigger and bigger tasks, leading up to him taking a flight to Liberty City to [[Saint Mark's Bistro|kill]] someone at the Forelli-owned [[Marco's Bistro]]. However, Carl was a partner in the rivaling [[San Fierro Triads|Triad]] resort, and [[Breaking the Bank at Caligula's|robbed]] Caligula's. Salvatore then threatens to kill Carl and anyone close to him, although it is unknown whether he carried out these threats. The future of Caligula's and his share is also unknown, as he does not discuss the casino at all in later appearances.
The Leone Family, having [[The Guns of Leone|gained more control]] of the Red Light District when Salvatore personally led an attack to kill the Sindacco mobsters in the neighbourhood, are later [[Sindacco Sabotage|attacked]] by the [[Diablos]] but with help from Toni maintain control of the neighbourhood and [[Hepburn Heights]]. Toni, however, concedes that they will lose control of Hepburn Heights, which [[2001|subsequently]] happens. The Diablos, working with the Sicilian Mafia, are joined by the [[Portland Triads|Triads]] in attacking Leone interests, as the Triads [[The Trouble With Triads|destroy]] a Leone controlled warehouse in [[Callahan Point]]. Salvatore, realising that [[Mayoralty of Liberty City in GTA III Era|Mayor]] [[Roger C. Hole]] wants to blame him for all the crime in the city, [[Driving Mr. Leone|flees his mansion and evades the police]], living on [[Staunton Island]], despite threatening Toni with a gun for allegedly insulting Salvatore. Salvatore, angry at the Mayor's actions, has Toni [[A Walk in the Park|kill the Mayor]] on his morning run in [[Belleville Park]] and steals his [[Mobile Phone|phone]], learning that the [[Forelli Family]] had [[Caught in the Act|controlled the Mayor]]. After this, helping him escape arrest twice and rescuing him after being kidnapped, Salvatore [[Making Toni|makes Toni a made man]], which also results in [[Ma Cipriani|Toni's mother]] calling off a hit she [[No Son of Mine|placed on her son]].


During this time he also met Maria Latore<ref name="Salvatore and Maria">'''Maria Latore''': "Here's your sandwich."<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "Who's this pretty thing?" (from the [[Freefall]] mission)</ref>, who (despite having a foul attitude with him from day one) quickly became his girlfriend and married him in the next six years, almost definitely for his money. [[Toni Cipriani]] became a well-ranked Leone member by [[1994]], when he killed a rival made man and went into hiding for the next 4 years.
Shortly afterwards, Salvatore sends Toni to work for [[Donald Love]], who Salvatore's wants to become Mayor in order to gain more control in the political world of the city. Toni [[Steering the Vote|attempts to help]], [[Cam-Pain|Donald Love's campaign]], including [[Friggin' the Riggin'|an attempt to]] [[Counterfeit Count|rig the election]], although their attempts fail and [[Miles O'Donovan]] is elected after Love's [[Love on the Rocks|connections to Toni and Salvatore are discovered]] by the press. Salvatore continues to deploy, especially after Love becomes bankrupt, and [[Search and Rescue|rescues him]] from a Sindacco hit on a Forelli mobster in [[Fort Staunton]]. The Forelli and Sindacco families later attempt to reconcile but their meeting is [[Taking the Peace|disrupted]] by Toni on Salvatore's orders, quickly followed by [[Shoot the Messenger|killing a wiseguy]] about to expose the Sicilian Mafia to [[Franco Forelli]], the [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the Forelli Family.


=== GTA Liberty City Stories (1998) ===
Toni also begins to work for [[Leon McAffrey]], a corrupt police officer, on Salvatore's orders and helps [[Sayonara Sindaccos|weaken the Sindaccos]] and [[Crazy '69'|Forellis]] hold on the island, including the [[Uptown Yardies]] [[The Whole 9 Yardies|gaining]] and [[Night of the Livid Dreads|maintaining]] control of [[Newport]]. During this time Salvatore is arrested and moved to the police station in [[Shoreside Vale]] but continues meeting Toni, [[Lawyer Outfit|disguised]] as Salvatore's lawyer Lionel, and has him use the [[Southside Hoods]] to [[Rough Justice|remove the Forelli's]] from [[Wichita Gardens]]. [[Paulie Sindacco]], the [[Gang Leaders|Don]] of the [[Sindacco Family]], is also killed by Toni on orders from Salvatore, and the [[Yakuza]], an emerging threat on Staunton Island, have their [[Rhino|tank]] [[Shogun Showdown|stolen]] by Toni. Toni begins working for [[Toshiko Kasen]], seemingly without Salvatore's knowledge, and helps weaken the Yakuza, and again with Donald Love, [[Bringing the House Down|destroying]] the [[Fort Staunton]] neighbourhood and weakening the Forelli Family. Salvatore is later taken for trial, is [[The Shoreside Redemption|protected by Toni]] on the way, and is later freed by the court.
After 1992, he returns to Liberty City. In [[1998]] he welcomes [[Toni Cipriani]] back to the city, after years of hiding, but assigns him to [[Vincenzo Cilli]], a much younger and newer Leone member.<ref name="Toni Back">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Toni, know what you did, and no one is more grateful than me, honestly... So when you need something, give Vincenzo a call down at the [[Atlantic Quays|Atlantic Quay]]." (from the [[Introduction (GTA LCS)|opening cutscene]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]])</ref>. Toni and Vincenzo immediately dislike each other, and after Vincenzo betrays Toni, Toni kills him with Salvatore's apparent approval. In due time, Toni earned his current level of appreciation from Salvatore<ref name="Sals Salvation2">'''Salvatore Leone''': "...for Christ sakes Toni - you saved my ass - call me Sal!" (from the [[Salvatore's Salvation]] mission)</ref> by helping him with wrestling [[Paulie's Revue Bar]] away from [[Paulie Sindacco]] by assisting his discontent manager, [[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]], extorting dock worker union boss [[Jane Hopper]] (Salvatore personally working with Toni at this point) <ref name="Hopper">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I got a union boss - a broad no less - that I need to do me a favor, and she asks for money? All I wanted was 24 hours access to the docks, while the strike was going on, strikes that I helped organize, so my boys could offload some drugs..." (from the [[The Offer]] mission)</ref>, and after the union troubles were sorted out, attending an [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]]-ambushed meeting with the [[Colombian Cartel]], escaping alive<ref name="CB">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Anyway, I got a shipment of you know what coming in. This is going to put us - you and me - on the map big time. Everything should run smooth. I just need someone - someone I trust - to take care of things for me." (from the [[Contra-Banned]] mission)</ref>. Toni ends up killing the Cartel dealers, with the exception of [[Miguel]] who survives, and evades the to get away with the drugs.


