Gordon also served as the manager of American tabloid subject later turned porn actor John Wayne Bobbitt.

[2] He later bought controlling interest in a Los Angeles massage parlor called Circus Maximus in West Hollywood.

Gordon subsequently bought two additional massage parlors, one in Signal Hill and the other in Costa Mesa, California.

La Toya's father Joseph stated in his book The Jacksons that he believed Gordon brainwashed her and made her scared of her own family.

"[12] In 1993, in their New York home, Gordon allegedly beat La Toya repeatedly with a heavy brass dining room chair, leaving Jackson with bruises on her face, arms, legs and back in addition to a black eye, lip and chin swollen to "the size of a clenched fist," requiring 12 stitches in her mouth.

[14] In December 1993, Gordon hastily arranged a press conference in Tel Aviv where he had Jackson read a statement that she believed sex abuse allegations against her younger brother Michael were true.

[16] According to La Toya, Gordon threatened to have siblings Michael and Janet killed if she didn't follow his orders.

[13] Under Gordon's management, Jackson's career declined, as he booked her disreputable jobs such as spokesperson for the Psychic Friends Network.

Due to Gordon's steady stream of publicity stunts Jackson had become a hate figure of sorts.

Jackson phoned her brother Randy, who flew to New York City to help her escape while Gordon was out.

He claimed that La Toya's younger brother Michael had performed monkey sacrifice rituals, abused Bubbles the chimpanzee, and even accused him of forcing Lisa Marie Presley to marry him.

"[21] FBI wiretaps in 1994 linked Gordon to Genovese crime family member James "Little Jimmy" Ida.

Gordon paid the group $1,500 a month for at least two years to protect La Toya from "shakedowns" by rival mobsters.

Gordon also employed the services of organized crime defense attorney and former Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman.

Before Gordon became La Toya's co-manager with her father in the late 1980s (and eventually manager) it was widely known he had a disreputable past including a criminal record.

[10] Gordon's clients included John Wayne Bobbitt, Divine Brown, Gloria Gaynor, Shannen Doherty, and Sharon Stone.

Gordon arranged Jones' nude spread in Penthouse, and claimed he helped her launch a psychic hotline.