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Tommy: You took fifteen years from me, Sonny! And now I'm gonna make you pay!
Sonny: You still don't get it, do ya? I own you, Tommy. These fifteen years were mine to spend. Get him, boys! He never understood a thing.
~ Tommy and Sonny's final exchange before the former kills the latter.
Vice City is twenty-four Karat gold these days. The Columbians, the Mexicans, hell, even those Cuban refugees are cutting themselves a piece of some nice action!
~ Sonny Forelli
Tommy. (Tommy: Sonny.) Obviously, you are suffering from hearing problems so I'll try again. WHERE'S THE GODDAMNED MONEY?! WHERE'S THE GODDAMNED STUFF?! AND WHERE'S MY CUT OF YOUR NEW ACTION?! You're making an idiot out of me, Tommy, and I'm not laughing yet.
~ Sonny's breakdown as he calls Tommy one last time.

Sonny Forelli is the main antagonist of the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the fourth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series.

He is a powerful mob boss and the old employer of Tommy Vercetti who was responsible for getting Tommy in jail for fifteen years, having double-crossed him in order for Sonny to establish his own mafia organization Forelli Family as the biggest criminal empire in Liberty City.

He was voiced by the late Tom Sizemore, who also played Chance Wilder in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Lewis Hodda in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Max Peltier in Strange Days.

Biography[]

Sonny Forelli lived in Liberty City. He became the Don of the Forelli Family at a young age according to the Vice City Police Department criminal files. Around 1971, Sonny had led Tommy Vercetti into an ambush in Harwood (located in Liberty City), telling Tommy he was to assassinate a key mobster. Tommy survived the ambush but was arrested by the Liberty City Police Department and imprisoned. Sonny continued his various illegal activities, which by 1986 are believed to be racketeering, gambling, unions, corruption and prostitution, making the Forelli family the most powerful Mafia family at that time.

Dead member of the Forelli gang in a freezer.

Upon Tommy's release, Sonny decides to send him down south. Through his contact in Vice City, Ken Rosenberg a lawyer they organize a drug deal with the Vance Crime Family, which leads to an ambush resulting in the deaths of Forelli mobsters Harry and Lee and Vance Crime Family boss Victor Vance. Tommy later informs Sonny of the ambush, with Sonny reacting angrily, seemingly holding Tommy responsible for the recovery of the money regardless of whose fault it was.

Ken Rosenberg later begins to employ Tommy Vercetti and helps him establish himself in the city, introducing him to a number of the cities key people, including Colonel Juan Cortez, who helped Rosenberg set up the deal, and real estate mogul Avery Carrington. Rosenberg, fearing Sonny, stays in his office for a number of days, but does send Tommy to intimidate two jurors prosecuting Sonny's cousin Giorgio.

Sonny allows Tommy to establish a business empire in the city, in order for Tommy to repay his debt. However, Tommy continues to expand his business empire and manages to extract revenge for the ambushed drug deal, killing Gonzalez and the cities drug baron, Ricardo Diaz. However, Tommy fails to give Sonny his cut, resulting in Sonny sending some of his men to collect money from Tommy's numerous businesses.

Tommy, expecting Sonny to arrive after his collectors were killed, prepares to give Sonny counterfeit money printed at his print works. However, Sonny reveals that Lance Vance, Tommy's friend, has joined forces with him and informed him of Tommy and Ken Rosenberg's plan. Being forewarned about Tommy's deception, Sonny came to the Vercetti estate prepared with a large number of gunmen to take over the business for the Forelli Family.

A huge gun fight erupts, during which Sonny finally confirms Tommy's suspicions that he was in fact set up in 1971. The shootout concludes with the deaths of Lance and Sonny, alongside countless Forelli Family mobsters.

Legacy[]

Six years later after Sonny died, Salvatore Leone (the Don of the Leone Family) informs Johnny Sindacco of the Sindacco Family that the death of Sonny Forelli dealt a severe blow to the Forelli Family, allowing the Sindacco Family to move into Liberty City from Las Venturas. Salvatore states "Ever since Sonny Forelli got himself pasted all over Florida, you think you run things in this town". A film about Sonny's life, entitled "Sonny Forelli: A True Story" is advertised in Liberty City in 1998.

It was also the beginning of the end of the Forelli Family. Sonny's death was followed by death of Marco Forelli in 1992 in hands of Carl Johnson who posed as hitman for Leone Family at the time. By 1998, there are only two brothers left. Franco Forelli and Mike Forelli. After Franco is killed in an explosion of Fort Staunton set up by Leone Family capo Toni Cipriani, only living Forelli, Mike becomes don of Family. But he joins his brothers in 2001, when he is killed by car bomb set up by Claude as a job for Joey Leone. But that didn't stop Joey from trying to get rid of remaining Forelli members. So he employs Claude once more to get rid of car containing body of a Forelli member during mission "Dead Skunk in a Trunk". By game chronology, this is the last time Forellis are seen or mentioned in the Grand Theft Auto series, and its highly likely that they've been wiped out for good.

