STATEN ISLAND — The family of a man killed outside a bar that was owned by "Big Ang" has filed a suit against her estate for his death.
Theirno Cisse filed a $1 million wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Abfous Cisse, 46, against the late reality star Angela "Big Ang" Raiola and others after he was killed outside the Drunken Monkey bar in 2014, the Staten Island Advance first reported.
The suit also names Raiola's cousin and co-owner of the bar, SallyAnn Lombardi, and Stephen Fasano, who was sentenced to prison for Cisse's death, according to the suit.
Cisse's lawyer, Obayomi Awoyinfa, did not respond to a request for comment.
On June 8, 2014, Cisse tried to break up a fight between Fasano and another man outside the West Brighton bar when Fasano punched him in the head twice, according to court papers.
The punches caused Cisse, a Senegalese native, to fall to the ground and crack his skull, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"He was not just a customer but a gentle giant that I loved," Raiola, who starred on the VH1 reality-show "Mob Wives," tweeted after his death.
Fasano surrendered to police days later and was sentenced to three to nine years in jail in 2014 for manslaughter.
The Drunken Monkey lost its liquor license in 2015 after an investigation found that Raiola, a convicted felon, was the silent owner and it was later closed down, the Advance reported.
Raiola, the niece of the late head of the Genovese crime family, died in February after a battle with cancer.
