Carter Roy

Johnny, not wanting to look weak in front of his girlfriend and with his notorious temper, could have fought back until Mickey stabbed him.

Since Mickey already had the illegal sex tape and photos, he could have used them to force Lana to take the fall.

I say Lana because why would he make the teenage girl do it?

Well, perhaps Cheryl or Lana made that suggestion.

Mickey wouldn't care, just as long as it wasn't him.

And get this, according to author Casey Sherman, Mickey did actually show up at Lana's mansion on that infamous night.

He learned about Johnny's death after a reporter contacted him for a quote.

Mickey rushed to Lana's, where Jerry Giesler told him that Johnny was already at the morgue.

Mickey went there to officially identify the body for Johnny's family back home.

But who's to say that Mickey wasn't really at Lana's from the very beginning?

Killed Johnny, left or hid for Lana and Cheryl to take the blame, then showed up later with an alibi about a reporter.

Stranger cover-ups have happened.

Now, there's not much evidence to support this theory.

However, it is interesting that Mickey paid for Johnny's funeral.

Could this have been some act of retribution for Johnny's family?

Some mobs have what's called a death allowance, where they provide monetary support to the families of whacked mobsters.

Some reports claim it could be up to $260,000.

But while it's not unheard of for mobsters to do this for their victims, it's usually reserved for their own guys.

So Mickey could have just footed the bill as his loyal boss, not as his killer.

Plus, if Mickey did kill Johnny, he probably wouldn't have been so outspoken after his death.