- "Come on baby, we're not gonna hurt ya!"
- ―Jerry Wagner[src]
Jerome “Jerry” Wagner was a college frat boy who was friends with Kevin Moonan.
Biography[]
Jerry was born June 14, 1921 and attended the same college as Kevin Moonan and Maria Bonasers. He, along with his friend Kevin, brutally beat Maria Bonasera during a rape attempt in 1945. However, because the boys came from wealthy families, they received little more than a slap on the wrist from the courts. Seeking justice for his daughter, Maria's father approached Vito Corleone asking him to kill Wagner and Moonan.
Don Corleone instead instructed Peter Clemenza to find someone who could "teach the punks a lesson" without killing them. Paulie Gatto, Nick Geraci and another associate tracked down Wagner and Moonan as they were outside Bonasera's funeral home harassing Maria. The two boys were then brutally beaten, which left them in hospital for months.
In the video game[]
In the video game, Aldo Trapani and Marty Malone are the ones who accompany Paulie Gatto to beat up Moonan and Wagner. They come upon the two taunting and threatening Maria Bonasera outside Bonasera's funeral parlour. Upon spotting Aldo, the two try to flee but are cornered. Wagner at this point can be beaten to "death" or allowed to run away.
Behind the scenes[]
- In The Godfather: The Game he is voiced by Gavin Hammon.
- He appears in the mission "A Grave Situation".
- He shares the same character model as Freddie Nobile.
- He was of German descent.
- Since he can be simply ignored and the player can instead just go fight Kevin Moonan directly, but it has no effect on the game's story and the characters will act as if Jerry was beaten as well.