After the earlier mob war is supposedly finished, Toni follows [[Sicilian Mafia]] representative [[Massimo Torini]], who is trying to broker a peace between the three families, but really organizing the families as well as street gangs against the Leones<ref name="CBTS">'''Joseph Daniel O'Toole''': "Listen, I hear the Sicilians are trying to broker peace between the families. Sal's got some heavy up at his place right now. The thing is; he smells a rat. He wants someone to get up there and follow this guy, see where he goes." (from [[The Guns of Leone]] mission)</ref>. After this, Salvatore kills JD O'Toole for control of the Revue Bar, renamed [[Sex Club 7]], by tricking him into thinking he'd be a made man<ref name="JDOMM2">'''Mickey Hamfists''': "Hey, the guy was a FUCKING RAT! He screwed over his own boss! Disgrazia'. Salvatore could never have trusted that mother fucker." (from [[The Made Man]] mission)</ref>.  
Salvatore returns to his mansion and decides to take out [[Massimo Torini]], the right-hand man of the gangs leader [[Uncle Leone]]. Salvatore and Toni [[The Sicilian Gambit|successfully manage]] to kill Torini and rescue the Mayor who had been kidnapped, reminding the Mayor that he now worked for the Leone Family. Salvatore, having successfully defeated the Forelli and Sindacco Families and the Sicilian Mafia, discusses the position of the [[Mafia|mafia]] in the city, realising that they had thrown control of the city away to a number of new gangs. Salvatore and Toni, however, celebrate their success at [[Momma's Restaurante]] and meet Salvatore's uncle, who tells Salvatore that "Every dog has his day", a comment ignored by Salvatore.


[[File:SalvatoreLeone-GTALCS.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Salvatore Leone in [[1998]].]]
[[File:SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Salvatore Leone in [[2001]].]]


Salvatore is slowly forced out of Portland by the [[Sindacco]] and [[Forelli]] families, as well as the up-and-coming [[Diablos]] and [[Liberty City Triads]]. His paranoia briefly causes him to threaten Toni with a gun, before he comes to his senses <ref name="DML">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Don't play dumb with me, kid. I was playing dumb when your mother was still turning tricks."<br>'''Toni Cipriani''': "What's your problem?"<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "I know what you've been saying about me. You think I'm an idiot? Huh? Is that what you think?" (from the [[Driving Mr. Leone]] mission)</ref>. Trusting in Tony again, he explains that the Forellis control mayor [[R.C. Hole]] <ref name="HoleForelli">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Listen, the Forellis had Mayor Hole in their pocket." (from the [[Making Toni]] mission)</ref> who is pinning the entire city's crime on him<ref name="DML2">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I'm getting paranoid Toni. Really fucking paranoid. Just because I think everyone hates me doesn't mean that they don't, know what I mean? Someone is out to get me. It's that fucking mayor! He's gonna blame me for all the shit that's been going down in the neighbourhood. All of it. Not just the shit I did but all of it." (from the [[Driving Mr. Leone]] mission)</ref>, before escaping to a [[Staunton Island Safehouse (GTA LCS)|luxury condo]] Salvatore owns in [[Newport]], [[Staunton Island]].
===Life between 1998 and 2001===
Between [[1998]], when he was in court before being freed, and [[2001]] he had been tried on four separate occasions, winning each of the cases. He was later put on trial again in April 2001, being accused of tax evasion with [[Money|$]]450,000 in undeclared income, although he wins the case after lawyer [[Maurice Goldberg]] successfully convinces the court that Salvatore is dyslexic and struggled with taxes. He was, however, found guilty of illegally important food stuffs from Sicily without a license, and was fined, as well as having to pay the owed taxes.<ref name="Mid 1980s"/> The [[Liberty Tree]], in July 2001, published articles on [[Joey Leone]], [[Toni Cipriani]] and [[Luigi Goterelli]], publicly suggesting their links to the criminal underworld. The Leone Family also gain full control of the [[Red Light District]] and re-open [[Sex Club Seven]], although the gang do lose their interests on Staunton Island and in Shoreside Vale, as well as [[Hepburn Heights]] to the [[Diablos]]. During this time Maria also moves back in to [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|Salatore's mansion]].


Salvatore's first move is to [[A Walk in the Park|kill]] Mayor Hole<ref name="AWITP">'''Salvatore Leone''': "You're a good boy, Toni. That fat fuck [Roger Hole] should be taking his daily run in the [[Belleville Park|park]]. Make sure he's out of breath. Permanently! Oh yeah, get his phone! We can see who he's been talking to..." (from the [[A Walk in the Park]] mission)</ref> and try to replace him with [[Donald Love]], a business mogul in their pocket who's running for Mayor<ref name="NewMayor">'''Salvatore Leone''': "But, we're gonna take control of City Hall. I know a big shot businessman who'd do anything to get into office. He's a complete asshole, so he's qualified for the position. I told him you'd make sure he wins the election... for us!" (from the phone call conversation after the [[Making Toni]] mission)</ref>. Toni also becomes a made man<ref name="ToniMade">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Toni, my boy, that's the day you're being made!" (from the [[Making Toni]] mission)</ref> before helping Donald Love with his campaign.
===Final year===
The [[Leone Family]], by October [[2001]], were struggling to maintain their control of [[Portland]] due to increased pressure from the [[Portland Triads|Triads]], [[Diablos]] and primarily the [[Colombian Cartel]], who established a secret drug manufacturing plant on a freighter in [[Portland Harbor]]. Despite the problems, Salvatore continues to run the gang from his mansion and is introduced to [[Claude]], a convict who [[Introduction (GTA III)|escaped in a police convoy ambushed by the Cartel]]. Claude attracts the interest of Salvatore's wife [[Maria Latore|Maria]] who he [[Chaperone|escorts to an illegal club before returning her to Salvatore's mansion]]. Salvatore, happy with his work, has him [[Cutting the Grass|follow and kill]] [[Curly Bob]], a bartender at Sex Club Seven, after Claude discovered that he had been selling secrets to the Cartel in return for the drug [[SPANK]].


