Marianne Serpico is the wife of Frank Serpico. Marianne Serpico’s husband is an American retired New York Police Department detective. He is best known for exposing police corruption. He was a plainclothes police officer in the late 1960s and early 1970s, working in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan to expose vice racketeering. In 1970, Frank contributed to a front-page story in The New York Times on widespread corruption in the NYPD, which drew national attention to the problem.
Marianne Serpico: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Marianne Serpico |
| famous as | Frank Serpico’s wife |
| Age | N/A |
| Date of Birth | N/A |
| Place of Birth | United States of America |
| Date of death | 1980 |
| Zodiac sign | N/A |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | N/A |
| spouse | Frank Serpico (m. 1973–1980) |
Who is Frank Serpico’s wife?
Frank Serpico has been married three times. His first marriage was to Mary Ann Wheeler from 1957 to 1962. Serpico then tied the knot with Leslie Lane in 1963 and their marriage ended in 1965. A year later he walked down the aisle with Laurie Young but they called their marriage a quit 1969. On June 15, 1972, Serpico left both the NYPD and U.S. to move to Europe.
The former police officer found love for the fourth time in Marianne Serpico (a native of the Netherlands). The couple wedded in a “spiritual marriage” in 1973. The couple started their love story on a good note but things took a tragic turn some years later. After being together for about eight years, Marianne Serpico fell had cancer and passed away in 1980. After Marianne Serpico’s death, Frank moved back to the United States.
Frank Serpico’s only son Alexander Serpico was born the same year Marianne passed away. The Hero cop contested a child support order, claiming that the mother of his son told him she was on the contraceptive pill (an allegation she denied, but her friend testified against her). He lost his case on appeal and the seven-member court ruled he had to pay $945 per month.
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The tribunal, the Court of Appeals, determined unanimously that the ”mother’s alleged deceit has no bearing upon” Mr. Serpico’s ”obligation to support his child”, the Newyorktimes reported. The son of the legendary New York City police whistleblower died of an apparent drug overdose inside his Manhattan apartment. He was 41.
After the death of Frank Serpico’s fourth wife Marianne Serpico and his return to the United States, the USA Section of ANPS (National Association of Italian State Police) on June 27, 2013, assigned him the “Saint Michael Archangel Prize”, an official award by the Italian State Police with the Sponsorship of the Italian Ministry of Interior.
Francesco Serpico is now an Italian citizen: during the same ceremony, he received his first Italian passport after extended research by the president of ANPS USA, Chief Inspector Cirelli, who established the jus sanguinis, allowing him to gain Italian citizenship.
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