The iconic 1938 “mugshot” is well known to many ardent Frank Sinatra fans. On December 9, 1998, the FBI released a remarkable 1,300-page dossier containing most of Frank Sinatra’s personal records, which is when this scandalous photo first became public. In addition to the mugshot being made public, several alarming reports were also made available. The first was a document purporting to have information about connections to organized crime, and the second contained information about his torturous escape from conscription during World War II by claiming that he had a perforated eardrum and was mentally unstable.
Frank Sinatra’s arrest
Frank Sinatra was the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa) and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, firefighter, and pub owner. He was born Francis Albert Sinatra on December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey. In his early teens, Frank was expelled from high school for “general riot” after only 47 days in attendance, which gave rise to his rebellious reputation. Then, to further his singing career, he started playing at well-known social clubs like The Cat’s Meow and The Comedy Club and singing for free on the radio. He left school without receiving a diploma and worked odd jobs as a riveter and deliveryman.
The name of the first singing group Frank joined was “The Hoboken Four”. Others didn’t like it at all when he quickly became the center of attention. Frank was well liked by women and was known to have late-night stands with any girl he wanted. He had an intimate encounter with a woman during one of her performances at a bar called “La Cabaña Rústica”, which ultimately resulted in her imprisonment. On November 26, 1938, in Hackensack, New Jersey, Sinatra was arrested on a charge related to “seduction.” When it turned out that the woman in question was married, the charges against him were dropped and he was released on $1,500 bail. He was arrested a second time on December 22, 1938, on suspicion of “adultery”, less than a month later.
Once again, he was released after posting $500 bail. Sinatra was jailed for a total of 16 hours but was never formally charged with adultery or seduction. In fact, in court in January 1939 all charges were dismissed. The story goes that Sinatra’s reputation was damaged when an old flame said that he had broken off her engagement to marry her. This ex-girlfriend and Nancy Barbato, his fiancée and eventually his first wife, had an argument. She eventually accused Sinatra of seduction and infidelity, and the events surrounding this “catfight” ultimately resulted in Sinatra’s imprisonment.
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