Key Takeaways
- A representative clarified that Anthony Palazzolo is not Gino Palazzolo’s nephew and has never appeared on 90 Day Fiancé, correcting the article’s original claims.
- Prosecutors allege Michigan resident Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, threatened FBI Director Kash Patel and another person, then threatened to “use deadly force” against officials at the FBI’s Detroit office after apologizing to agents.
- Authorities arrested Palazzolo on October 30 on a federal interstate-threats charge carrying up to five years in prison, and a judge temporarily detained him pending a November 2 hearing.
UPDATE: In an emailed statement sent at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, November 2nd, a representative has stated the following: “We’ve confirmed that Anthony Palazzo is not his nephew, and he has never appeared on 90 Day Fiancé or been filmed for the series. The Anthony who appeared on the show is a different individual with a different last name.”
The original story is below.
A Michigan man accused of threatening to put a hit on FBI Director Kash Patel has been mistakenly identified as the nephew of 90 Day Fiancé star Gino Palazzolo. Anthony Daniel Palazzolo, 42, was arrested October 30 after allegedly threatening to kill Patel and another individual before escalating his threats against federal agents.
And the 42-year-old Michigan man's alleged threats didn't stop when federal agents came knocking. According to prosecutors, he continued contacting the FBI, threatening to show up at its Detroit office and kill government officials.
Per an official release from the Department of Justice, the trouble began on October 8, when Anthony allegedly sent a Facebook message to an individual identified in court documents as "Victim-1." He claimed he had "put a hit out" on the individual and declared that Patel was a "dead mf too."
FBI agents tracked Anthony to his Chesterfield Township home and interviewed him the following day. According to the criminal complaint, he admitted sending the message, apologized, and insisted he had no intention of harming anyone.
But investigators say Anthony wasn't finished. After receiving an FBI agent's contact information, he allegedly bombarded the agent with messages, including threatening emails and voicemails.
In one October 13 call, he allegedly threatened to come to the bureau's Detroit office and "use deadly force against every single one of you government officials."
Another communication containing graphic threats was reportedly sent to multiple federal recipients, including the Secret Service and Supreme Court.
Anthony was arrested on October 30 and charged with interstate communications involving threats, a federal felony carrying a potential five-year prison sentence. He appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Detroit that afternoon and was temporarily detained pending a November 2 hearing.
The criminal complaint also references previous legal trouble in multiple states, including a 2018 charge involving a false report of a terrorist threat and a separate false bomb threat charge.
For 90 Day Fiancé viewers, Gino became one of the show's most recognizable personalities through his notoriously disastrous relationship with Jasmine Pineda.
Their years together included explosive arguments, accusations over money, leaked intimate photos, and an open marriage that collapsed after Pineda began seeing Matt Branistareanu, with whom she later welcomed a daughter.
