Kenny Gallo
| Kenny Gallo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1968 Orange County, California, United States |
| Occupation | Convicted gangster, author, blogger |
| Website | http://www.Breakshotblog.blogspot.com |
Kenny "Kenji" Gallo (born in 1968) is a Japanese-Italian American[1] gangster-turned-informant, a former director and producer of adult films, and an author.
A convicted narcotics dealer on the West Coast associated with the Los Angeles crime family and New York City's Colombo crime family, Gallo became an informant against such mafioso as alleged Colombo crime family heir apparent Theodore "Teddy" Persico Jr.. His memoir Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia, co-authored with Matthew Randazzo V, was published in August 2009 by Phoenix Books, and the co-owner of the Breakshot Blog.[2]
Criminal career and life as an informant
Following the death of convicted hitman Charles Harrelson, Gallo was interviewed and identified in the Sunday 2007 issue of The Sunday Times as a "convicted Mafia associate" and friend of Harrelson.[3]
Film career
An adult film and B-movie director and producer from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, he directed twenty-nine adult films.[4] While a filmmaker, Gallo met and married adult entertainment star Tabitha Stevens;[5] their short-lived marriage included a Jerry Springer Show episode titled "I'm Married to a Porn Star!". They divorced in 1997.
Gallo also appears on the Discovery Channel show Flipped: A Mobster Tells All Kenny "Kenji" Gallo and Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, where he served as an expert for the Medellin Cartel in "Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel".
Bibliography
- Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia with Matthew Randazzo V (Phoenix Books 2009) ISBN 1-59777-615-7
References
- ↑ "Breakshot". google.com. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace book deal listing". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ "4/8/07 Interview with The Sunday Times about Chuck Harrelson". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Kenny Gallo at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ↑ "NNDB Profile of Tabitha Stevens". Retrieved 27 September 2014.
External links
- Kenny Gallo's Breakshot Blog Homepage at Blogger
- Kenny Gallo's Hollywood Mafia Homepage
- Kenny Gallo's Hollywood Mafia Blog
- Kenji at the Internet Movie Database
- Kenji at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Kenji's directing credits at the AFDB