The sad thing about this show is that Mark Balelo was a friend of mine for 25 years. He committed suicide 5-6 months ago. They said he did it because of a second drug arrest. Not true. He kidnapped his ex-wife, and he knew he would go to prison for many years. Another friend of mine did time for him because of drugs. The last few times I saw him, he was high on meth.
25 years ago, he did security for dance parties. From there, he went to work for Ford. Then, he started working for Beverly Hills BMW as a salesman. He lost everything, and moved to New Mexico. He came back and started a liquidation business which grew to 6 huge warehouses in Simi Valley, Ca. His parents were stinking rich. He had it all, but drugs did him in.
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