The documents say Shore, who died aged 77 in 1994 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, also had links with mob attorney Sidney Korshak – whose partnerships with Chicago gangsters led to the FBI branding him “the most powerful lawyer in the world.”
The FBI finally discovered Reynolds had asked Ragano to represent him in the purchase of land in Jupiter, Florida – thought to be the actor’s 160-acre ranch where he lived until his death.
They also found Reynolds and Shore stayed at Ragano’s home, hung out with him in the VIP lounge of an airport – and the actor considered buying the lawyer’s home.
Despite the pair’s links to Ragano and the FBI interviewing Reynolds, the probe was ditched when investigators said sources had “no information concerning hoodlum associates” of Reynolds or Shore.
Reynolds – who died with only $5million after declaring bankruptcy in 1996 – was also probed by the FBI over a $5.5million loan he took to develop a Florida shopping mall, and over the actor’s interest in opening a bank in Florida.
The revelations about Reynolds’ mafia ties comes after his sister-in-law has claimed the Boogie Nights actor was behind the 1973 murder of a man named David Whiting in a Gila Bend, Arizona, motel.
“Burt got caught with the man’s girlfriend. They got in a fight and he killed him,” said Maria, the widow of Reynolds‘ adopted brother, Jimmy Hooks Reynolds.
