On 13 May 1992, 17-year-old Amy Fisher had an accomplice drive her to the house of Mary Jo Buttafuoco in Massapequa, New York. When Mary Jo answered the door, Amy shot her in the head. Mary Jo survived the attack, but sustained injuries that left her paralysed. The case caused a sensation. Amy was dubbed "The Long Island Lolita" by the media and became the most notorious teenager in America. Portrayed as promiscuous and immoral, Amy claimed to have started a passionate affair at a year earlier with Mary Jo's husband, Joey, thus making her lover guilty of statutory rape. But Joey protested that his relationship with Amy had been platonic and innocent and that he had no knowledge of her intended crime. While Amy suffered arrest and humiliation, Joey escaped with his reputation intact.