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- ↑ Gallo, Kenny; Randazzo, Matthew (30 November 2010). Breakshot. ISBN 9781439195833 . Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "Publishers Marketplace book deal listing" . Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Inside the Mob, from a JA who lived to tell Nao Gunji, Rafu Shimpo (July 16, 2009) Archived February 29, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Self-proclaimed Irvine Mafioso says cop helped him Frank Mickadeit, The Orange County Register (August 17, 2009) Archived June 24, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "4/8/07 Interview with The Sunday Times about Chuck Harrelson". Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Kenny Gallo at the Internet Adult Film Database
- ↑ "NNDB Profile of Tabitha Stevens" . Retrieved 27 September 2014.
