Maybe Jake had just watched a rerun of Wyatt Earp on television. Invariably, during the course of our conversations, Jake would ask if I was sleeping with X, Y or Z. Am I talking on the phone too long? I mean, maybe I should get off because some guy might be trying to call you.” If I was down there, we could stay home together. You know, I’m surprised I even got you on the phone. I thought maybe you had company, a man or something. Soon, he was telephoning at all hours of the day and night. Once his pleas for reconciliation had been rebuffed, he was obsessed by the thought of other men in my life. I want to hold you in my arms and bring back my youth, kiss you and caress you. I couldn’t make Jake happy and there was nothing he could do for me. Jake and I had been together when I was a child. I’d listen, and it was like a stranger talking. You and I, we had such a beautiful love story. Then DeNiro comes along and everything’s different for me. I was finished, washed up, a bum, gone completely. “Vikki, the greatest part of my life is happening now and I want you there with me. At first, his attempts at reconciliation had a poignant quality. He was single again, broke, still violent, and drinking. And Jake still didn’t understand the difference between right and wrong. Over two decades had passed since we’d been together. And just as bad, I had to deal with Jake in person all over again. Part of the price was being forced to relive a painful frightening period of my life. The book has just been reissued in print and eBook form by Encore Press.īEING involved with the movie carried a burden. The following pages are excerpted from KNOCKOUT: The Sexy, Violent, Extraordinary Life of Vikki LaMotta co-authored by Vikki with Thomas Hauser. But Raging Bull brought her back into Jake’s orbit. Finally, she left and carved out a new life for herself. During her marriage to Jake (which began when she was sixteen years old), Vikki was subjected to brutal beatings. The movie had special meaning for Vikki LaMotta (the second of Jake’s seven wives), who was portrayed onscreen by Cathy Moriarty. The film, starring Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta, premiered in New York on November 14, 1980, and was released in the United Kingdom on February 19, 1981. FORTY years have passed since Raging Bull entered the consciousness of fight fans and moviegoers around the world.
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