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Junior almost blew off trial

John “Junior” Gotti was nearly a no-show for closing arguments at his racketeering trial yesterday.

The mob scion told jail officials he “did not wish to participate further in the trial,” the judge said, but later canceled his boycott after a visit from his defense lawyer.

When he finally appeared in Manhattan federal court, Gotti was clad in black slacks and a white short-sleeved shirt, without the jacket and tie he wore to the trial.

Defense lawyer Charles Carnesi declined to discuss the situation, and Gotti’s mother, Victoria, had no explanation for her son’s disappearing act.

“But if it was me, I wouldn’t be participating in a legal lynching,” she said.

Carnesi captivated jurors with a depiction of Junior telling his imprisoned-for-life father, the late “Dapper Don” John Gotti, that he was quitting the Gambino crime family because “it’s not working for me, and it’s not working for my kids.”

Prosecutor Elie Honig said Gotti “never worked one honest day in his life, yet lives like a king — a wealthy, privileged lifestyle to this day.”