The general consensus seems to be that Big Paul had next to no allies within his own family BUT does anyone truly know if he didn't look outside his family for help?
Again, according to Kurins and O'Brian:
Paul cut business deals with other families that might have cemented some owed favors. But, the deals were bitterly resented by Paul's troops because they were disadvantaged by them. More important: Paul was carrying on a torrid affair with Gloria Olarte, his Colombian housemaid, and was so head-over-heels for her that the other Dons believed Paul would rat them out ,rather than go to prison for the rest of his life because of the RICO case against him.