<ref name="DLM">'''Toni Cipriani''': "How's the campaign?"<br>'''Donald Love''': "It's down to the wire amd every last vote's gonna count! O'Donovan's campaigners are working those marginal seats hard. Well we've got our own bandwagon, so get out there and spread the word!" (from the [[Steering the Vote]] mission)</ref><ref name="DLM2">'''Donald Love''': "This guy has a lot of people canvassing for him, all kinds of deluded 'people' people, if you know what I mean. I think we have to have their faith in democracy shaken, if you understand me." (from the [[Cam-Pain]] mission)</ref><ref name="DLM3">'''Donald Love''': "Antonio, good to see you! Now, I'm no Democrat, but even I draw the line at vote rigging. Did you know the Forellis own a silent share in a company making the new voting machines?... Well, we certainly can't trust them. No, it's best if they all have a MAJOR malfunction, if you catch my drift." (from the [[Friggin' the Riggin']] mission)</ref><ref name="DLM4">'''Donald Love''': "The Forellis are going to take me out, aren't they?"<br>'''Toni Cipriani''': Don't worry, I'm going to be riding shotgun." (from the [[Love & Bullets]] mission)</ref><ref name="DLM5">'''Donald Love''': "The exit polls are neck and neck. Time for plan B. We steal some of the uncounted votes, and replace them with some of our own." (from the [[Love & Bullets]] mission)</ref>
Salvatore later has Claude and [[8-Ball]], who Claude had escaped the convoy with, [[Bomb Da Base Act II|destroy]] the freighter used by the Cartel to manufacture SPANK, which had seemingly gained Claude the respect of Salvatore. Maria, however, had told Salvatore that she had become involved with Claude.<ref name="Claude and Maria">'''Maria Latore''': "Listen Salvatore, thinks that we're going behind his back. So he was offering you to the Cartel, in order to make a deal. I couldn't let him do that, I mean the worst thing is... it's my fault. I told him we were an item, don't ask me why I don't know. Look you're a marked man on Mafia turf and I've got to get out of here to. I've seen too much killing. Too much blood. This is a friend of mine ok, she's an old friend... it's Asuka, she's someone we can trust." (from the [[Last Requests]] mission)</ref> Maria's story, a lie, later led Salvatore to meet and agree to a truce with the Cartel, and to kill Claude with a [[Last Requests|booby trapped car]]. Maria discovers the plot and informs Claude, with the pair fleeing to Staunton Island with [[Yakuza]] co-leader [[Asuka Kasen]], an old friend of Maria's. Asuka, looking for Claude to prove his loyalty to her, has him return to Portland and [[Sayonara Salvatore|kill Salvatore]] after leaving Sex Club Seven.
 
To try to win the three-way mob war, Salvatore recruits help from a crooked LCPD officer, [[Leon McAffrey]]. Aside from Toni's work with Donald Love, Salvatore also personally digs up information about [[Franco Forelli]] and their connections to the Mayoral office, often risking his life to do so <ref name="Assistant">'''Salvatore Leone''': "We're going to have a little chat with the mayor's assistant about Franco Forelli." (from the [[Caught in the Act]] mission)</ref><ref name="Assistant2">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Right now, I'm gonna flush this turd [Mayor Hole's Assistant] into the bay!" (from the [[Caught in the Act]] mission)</ref><ref name="Hit">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I went spying on the Forelli's in Fort Staunton when all hell broke loose! The Sindaccos have gone to war with the Forellis, and I'm stuck here in the middle of a hit!" (from the [[Search and Rescue]] mission)</ref>. When [[Paulie Sindacco]] attempts a truce with the Forelli family, Salvatore very cleverly makes an attempt on Paulie's life while making his rivals go to war with each other again <ref name="Truce">'''Salvatore Leone''': "We've messed around with Paulie Sindacco's car."<br>'''Toni Cipriani''': "So what do you want me to do?"<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "Paulie's going to a meet with the Forellis - he's trying to broker a truce. Use the gear in the van to take control of Paulie's car and mess up the meet." (from the [[Taking the Peace]] mission)</ref>.
 
