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piro,” said Mr. Apperson. He explained that by pleading guilty to the gun possession charges, the jury never heard about his extensive arsenal or his felony conviction for assault.
Mr. Apperson said investigators have been told of several incidents where Allison tried to intimidate others. In one case, said Mr. Apperson, Allison held a gun to a woman’s head before firing it into the air. He cut a former girlfriend on the leg during a trip to Florida and had fired a rifle into the air at the Marshall 7Eleven only a few weeks before his arrest.
“There were a lot of rumors that Kenny killed folks,” said Mr. Apperson. “A lot of that may be selfdriven, because Kenny liked to have people respect him. I think fear is a better word.”
Thelma Allison Knowlton told investigators that Allison beat her badly on one occasion, kicking her while she cringed on the floor. Henry Payne, who lived in Allison’s Washington, Va., home and sold cocaine for Allison, was a “human punching bag,” said Mr. Apperson.
“Kenny put (Payne) in the hospital one time. He even beat up Wayne Leonard, and Wayne’s a big fellow,” said Mr. Apperson.
The prosecutor also told of another aspect of Allison’s life that may be surprising. Even as he built a lucrative cocaine network and paid cash for land and autos, Allison lived a few hundred yards from his parents in Marshall. His parents still lack indoor plumbing and his brother Jerry told investigators that he moved in with Allison, in part, to have a place to shower.
The social aspect of what went on at Allison’s two homes is another side to the story that the jury didn’t hear, said Mr. Apperson. A set of photographs, entered as evidence but not used, showed Allison and a naked woman cavorting on a couch with a pile of cocaine in front of them.
“Cocaine was always available and there was lots of it,” said Mr. Apperson. “He gave it away to his girlfriends and to his friends.”
At the Gold Cup races, said Mr. Apperson, Allison would usually rent a recreational vehicle and provide guests with cocaine and free drinks. “He certainly liked to entertain,” said Mr. Apperson.
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