“I think they want about $100,000 [for an interview]. And I don’t think they’re going to get it.” MEDIA-INDUSTRY SOURCE
Amy Fisher spent her first full day of freedom meeting her parole officer, catching up with relatives – and fielding offers for the story of a modern-day Lolita.
“I think she’s really happy and excited emotionally,” said Fisher’s spokeswoman, Patricia O’Connor. “That’s where she’s at right now.”
Fisher, 24, who was sprung from the Albion Correctional Facility on Monday after serving seven years, started her day at the state Parole Division offices in Hauppauge, L.I.
Amy, in sunglasses, and her mother, Rose, arrived in a white Toyota Camry owned by her family doctor, William Lannik.
They refused to speak to reporters as they entered the building, and they sped away without comment after a two-hour powwow.
“She seems to be adjusting relatively well to her supervision so far,” said parole spokesman Tom Grant.
The parole officer reviewed with Fisher a list of her release conditions – including a curfew, and bans on booze, driving and carrying a cell phone.
She also is barred from contacting her ex-lover, Joey Buttafuoco, or his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, who publicly forgave Amy for shooting her in the face in 1992.
Since her release, Fisher has spent most of her time getting reacquainted with family, O’Connor said.
“Right now her priority is sitting down with her mom, her aunt, her grandmother. She has a lot of different relatives, and she hasn’t seen some of these people for years,” she said.
For now, Fisher isn’t talking publicly – but her reps are getting deluged with offers for interviews.
“We’ve gotten huge media interest. Everybody’s calling – international, national, local,” O’Connor said.
One television show said it would shell out $10,000. A supermarket tabloid that offered the same amount was “sort of laughed at” by Fisher’s people.
“I think they want about $100,000,” an industry source said. “And I don’t think they’re going to get it.”
Another insider agreed, noting times have changed since “A Current Affair” paid the astounding sum of $500,000 for a sit-down with the Buttafuocos.
“No one can really spend that kind of money any more,” the source said. “And there’s just not the same interest now. What bombshells are left?”
Network news magazines are only marginally interested in Fisher’s tale, the source said, explaining: “It’s a dirty story now. It’s a big cartoon.”
One pot-sweetening possibility is Fisher will sign a deal for a tell-all book – which publishers predict could fetch $1 million or more – that could be tied in with an interview.
An emotion-packed meeting between Amy and Mary Jo Buttafuoco is another option.
There’s no decision on who will get the first crack at Amy’s story – and O’Connor said it won’t necessarily go to the highest bidder.
“When [Fisher and her mother] are ready, we’ll give them all their options,” she said.