Eventually, Love loses the election to [[Miles O'Donovan]] because he is linked to Toni and Salvatore<ref name="Result">'''Leon McAffrey''': "Although no links can be proved between Love and Liberty City's organized crime, it seems his friendship with mobsters including Toni Cipriani, have counted heavily against his voters' eyes. The past few hours have seen his popularity plummet. He is deemed, it seems, unfit for office... " (from the [[Love on the Rocks]] mission)</ref>. He blames Toni, goes bankrupt as he'd spent his entire $200 million fortune, and the two don't speak for a short while. To further damage the family's status, Salvatore is arrested and put on trial for all the crime in the city<ref name="Salvatore arrested">'''Salvatore Leone''': "The feds have caught up with your boss, Salvatore. And they're real pissed. He's gonna take the heat for every crime in this city." (from the [[Munitions Dump]] mission)</ref>. Posing as a lawyer, Toni receives orders from Salvatore <ref name="Lionel">'''Police Officer''': "Here's your lawyer, Mr. Leone."<br>'''Salvatore Leone: "Listen, uh, Lionel, you're looking good." (from the [[Rough Justice]] mission)</ref>, such ass allying with the [[Southside Hoods]]<ref name="Hoods">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Let's hit 'em both hard. Way I see it, they both could use a good beating for this outrage. Motherfuckers... Thank you - Toni - you really mean a lot to me, - you know that. Listen, you might need some back up. Use the hoods. Okay?" (from the [[Rough Justice]] mission)</ref>, finally killing Don [[Paulie Sindacco]] as he attempts to flee Liberty City,<ref name="Paulie Sindacco">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Take Paulie Sindacco. His family's finished in this town. But he thinks he can just run away, like he's got no dues to pay. I'm in jail because of that bastard! Make that son of a bitch pay." (from the [[Dead Reckoning]] mission)</ref> and working to subdue their new [[Yakuza]] enemies.<ref name="Yakuza">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I hear that the fuckin' Yakuza are gonna make a play to take over the city. Other than that, everything is just peachy! After all these years of mob control, we've finally flushed it all down the crapper!...The Yakuza have got a load of weapons in Aspatria. Nothing can stop them now!"<br>'''Toni Cipriani''': "We'll see about that." (from the [[Shogun Showdown]] mission)</ref>
 
Salvatore is eventually found not guilty in court, after Massimo Torini's mobsters try to kill him <ref name="Free">'''Salvatore Leone''': "It's good to be a free man again." (from [[The Shoreside Redemption]] mission)</ref>. Afterward, they actually try to negotiate peace when Salvatore insists on having his way<ref name="Peace">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Now, I got the Sicilians on the phone, wanting peace. We all want peace! But my peace, not their fucking peace." (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref>. Massimo Torini personally kidnaps Mayor O'Donovan, bringing him to the lighthouse on [[Portland Rock]]<ref name="O'Donovan Kidnapped">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Lousy bastards have taken him [O'Donovan] already!" (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref><ref name="Lighthouse">'''Salvatore Leone''': "They think they can hide at the lighthouse!" (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref>, where they kill Torini, rescue the mayor and force him to work for the Leones <ref name="O'Donovan rescue">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Mr. Mayor! We just saved you from that bunch of crazed Sicilians..."<br>'''Miles O'Donovan''': "Oh yeah, that I work for you." (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref>. Salvatore then makes peace with his [[Uncle Leone|uncle]] and the old country,<ref name="Uncle peace">'''Uncle Leone''': "Ahhhh, Salvatore. All we really wanted was clarity."<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "Yes, uncle. I appreciate that."<br>'''Uncle Leone''': "So, we are at peace now - you and the old country?"<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "Of course. Me and all my people." (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref> before thanking Toni for his hard work and loyalty.<ref name="Toni hardwork">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Yeah, we cleaned up. You did good Toni, you did real good. I always thought you was a good kid. You saved my ass a few times. And I appreciate that kind of loyalty... A good worker. I like that. Respectful." (from [[The Sicilian Gambit]] mission)</ref>
 
===GTA III (2001)===
[[Image:SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Salvatore Leone in [[2001]].]]
 
Since his first trial in 1998 mentioned above, he had been tried in court another four times, winning each case. In April [[2001]], the final trial, he was accused of tax evasion (having $450,000 in undeclared income) before his lawyer [[Maurice Goldberg]] successfully convinced the court that Salvatore is dyslexic and struggled with taxes. He was only found guilty of importing tomato sauce from Sicily without a license and fined.<ref name="Mid 1980s"/>.
 
In October 2001, Salvatore is still at war with the Triads, Diablos and Colombian Cartel. [[Paulie's Revue Bar]] is renovated and renamed [[Sex Club 7]], with [[Luigi Goterelli]] in charge. [[Claude]], having gotten his start working for Luigi, is first introduced to Salvatore by Toni Cipriani at a meeting at Salvatore's mansion, and he sees great potential in Claude.<ref name="Sal's meeting">'''Salvatore Leone''': "You did good back there kid, real good. C'mon let's introduce you to the Don." (from the [[Salvatore's Called A Meeting]] mission)</ref><ref name="Claude's future">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Now listen you guys [Joey Leone, Luigi Goterelli and Toni Cipriani], you go inside while I talk to our new friend here [Claude]. I have nothing but good things for you my boy..." (from the [[Salvatore's Called A Meeting]] mission)</ref>. Maria, though still married to Salvatore, takes a serious liking to Claude. He also has [[Curly Bob]], an employee at [[Sex Club 7]], killed by Claude for selling information to the Cartel <ref name="Curly Bob">'''Salvatore Leone''': "The Colombian Cartel is making SPANK somewhere in Liberty. But we don't know where, and they seem to know everything we're doing, before we do. We got us a rat! There is a guy named Curly Bob, who works the bar at [[Luigi's Sex Club 7|Luigis]]. He's been throwing more money around than he's earning. He ain't pimpin' or pushin' so he must be talking. He usually gets a taxi home after work. So follow him. And if he's rattin' us out kill him." (from the [[Cutting the Grass]] mission)</ref>. Claude supposedly earns ultimate favor with Sal after he and his friend [[8-Ball]] destroy their SPANK factory aboard a tanker ship <ref name="SPANK ship">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I'm asking you to destroy that SPANK factory as a personal favor to me, Salvatore Leone. If you do this for me, you will be a made man, anything you want. Go and see 8-Ball, you'll need his expertise to blow-up that boat." (from the [[Bomb Da Base Act I]] mission)</ref>. However, Salvatore makes a truce with the Cartel, becomes infuriated after Maria says she's "an item" with Claude, and sets a death trap for him before Maria warns him and helps him escape Portland. <ref name="Claude and Maria">'''Maria Latore''': "Listen Salvatore, think that we're going behind his back. So he was offering you to the Cartel, in order to make a deal. I couldn't let him do that, I mean the worst thing is... it's my fault. I told him we were an item, don't ask me why I don't know. Look you're a marked man on Mafia turf and I've got to get out of here to. I've seen too much killing. Too much blood. This is a friend of mine ok, she's an old friend... it's Asuka, she's someone we can trust." (from the [[Last Requests]] mission)</ref>  
 
