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‘Sopranos’ actors in legal trouble

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From the Associated Press

It would be enough to give Tony Soprano agita.

Continuing a string of off-screen run-ins with the law, two more “Sopranos” fringe characters -- the television mob boss’ favorite chef and his muscle-bound bodyguard -- have been charged in separate criminal cases in New York.

John Ventimiglia, who plays temperamental chef Artie Bucco on the HBO hit, was arraigned Monday on suspicion of drunk driving, drug possession and other charges after officers spotted him weaving in and out of traffic. Ventimiglia, 42, was released without bail.

In a statement issued Tuesday, his lawyer, Benjamin Petrofsky, said his client “feels terrible and embarrassed.”

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Louis Gross -- who plays bodyguard Perry Annunziata -- was charged with criminal mischief after a woman claimed that he broke into her home on April 18. True to his character, the 23-year-old reacted in the style of omerta (a code of silence about alleged crimes) Monday after his release without bail.

“I don’t know nothing,” he told reporters. “I’m innocent. I’m always innocent.”

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