 According to the DeCavalcante "capo"-turned-informant Anthony Rotondo, Gotti attended his father's wake with numerous other Gambino mobsters in a "show of force" and forced boss John Riggi to agree to run his family on the Gambinos' behalf.The DeCavalcantes remained in the Gambinos' sphere of influence until Gotti's imprisonment.Gotti's son, John Gotti Jr., was initiated into the Gambino family on Christmas Eve 1988.