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Trivia[]

  • Sonny's name is likely a reference to Sonny Crockett, the main protagonist of Miami Vice which is a major influence of the game.
  • Since Sonny got Tommy arrested fifteen years prior to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, he is considered to be Tommy's arch-enemy.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Victor Vance | Jerry Martinez | Diego & Armando Mendez | Marty Jay Williams | Lance Vance | Ricardo Diaz | Phil Cassidy | Bryan Forbes | Lazlow Jones | Jack Howitzer | Fernando Martinez

Grand Theft Auto IV
Niko Bellic | Dimitri Rascalov | Jimmy Pegorino | Darko Brevic | Vlad Glebov | Ray Bulgarin | Brucie Kibbutz | Karen Daniels | Manny Escuela | Tom Rivas | Mikhail Faustin | Ray Boccino | Little Jacob | Real Badman | Elizabeta Torres | Packie McReary | Derrick McReary | Francis McReary | Gerald McReary | Playboy X | Dwayne Forge | Johnny Klebitz | Luis Lopez | Roman Bellic's Kidnapper | Clarence Little | Dardan Petrela | Lyle Rivas | Judge Grady | Jim Fitzgerald | Johnny Barbosa | Phil Bell | Joseph DiLeo | Luca Silvestri | The Cook | Tony Prince | Teddy Benavidez | Eddie Low | The Fixer | Jon Gravelli | Michael Keane | Gordon Sargent | Wedding Assassin | Trunchez Brothers | Jeff Harlingford | Adam Dimayev | Eduard Borodin | Isaac Roth | Mori Green | United Liberty Paper Contact | Aiden O'Malley | Bucky Sligo | Kiki Jenkins | Jason Michaels | Frankie Gallo | Frank Garone | Kenny Petrovic | Lenny Petrovic | Mr. McReary | Fernando Martinez | Maxwell Caughlin | Scott Guzowski | Antonio Rivette | Rodrigo Stavnes | Fernando Tisdel | Tyler Pickrel | Preston Pecinovsky | Alonso Goralski | Bert Reker | Freddy Paparo | Ivan Bytchkov | Anthony Corrado | Kim Young-Guk | Shon Kikuchi | Jimmy Kand | Simon Nashly | Tommy Francovic | Barry Lamora | Lino Friddell | Juan Haimo | Darren Covey | Leo Brodell | Christov Mahonvic | Marty Boldenow | Noel Katsuda | Rodney McEniry | Glenn Lushbaugh | Phil Bacerra | Sergi Szerbin | Danny Hatmaker | Mervin Eskuchen | Frederick Harrison | Chan Jaoming | Hsin Jaoming | Keenan Burdett | Gracie Ancelotti | Giovanni Ancelotti | Lazlow Jones | Jack Howitzer

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
The Lost MC
Johnny Klebitz | Billy Grey | Brian Jeremy | Jim Fitzgerald | Terry Thorpe | Clay Simons | Angus Martin | Jason Michaels

Other
Malc | Ray Boccino | James "Jimmy" Matthews | Ed McCornish | Thomas Stubbs | Elizabeta Torres | Playboy X | Niko Bellic | Luis Lopez | Tony Prince | Dimitri Rascalov | Roman's Kidnapper | Ray's Goon | Lester Arnold | Lazlow Jones | Fernando Martinez

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Luis Lopez | Ray Bulgarin | Tony Prince | Rocco Pelosi | Timur | Vince Pelosi | Yusuf Amir | Mori Kibbutz | Giovanni Ancelotti | Gracie Ancelotti | Niko Bellic | Johnny Klebitz | Brucie Kibbutz | Vic Manzano | Margot | Marki Ashvilli | Billy Grey | Dimitri Rascalov | Union Official | Ahmed Khaleel | Tahir Saeed | Evan Moss | Lazlow Jones | Phil Bell | Fernando Martinez

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Huang Lee | Wu Lee | Zhou Ming | Chan Jaoming | Rudy D'Avanzo | Hsin Jaoming | Mini Gun Wonsu Assassin | Lester Arnold

Grand Theft Auto V
Protagonists
Michael De Santa | Trevor Philips | Franklin Clinton | Lester Crest | Lamar Davis | Dave Norton | Ron Jakowski | Jimmy De Santa | Wade Hebert

Antagonists
Devin Weston | Steve Haines | Wei Cheng | Stretch | Molly Schultz | Don Percival | Martin Madrazo | Simeon Yetarian | Andreas Sanchez | Rocco Pelosi | Clay Simons | Terry Thorpe | Dr. Isiah Friedlander | Kyle Chavis | Fabien LaRouche | D | Elwood O'Neil | Ortega | Enzo Bonelli | United Liberty Paper Contact | Ballas | Gianni | Johnny Klebitz | Tracker | Brett Lowrey | Jay Norris

