Joey Buttafuoco, 37, pleaded guilty Oct. 5 in a Long Island court to the statutory rape of Amy Fisher. Previously, he had denied ever sleeping with Fisher, dubbed the "Long Island Lolita" by New York's tabloid newspapers.
Fisher is serving a 5- to 15-year sentence in state prison for shooting Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo, in the face.
Buttafuoco told a court he slept with Fisher in July 1991, a month before she turned 17, the age of consent in New York.
Fisher told the court in a five-minute speech that Buttafuoco was aware of her plans to shoot his wife and encouraged her. Buttafuoco, in his guilty plea, acknowledged that he had an affair but denied having anything to do with the shooting.
Buttafuoco was given the maximum sentence allowed under his plea bargain with prosecutors -- six months in prison, a $5,000 fine, and five years probation.
Three television movies were made about the celebrated case.
