Carlito Brigante his way up to being the heroin kingpin of the neighborhood. Around 1970, Brigante (at the age of 40) is arrested during a drug bust and is sentenced to 30 years in prison. This marks the end of the novel, "Carlito's Way". "After Hours", which is the source for the film version of "Carlito's Way", begins with Brigante beating his prison sentence thanks to his lawyer David Kleinfeld. During "After Hours", Carlito tries to leave his life of crime behind and retire in the Bahamas with his girlfriend Gail. Circumstances conspire against him when Carlito innocuously accompanies his young cousin
Carlito Olivero Carlito Olivero Carlos Emmanuel Olivero, better known as Carlito Olivero, is an American singer and actor of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent. From 2007–09, he was part of the Latin boy band Menudo after taking part in MTV's "Making Menudo". Moving to Los Angeles in 2009, he appeared in various singing and acting events and in 2012 appeared in the film "We the Party" directed by Mario Van Peebles. In 2013, he auditioned for season 3 of the American singing competition series "The X Factor" and finished 3rd in the competition. He was mentored by Paulina Rubio. Olivero was born