why is joey potter's dad in prison
Joey Potter Joey has been friends with Dawson Leery since they were very young. She lives with her older sister, Bessie, Bessie's son Alexander and (sometimes) boyfriend, Bodie. Her father Mike, is in and out of prison for drug trafficking. Her mother, Lillian, died of breast cancer when Joey was thirteen. Joey is also the only character to appear in every episode of the series.
Joey Tribbiani Joey was presumably born in 1968 as he talks about being 13 in 1981.[2] He comes from an Italian American family of eight children. His father Joseph Tribbiani, Sr. (Robert Costanzo), is a pipefitter and his mother's name is Gloria (Brenda Vaccaro). Joey has seven sisters: Mary Therese (Mimi Lieber) aka Mary Teresa Christina Ricci, Mary Angela (Holly Gagnier), Dina (Marla Sokoloff), Gina (Drea de Matteo), Tina (Lisa Maris),[3] Veronica (Dena Miceli),[3] and Cookie (Alex Meneses). Joey is from Queens, New York. As a child, he was extremely accident prone.[4] He also had an imaginary friend, Maurice, who was a space cowboy.[5]