Editing Marty Marcano (section)

=== Milbanks and Marty's Exile ===
While Giuseppe remained in Paleto Bay, commanding a strengthened Marcano Mob after the Great Breakup, Gianni returned from Italy to help grow the family’s influence across San Andreas. Aware of his uncle’s arrival, Marty reached out and invited him to temporarily stay at his Diamond Casino & Resort penthouse.
[[File:Marty in party penthouse1.png|thumb|Marty in his party penthouse at the Diamond Casino & Resort]]
When Marty arrived at the airport to greet him, he was disappointed to find that his father had also come along. Upon entering Marty’s penthouse at the Diamond Casino and Resort, both Giuseppe and Gianni were stunned—not by mess or disrepair, but by the lavish décor, bright colors, wine stains, and the sheer opulence of the place. It was clear Marty had changed. He was now living a high-end, luxurious lifestyle, wearing expensive clothes and bragging about his wealth.

Giuseppe, skeptical of this sudden wealth, questioned where the money had come from. Marty insisted he had worked hard for it. In truth, he had secretly taken out a substantial loan from [[Milbanks]]—a notorious military bank known for funding global conflicts. The bank had only approved the deal because of Marty’s surname, Marcano, which held sway in their records.

Over the next few days, tension simmered. Giuseppe’s repeated questions about Marty’s newfound fortune irritated him. Eventually, the trio planned a trip to Paleto Bay to strength the familys relationship. But en route, they were ambushed by armed mercenaries. After narrowly escaping, the trio fled back to Marty’s penthouse.

Marty at first claimed the attack was random. Under pressure, he finally admitted the truth: the money had come from Milbanks in the form of a loan, and now they were coming to collect. Giuseppe was stunned—deeply disappointed in his son. Using his connections, he managed to halt the attacks and start negotiating repayment. The only viable option was to rent out the penthouse to the bank, forcing Marty to give up his luxury life.

Marty returned, defeated, to his two-story garage unit in Paleto Bay. Struggling to readjust to modest living, he rapidly deteriorated—both physically and mentally. He relapsed into old habits, giving into his sex addiction, and neglecting basic hygiene and jerking off at every porn video he had on his laptop. The fall from grace was sharp and undeniable.

In the aftermath, [[Salvatore Marcano|Uncle Salvatore]] arrived in Paleto Bay aboard his expensive yacht—legitimately purchased through years of honest business. Shocked at Marty’s condition and how far he had fallen since moving to the United States, Salvatore decided to help the family get back on their feet.

Together, Giuseppe, Gianni, Salvatore, and Marty devised a plan: robbing the Diamond Casino’s secret gold stash. Over several weeks, they meticulously organized the heist. On December 2, 2024, the job was executed with precision and success, netting them approximately $2.6 million. Combined with the steady rent income from the penthouse, the family was finally making progress on paying off Marty’s Milbanks debt.

However, Giuseppe wanted to ensure that Marty never repeated such recklessness. Leveraging his position as a board member of the IHA (a position nobody knew about)—of which Milbanks was a subsidiary—he contacted the bank and negotiated to have the debt dropped. Milbanks agreed.

But Giuseppe didn’t stop there. To prevent any future financial disasters, he seized legal ownership of Marty’s Diamond Casino penthouse. When Marty discovered that the penthouse was now under his father’s name, he exploded with anger. Feeling betrayed and stripped of autonomy once again, he stormed out—furious, and once more, at odds with his father.