Claude, under the orders of [[Yakuza]] boss [[Asuka Kasen]], assassinates Salvatore after he leaves Sex Club 7. <ref name="Sayonara Salvatore">'''Asuka Kasen''': "We have certain issues to clear up before we can continue any form of relationship, business or otherwise. Let's lay our cards or the table, I am Yakuza and I know you worked for Salvatore Leone's family. I can give you work with our organization, but first you must prove to me that your ties with the Mafia are truly broken. Salvatore Leone will be leaving Luigi's in about three hours time. Make sure he doesn't reach his club alive." (from the [[Sayonara Salvatore]] mission)</ref>. After his death, either Joey Leone or Toni Cipriani becomes the head of the family and wants Claude dead, both spying on him<ref name="Surveillance">'''Asuka Kasen''': "My police [[Ray Machowski|source]] indicates that the Mafia are watching our interests around the city in a bid to track you down. We cannot continue our operation until they are dealt with. Take out these spying fools and end this vendetta once and for all." (from the [[Under Surveillance]] mission)</ref> and shooting him with assault rifles if he returns to Little Italy.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[Image:Badfellas-GTA3-poster.gif|thumb|Badfellas poster]]
[[File:Badfellas-GTAIII-poster.png|150px|thumb|Badfellas poster]]
 
*Salvatore Leone appears on posters for the film [[Badfellas]] in GTA III. This is a reference to the film [[:wp:Goodfellas|Goodfellas]], in which Frank Vincent appeared. The posters can be found at [[Sex Club Seven]] in the Red Light District of Portland, Liberty City.
* Salvatore Leone appears on posters for the film [[Badfellas]] in GTA III. This is a reference to the film [[:wp:Goodfellas|Goodfellas]], which Frank Vincent appeared in. The posters can be found at [[Luigi's Sex Club 7]] in the Red Light District of Portland Island, Liberty City.
*Salvatore's character model in GTA III is based on Don Corleone from The Godfather, albeit more foul mouthed.
* Salvatore's character model in GTA III is based on Don Corleone from the Godfather, albeit more foul mouthed.
*''Salvatore'' means ''savior'' in Italian.
* ''Salvatore'' means ''savior'' in Italian.
*Salvatore being sued for tax evasion is probably a reference to Al Capone.
* Salvatore being sued for tax evading is probably a reference to Al Capone.
*Salvatore Leone is credited first in both [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], despite not being the protagonist in either of the games.
* Salvatore's txd and dff files are named "Frankie" instead of Salvatore because his original name is Frankie.
*Internal files on Salvatore are named "Frankie" instead, most likely named after the voice actor.
*Salvatore Leone is extremely paranoid, even admitting so to [[Toni Cipriani]] during the mission [[Driving Mr. Leone]].<ref name="DML">'''Salvatore Leone''': "Don't play dumb with me, kid. I was playing dumb when your mother was still turning tricks."<br>'''Toni Cipriani''': "What's your problem?"<br>'''Salvatore Leone''': "I know what you've been saying about me. You think I'm an idiot? Huh? Is that what you think?" (from the [[Driving Mr. Leone]] mission)</ref><ref name="DML2">'''Salvatore Leone''': "I'm getting paranoid Toni. Really fucking paranoid. Just because I think everyone hates me doesn't mean that they don't, know what I mean? Someone is out to get me. It's that fucking mayor! He's gonna blame me for all the shit that's been going down in the neighbourhood. All of it. Not just the shit I did but all of it." (from the [[Driving Mr. Leone]] mission)</ref>
*Salvatore's relationship with [[Maria Latore]] is volatile, with the two frequently arguing, yet they stay together due to money, with Maria enjoying the luxury of purchasing items with his money. She attempts to start relationships with both [[Toni Cipriani]] and [[Claude]], despite a lack of interest from both of them, resulting in Salvatore becoming more paranoid.