Heist Crew Members
Chef | Christian Feltz | Daryl Johns | Eddie Toh | Gustavo Mota | Hugh Welsh | Karim Detz | Karl Abolaji | Norm Richards | Paige Harris | Patrick McReary | Rickie Lukens | Taliana Martinez

Strangers and Freaks/Random Events
Nigel & Mrs. Thornhill | Ursula | Alonzo | Derrick | Cris Formage | Peter Dreyfuss | Joe and Josef | Beverly Felton | Lost Fugitive | Abigail Mathers | Josh Bernstein | Curtis Weaver | Glenn Scoville | Larry Tupper | Ralph Ostrowski

Other
Brad Snider | Lazlow Jones | Tao Cheng | Jock Cranley | Debra | Merle Abrahams | Brucie Kibbutz | Jack Howitzer | Fernando Martinez

Grand Theft Auto Online
Protagonist
GTA Online Protagonists

Main Characters/Bosses
Lester Crest | Lamar Davis | Gerald | Simeon Yetarian| Lester Crest | Trevor Philips | Ron Jakowski | Martin Madrazo | Agent 14 | Karen Daniels | Malc | United Liberty Paper Contact | Tony Prince | Tao Cheng | Georgina Cheng | Brucie Kibbutz | Miguel Madrazo Franklin Clinton | Chef | Dax | Labrat | Luchadora | Yusuf Amir | Jamal Amir |

Heist Crew Members
Patrick McReary | Eddie Toh | Zach Nelson | Karim Denz | Gustavo Mota | Karl Abolaji | Paige Harris | Rickie Lukens | Taliana Martinez | Chester McCoy | Charlie Reed | Avi Schwartzman | Christian Feltz | Yohan Blair

Duggan Crime Family
Avery Duggan | Thornton Duggan | Mason Duggan

Other Antagonists
Avon Hertz | Cliffford | The Boss | Juan Strickler | Johnny Guns | Steve Haines | P | North Side Vagos Leader | Dr. Isiah Friedlander

Other Characters
Claude | Niko Bellic | John Marston | Bogdan | Los Santos Slasher | Jimmy De Santa | Lazlow Jones | Cris Formage | Steve Haines | Johnny Klebitz | Jack Howitzer | Fernando Martinez | Michael De Santa | Jock Cranley

Organizations
Gangs and Cartels
Albanian Mob | Angels of Death Motorcycle Club | Los Diablos | Uptown Yardies | Yakuza | The Yardies | Ballas | Cholos | Colombian Cartel | Cubans | Da Nang Boys | Diaz's Gang | The Families (GTA V) (Grove Street Families, Seville Boulevard Families) | Fooliganz | Hare Krishna | Haitians | Hustlers | Loonies | Los Santos Vagos | The Lost MC | Luca's Crew | Madrazo Cartel | Mendez Cartel | Marabunta Grande | Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers | O'Neil Brothers | Rednecks | San Fierro Rifa | Skinheads | Southside Hoods | Street Sharks | Varrios Los Aztecas (GTA V) | Vice City Bikers | Vance Crime Family | Trailer Park Mafia | Trevor Philips Enterprises | Vercetti Gang | Costa Rican Gang | European Gang
Mafias
The Commission (Gambetti Family, Pavano Family, Messina Family, Lupisella Family, Ancelotti Family) | Armenian Mob | Bulgarin Family | Duggan Crime Family | Faustin-Rascalov Family | Forelli Family | Sindacco Family | Pegorino Family | Petrovic Mafiya | Trunchez Brothers | Jewish Mob | McReary Crime Family | Kkangpae | Korean Mob | Leone Family | Russian Mafia (Russian Mafia (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas)) | Sicilian Mafia | Vance Crime Family
Triads
Liberty City Triads | Los Santos Triads
The Law
Police | C.R.A.S.H. | Liberty City Police Department | Los Santos Police Department | North Yankton State Patrol | Vice City Police Department | National Office of Security Enforcement | Drug Observation Agency | Federal Investigation Bureau | International Affairs Agency
Cults
Altruist Cult | Epsilon Program
Other
Civil Border Patrol | Cliffford Mercenaries | Crack Dealers | Devin Weston Holdings | Counterfeit Syndicate | Liquor Store Bandits | Loco Syndicate | Merryweather Security | SRS | Survivalists | The Professionals | Republican Space Rangers | Zaibatsu Corporation | Zombotech Corporation

See Also
Bully Villains | Manhunt Villains | Max Payne Villains | Red Dead Villains | LA Noire Villains

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