Kenny "Kenji" Gallo (b. 1968) is a former director and producer of pornographic films and B movies, a convicted racketeer associated with the Los Angeles crime family and New York City's Colombo crime family, and a high-ranking mafia informant against such mafioso as alleged Lucchese crime family capo John Baudanza and alleged Colombo crime family heir apparent Theodore "Teddy" Persico, Jr. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double The Los Angeles Mafia is an Italian criminal organization based in Los Angeles County, California as part of the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra The Colombo crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within The Lucchese crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within John Baudanza (born 1969 is a New York mobster and a powerful soldier in the Lucchese crime family. The Colombo crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within . Today, Gallo is the owner and operator of the popular Hollywood Mafia website and the accompanying Hollywood Mafia Blog.
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Film career
Gallo was an adult film and B-movie director and producer from the late 1980's to the early 2000's. He was the director of at least twenty-nine recorded adult film titles. [1] He was also the producer of the B movies Babewatch 3 and Babewatch 4. During his time as a filmmaker, Mr. Gallo met and married adult entertainment star Tabitha Stevens[2]; their short-lived marriage included a Jerry Springer Show episode entitled "I'm Married to a Porn Star!". Tabitha Stevens (born February 16 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American Pornographic actress. The Jerry Springer Show is a television Tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician broadcast in the United States and other They acrimoniously divorced in 1997.
Criminal Career and Life as a Government Informant
According to published author and pornography gossip columnist Luke Ford, Gallo was a one of the biggest cocaine smugglers and gangsters in the Los Angeles area in the late 80's and early 90's. Luke Ford (born May 28, 1966, in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia) is a Writer, blogger, and Pornography [3] Gallo eventually became connected with the Milano crime family under capo Vincent "Jimmy" Caci, with whom he was arrested in 1998 by the FBI in connection with the Las Vegas RICO cases "Operation Thin Crust" and "Operation Button Down". The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (commonly referred to as RICO Act or RICO) is a United States federal law that provides for extended In the early 2000's, Gallo moved to New York City and joined the Colombo crime family under soldier Edward Garaofalo and eventually caporegime Theodore "Teddy" Persico, Jr. The Colombo crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within A caporegime (or Capodecina) (sometimes shortened to capo) is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking member of a crime family who heads . In 2004, Gallo became a major government witness against Persico and the Colombo family; court documents show that Gallo frequently wore a wire and recorded conversations with Persico. [4] Gallo has also claimed responsibility for the arrest of Lucchese crime family capo John Baudanza and Colombo soldier Craig Marino. The Lucchese crime family is one of the " Five Families " that controls Organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within John Baudanza (born 1969 is a New York mobster and a powerful soldier in the Lucchese crime family. Gallo has published personal photos from his time with them both in Jerry Capeci's This Week in Gangland column and on his own Hollywood Mafia Blog. [5]
Following the death of convicted hitman Charles Harrelson, Gallo was interviewed as a "convicted mafia associate" and friend of Harrelson's in the Easter Sunday 2007 issue of The Sunday Times. Charles Voyde Harrelson ( July 23, 1938 &ndash March 15, 2007) was an American freelance hitman connected with Organized The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. . [6]
External links
- Kenny Gallo's Hollywood Mafia Homepage
- Kenny Gallo's Hollywood Mafia Blog
- Kenny "Kenji" Gallo's Internet Adult Film Database profile
- Kenny "Kenji" Gallo's Internet Movie Database profile
- Luke Ford's Kenny Gallo profile
- Jerry Capeci's "This Week in Gang Land" article covering Gallo's role in the arrest of Theodore "Teddy" Persico, Jr.
Notes
- ^ Kenny Gallo's resume at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ^ NNDB Profile of Tabitha Stevens
- ^ Luke Ford's Profle of Kenny Gallo.
- ^ This Week in Gangland article about Persico's arrest.
- ^ http://www.ganglandnews.com/column481.htm "This Week in Gangland" article containing photos of John Baudanza taken by Kenny Gallo.
- ^ 4/8/07 Interview with The Sunday Times about Chuck Harrelson
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