==Mission appearances==
==Mission appearances==
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*[[The Trouble With Triads]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[The Trouble With Triads]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Driving Mr. Leone]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Driving Mr. Leone]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[A Walk in the Park]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[A Walk in the Park]] <small> (Boss/Voice) </small>
*[[Making Toni]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Making Toni]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Caught in the Act]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Caught in the Act]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Search and Rescue]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Search and Rescue]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Taking the Peace]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Taking the Peace]] <small> (Boss/Voice) </small>
*[[Shoot the Messenger]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Shoot the Messenger]] <small> (Boss/Voice) </small>
*[[Rough Justice]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Rough Justice]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Dead Reckoning]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Dead Reckoning]] <small> (Boss/Voice) </small>
*[[Shogun Showdown]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[Shogun Showdown]] <small> (Boss/Voice) </small>
*[[The Shoreside Redemption]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[The Shoreside Redemption]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[The Sicilian Gambit]] <small> (Boss) </small>
*[[The Sicilian Gambit]] <small> (Boss) </small>
==Murders committed==
*[[Mickey (GTA SA)|Mickey]] <small>(has [[Johnny Sindacco]] kill him to make room for a new [[Ken Rosenberg|manager]] in [[Caligula's Palace]])</small>
*[[Freefall|Four Forelli hitmen]] <small>(has [[Carl Johnson|Carl "CJ" Johnson]] intercept and kill 4 hitmen on their way to kill Salvatore)</small>
*[[Marco Forelli]] <small>(the deleted name of one of Forelli Family killed when Salvatore sent Carl Johnson to kill them in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]])</small>
*[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] <small>(has [[Mickey Hamfists]] execute him because he was untrustworthy for betraying his own Don)</small>
*[[Roger C. Hole|Mayor Roger C. Hole]] <small>(has [[Toni Cipriani]] kill the mayor for trying to blame all of the [[Liberty City Stories|constant and current crimes]] happening in the city on him)</small>
*[[Paulie Sindacco]] <small>(has Toni kill him for his possible involvement in his arrest)</small>
*[[Massimo Torini]] <small>(has Toni kill him to prevent the [[Sicilian Mafia]] invasion, and for trying to have them killed)</small>
*[[Curly Bob]] <small>(has [[Claude]] kill him for selling [[Leone Family]] secrets to the [[Colombian Cartel]] in return for [[SPANK]])</small>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
=== Salvatore ===
=== Salvatore ===
<center>
<gallery width="auto" perrow="8" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="120">
<gallery>
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTASA.jpg|Salvatore Leone in [[1992]].
SalvatoreLeone-Artwork.jpg|GTA III artwork.
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTALCS.jpg|Salvatore Leone in [[1998]].
Image:SALVATORE_LEONE_Just_a_Business_Man.jpg|Early model of Salvatore Leone from a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Just a Business Man|article]], GTA III.
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII-conceptart.jpg|Concept artwork of Salvatore Leone.
SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII.jpg|GTA III.
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTAIII-artwork.jpg|GTA III artwork.
SalvatoreLeone-Artwork3.jpg|GTA San Andreas artwork.
File:JustaBusinessMan-GTAIII.jpg|Early model of Salvatore Leone from a [[Liberty Tree]] [[Just a Business Man|article]], GTA III.
SalvatoreLeone&MariaLaTorra-GTASA.jpg|Salvatore and [[Maria Latore|Maria]] at [[Caligula's Palace]], [[Las Venturas]], GTA San Andreas.
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTASA-artwork.jpg|GTA San Andreas artwork.
SalvatoreLeone-Artwork2.jpg|GTA Liberty City Stories artwork.
File:SalvatoreLeone&MariaLatore-GTASA.jpg|Salvatore and [[Maria Latore|Maria]] at [[Caligula's Palace]], [[Las Venturas]], GTA San Andreas.
SalvatoreLeone-GTALCS.jpg|GTA Liberty City Stories.
File:SalvatoreLeone-GTALCS-artwork.jpg|GTA Liberty City Stories artwork.
</gallery>
</gallery>
</center>


=== Miscellaneous ===
=== Miscellaneous ===
<center><gallery>
<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="120">
JoeyLeone-GTAIII.jpg|Salvatore Leone's son, [[Joey Leone|Joey]].
File:JoeyLeone-GTAIII.jpg|Salvatore Leone's son, [[Joey Leone|Joey]].
UncleLeone-GTALCS.jpg|Salvatore Leone's [[Uncle Leone|elderly uncle]].
File:UncleLeone-GTALCS.jpg|Salvatore Leone's [[Uncle Leone|elderly uncle]].
Salvatore'sSalvation-GTALCS.jpg|Salvatore Leone whilst kidnapped by the [[Sindacco Family]] ([[Salvatore's Salvation]] mission).
File:Salvatore'sSalvation-GTALCS4.jpg|Salvatore Leone whilst kidnapped by the [[Sindacco Family]] ([[Salvatore's Salvation]] mission).
MakingToni-GTALCS.jpg|Salvatore Leone about to make [[Toni Cipriani]] ([[Making Toni]] mission).
File:Salvatore'sGentlemen'sClub-GTALCS-exterior.jpg|Salvatore Leone's [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|home]].
Sals_House.jpg|Salvatore Leone's [[Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club|home]].
</gallery>
</gallery></center>
 
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==References==
==References==
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Character
Salvatore Leone
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Appearances GTA III
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
Full Name Salvatore Leone
Aliases Sal
Mr. Leone
Mr. Big
Status

Deceased

Gender Gender::Male
Place of Birth Palermo, Sicily, Italy[1]
Date of Death October 2001 (during Sayonara Salvatore)
Nationality Italian
Home Las Venturas
Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club in Saint Mark's, Liberty City
Staunton Island, Liberty City
Family Joey Leone (son)
Maria Latore (wife)
Uncle Leone (uncle)
Un-named brother (possibly deceased)
Un-named cousin (deceased)[2]
Un-named wife (deceased)
Main Affiliations Leone Family (Don)
Mickey
Paulie Sindacco (former, deceased)
Ken Rosenberg (former)
Kent Paul (former)
Maccer (former)
Carl Johnson (former)
Ma Cipriani
Toni Cipriani
Vincenzo Cilli (deceased)
Luigi Goterelli
Mickey Hamfists
Joseph Daniel O'Toole (deceased)
Jane Hopper (1998)
Miguel (until 1998, deceased)
Donald Love (1998)
Leon McAffrey (former, deceased)
Massimo Torini (1998, deceased)
Miles O'Donovan (1998 - 2001)
Vehicles Mafia Sentinel
PCJ-600 (1998)
Banshee (1998)
Businesses Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club
Caligula's Palace (1992)
Leone Casino (1998)
Voiced by Frank Vincent[3]
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Salvatore Leone is a recurring character in the 3D Universe who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto III (set in 2001), a supporting character in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (set in 1992) and a main character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (set in 1998). He is the Don of the Leone Family, father of Joey Leone and husband of Maria Latore. He is voiced by Frank Vincent in each appearance.[3]

Character history

Life until 1992

Salvatore Leone was born in Palermo, Sicily and also had a brother[1], as well as a cousin to whom he was close.[2] He later immigrated to the United States and settled in a mansion in Saint Mark's, Liberty City. He also had a wife and son, Joey, although it is unknown when he met his wife or when they had their son. It is presumed, however, that she died prior to 1992 as Salvatore is seen flirting with his future wife, Maria Latore. In the mid 1980s he took control of the Leone Family after a power struggle[1]. During this time he and his uncle began to distrust each other, possibly due to him becoming Don.

