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Salvatore Leone

Head of the Leone family who employs Claude and later tries to have him killed.

Member of: Leone Family
Voice actor: Frank Vincent
Nationality: Italy, United States
Status: Deceased
Occupation: Mafia don

Background

Salvatore Leone is the don of the Leone family, the most powerful Mafia family in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto III. He is married to Maria Latore and is the father of Joey Leone. He runs his empire from Salvatore's Gentlemen's Club and his mansion on Portland Beach.

Salvatore is old-school Mafia, proud of the Leone name and protective of its position at the top of Liberty City's underworld. His business includes clubs, protection rackets and gambling, and he keeps his family close: his son Joey and his captains Toni and Luigi all answer to him.

Events of GTA III

Claude meets Salvatore in Salvatore's Called a Meeting, after driving the don's top men through a Triad ambush. Salvatore takes Claude aside and says he sees a bright future for him.

Salvatore then gives Claude direct work. In Chaperone he asks Claude to look after Maria, who takes the chance to visit her dealer and a party that gets raided by police. In Cutting the Grass he suspects Curly Bob of leaking secrets to the Cartel, and Claude follows and kills him. In Bomb Da Base, Salvatore sends Claude to destroy the Cartel's SPANK ship, promising to make him a made man.

But Salvatore is paranoid and jealous. In Last Requests he sends Claude to dispose of a car rigged as a trap. Maria warns Claude, who escapes to Staunton Island with her and Asuka Kasen. To prove his loyalty to the Yakuza, Claude kills Salvatore as he leaves Luigi's club in Sayonara Salvatore.

Salvatore's main worry throughout his missions is the Colombian Cartel and its new drug SPANK, which he sees as a threat to the Leones' dominance. His suspicion of Curly Bob is correct, but the same suspicion turns on Claude: he comes to believe Maria has fallen for the newcomer. His death opens the way for the Yakuza and the Cartel to fight over Liberty City.

Personality

Salvatore is charming and generous on the surface but deeply paranoid. He suspects everyone of betrayal and does not hesitate to have people killed. His jealousy over Maria leads to his own death.

He is a showman who likes to be seen as generous, but his warmth is conditional. Once he decides someone is a threat, he acts without warning, using a trap rather than confronting the person.