Cohen's crews also included such men as William "Stumpy" Zevon (father of musician Warren Zevon), Mike Howard (Meyer Horowitz), Joe and Fred Sica.

Stompanato was not, as compared to others, a tough guy. He was among other things a bisexual gigolo and possible pimp who Cohen used for blackmail opportunities.

"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.