Life in 1992

In 1992 he meets Johnny Sindacco, of the Sindacco Family, and agrees to give him $5 million to invest in Caligula's Palace, a casino and hotel in Las Venturas, and takes a one-third ownership alongside the Forelli Family. He is at first reluctant to give Johnny the money, because a Sindacco previously killed a cousin of his. During the negotiations, Salvatore gains control of the books and also successfully suggests Ken Rosenberg as being the man to run the business, knowing that as a recovering drug addict he will be easy to manipulate. He later flies to Las Venturas to run the business, telling Rosenberg that he wanted his money back quickly, making it clear that he was in charge. While in Las Venturas, he meets and befriends Carl Johnson, who had worked for his son in a car theft ring in Liberty City at some point between 1987 and 1992. After being vouched for by Rosenberg, Carl is employed to kill four Forelli gangsters flying into the city to kill Salvatore. Salvatore, satisfied with his abilities, hires Carl to perform a hit at Marco's Bistro in Liberty City. During this time, however, Carl is planning to perform a heist at the casino and helps Rosenberg, Kent Paul and Maccer escape. Carl later performs the heist with the San Fierro based Triads, who run a rival casino, resulting in a furious Salvatore phoning him and threatening to kill him and his family.

During his time in Las Venturas, he also starts a relationship with one of the casino's waitresses, Maria Latore. They first meet when she delivers a sandwich to him in his office, and she sasses him even though he owns the casino. However, she quickly warms up to him, and they had their first date a few days later - throwing large knives at Maccer in the same office. They seem mutually attracted to each other, and Salvatore impresses her by smoothly hitting a bull's-eye with his back completely turned (Maccer is unharmed).

Life between 1992 and 1998

Salvatore Leone, at some point after 1992 and presumably shortly after the heist, returns to Liberty City with his girlfriend Maria. The two later get married and she moves in to his mansion. The relationship, however, quickly deteriorates and she moves out. Salvatore's role at Caligula's Palace and the result of his investment remain unknown, as Salvatore never discusses the issue. During this time he also gets to know Toni Cipriani, who performs a hit on a rival made man before going into hiding for four years, and Vincenzo Cilli, who rises up through the gang to take Cipriani's place. He also meets union boss Jane Hopper, who agrees to give Salvatore and his men access to the harbor while the workers strike, and also Miguel of the Colombian Cartel who begins supplying drugs to the Leone Family. The Leone Family also lose control of parts of the Red Light District, forcing Luigi Goterelli to lose his club to the Sindacco Family.

Life in 1998

Salvatore Leone in 1998.

In late 1998 Salvatore welcomes Toni Cipriani back to Liberty City and into the gang after four years of hiding. He assigns him to Vincenzo Cilli, who had claimed Toni's place in the gang. The two immediately dislike each other but continue to work together under Salvatore's orders, eventually splitting after Vincenzo attempted to set him up. Toni later kills Vincenzo, seemingly with Salvatore's approval. Salvatore later begins to work with Joseph Daniel O'Toole, the manager of Paulie's Revue Bar and a Sindacco Family member, gaining valuable information on the gangs plans, although he is almost arrested by the police at the club. He later has Toni meet union boss Jane Hopper, encouraging her and her associates to give them access to the harbor, allowing Toni to meet Miguel to purchase drugs, although the deal is ambushed by the police.

Due to his and Toni's work against the Sindacco Family, including preventing a Leone controlled casino from being destroyed and then destroying the Dolls House casino, he is kidnapped by Sindacco Family mobsters. Salvatore is rescued by Toni. This earns Salvatore's respect, telling Toni to call him Sal rather than Mr. Leone. Toni, on instructions from Salvatore, later discovers the Sicilian Mafia's plans to take control of the city and unwittingly assists in the murder of O'Toole by Mickey Hamfists, as Salvatore could not trust someone who had betrayed his own Don.

The Leone Family, having gained more control of the Red Light District when Salvatore personally led an attack to kill the Sindacco mobsters in the neighbourhood, are later attacked by the Diablos but with help from Toni maintain control of the neighbourhood and Hepburn Heights. Toni, however, concedes that they will lose control of Hepburn Heights, which subsequently happens. The Diablos, working with the Sicilian Mafia, are joined by the Triads in attacking Leone interests, as the Triads destroy a Leone controlled warehouse in Callahan Point. Salvatore, realising that Mayor Roger C. Hole wants to blame him for all the crime in the city, flees his mansion and evades the police, living on Staunton Island, despite threatening Toni with a gun for allegedly insulting Salvatore. Salvatore, angry at the Mayor's actions, has Toni kill the Mayor on his morning run in Belleville Park and steals his phone, learning that the Forelli Family had controlled the Mayor. After this, helping him escape arrest twice and rescuing him after being kidnapped, Salvatore makes Toni a made man, which also results in Toni's mother calling off a hit she placed on her son.

Shortly afterwards, Salvatore sends Toni to work for Donald Love, who Salvatore's wants to become Mayor in order to gain more control in the political world of the city. Toni attempts to help, Donald Love's campaign, including an attempt to rig the election, although their attempts fail and Miles O'Donovan is elected after Love's connections to Toni and Salvatore are discovered by the press. Salvatore continues to deploy, especially after Love becomes bankrupt, and rescues him from a Sindacco hit on a Forelli mobster in Fort Staunton. The Forelli and Sindacco families later attempt to reconcile but their meeting is disrupted by Toni on Salvatore's orders, quickly followed by killing a wiseguy about to expose the Sicilian Mafia to Franco Forelli, the Don of the Forelli Family.

Toni also begins to work for Leon McAffrey, a corrupt police officer, on Salvatore's orders and helps weaken the Sindaccos and Forellis hold on the island, including the Uptown Yardies gaining and maintaining control of Newport. During this time Salvatore is arrested and moved to the police station in Shoreside Vale but continues meeting Toni, disguised as Salvatore's lawyer Lionel, and has him use the Southside Hoods to remove the Forelli's from Wichita Gardens. Paulie Sindacco, the Don of the Sindacco Family, is also killed by Toni on orders from Salvatore, and the Yakuza, an emerging threat on Staunton Island, have their tank stolen by Toni. Toni begins working for Toshiko Kasen, seemingly without Salvatore's knowledge, and helps weaken the Yakuza, and again with Donald Love, destroying the Fort Staunton neighbourhood and weakening the Forelli Family. Salvatore is later taken for trial, is protected by Toni on the way, and is later freed by the court.

Salvatore returns to his mansion and decides to take out Massimo Torini, the right-hand man of the gangs leader Uncle Leone. Salvatore and Toni successfully manage to kill Torini and rescue the Mayor who had been kidnapped, reminding the Mayor that he now worked for the Leone Family. Salvatore, having successfully defeated the Forelli and Sindacco Families and the Sicilian Mafia, discusses the position of the mafia in the city, realising that they had thrown control of the city away to a number of new gangs. Salvatore and Toni, however, celebrate their success at Momma's Restaurante and meet Salvatore's uncle, who tells Salvatore that "Every dog has his day", a comment ignored by Salvatore.

Salvatore Leone in 2001.

Life between 1998 and 2001

Between 1998, when he was in court before being freed, and 2001 he had been tried on four separate occasions, winning each of the cases. He was later put on trial again in April 2001, being accused of tax evasion with $450,000 in undeclared income, although he wins the case after lawyer Maurice Goldberg successfully convinces the court that Salvatore is dyslexic and struggled with taxes. He was, however, found guilty of illegally important food stuffs from Sicily without a license, and was fined, as well as having to pay the owed taxes.[1] The Liberty Tree, in July 2001, published articles on Joey Leone, Toni Cipriani and Luigi Goterelli, publicly suggesting their links to the criminal underworld. The Leone Family also gain full control of the Red Light District and re-open Sex Club Seven, although the gang do lose their interests on Staunton Island and in Shoreside Vale, as well as Hepburn Heights to the Diablos. During this time Maria also moves back in to Salatore's mansion.

Final year

The Leone Family, by October 2001, were struggling to maintain their control of Portland due to increased pressure from the Triads, Diablos and primarily the Colombian Cartel, who established a secret drug manufacturing plant on a freighter in Portland Harbor. Despite the problems, Salvatore continues to run the gang from his mansion and is introduced to Claude, a convict who escaped in a police convoy ambushed by the Cartel. Claude attracts the interest of Salvatore's wife Maria who he escorts to an illegal club before returning her to Salvatore's mansion. Salvatore, happy with his work, has him follow and kill Curly Bob, a bartender at Sex Club Seven, after Claude discovered that he had been selling secrets to the Cartel in return for the drug SPANK.

Salvatore later has Claude and 8-Ball, who Claude had escaped the convoy with, destroy the freighter used by the Cartel to manufacture SPANK, which had seemingly gained Claude the respect of Salvatore. Maria, however, had told Salvatore that she had become involved with Claude.[4] Maria's story, a lie, later led Salvatore to meet and agree to a truce with the Cartel, and to kill Claude with a booby trapped car. Maria discovers the plot and informs Claude, with the pair fleeing to Staunton Island with Yakuza co-leader Asuka Kasen, an old friend of Maria's. Asuka, looking for Claude to prove his loyalty to her, has him return to Portland and kill Salvatore after leaving Sex Club Seven.

Trivia

Badfellas poster
  • Salvatore Leone appears on posters for the film Badfellas in GTA III. This is a reference to the film Goodfellas, in which Frank Vincent appeared. The posters can be found at Sex Club Seven in the Red Light District of Portland, Liberty City.
  • Salvatore's character model in GTA III is based on Don Corleone from The Godfather, albeit more foul mouthed.
  • Salvatore means savior in Italian.
  • Salvatore being sued for tax evasion is probably a reference to Al Capone.
  • Salvatore Leone is credited first in both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, despite not being the protagonist in either of the games.
  • Internal files on Salvatore are named "Frankie" instead, most likely named after the voice actor.
  • Salvatore Leone is extremely paranoid, even admitting so to Toni Cipriani during the mission Driving Mr. Leone.[5][6]
  • Salvatore's relationship with Maria Latore is volatile, with the two frequently arguing, yet they stay together due to money, with Maria enjoying the luxury of purchasing items with his money. She attempts to start relationships with both Toni Cipriani and Claude, despite a lack of interest from both of them, resulting in Salvatore becoming more paranoid.

Mission appearances

GTA III
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories

Murders committed

Gallery

Salvatore

Miscellaneous

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Salvatore Leone: "Just a Business Man". Julius Cohen and Liberty Tree.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Salvatore Leone: "The Sindaccos and the Leones? That's impossible. That's been impossible since your associates whacked my cousin." (from The Introduction DVD)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frank Vincent Internet Movie Database entry. Internet Movie Database.
  4. Maria Latore: "Listen Salvatore, thinks that we're going behind his back. So he was offering you to the Cartel, in order to make a deal. I couldn't let him do that, I mean the worst thing is... it's my fault. I told him we were an item, don't ask me why I don't know. Look you're a marked man on Mafia turf and I've got to get out of here to. I've seen too much killing. Too much blood. This is a friend of mine ok, she's an old friend... it's Asuka, she's someone we can trust." (from the Last Requests mission)
  5. Salvatore Leone: "Don't play dumb with me, kid. I was playing dumb when your mother was still turning tricks."
    Toni Cipriani: "What's your problem?"
    Salvatore Leone: "I know what you've been saying about me. You think I'm an idiot? Huh? Is that what you think?" (from the Driving Mr. Leone mission)
  6. Salvatore Leone: "I'm getting paranoid Toni. Really fucking paranoid. Just because I think everyone hates me doesn't mean that they don't, know what I mean? Someone is out to get me. It's that fucking mayor! He's gonna blame me for all the shit that's been going down in the neighbourhood. All of it. Not just the shit I did but all of it." (from the Driving Mr. Leone mission)