NEW YORK – It would be enough to give Tony Soprano a fit.
Continuing a string of off-screen run-ins with the law, two more fringe characters from “The Sopranos” – the television mob boss’s favorite chef and his muscle-bound bodyguard – have been charged in separate criminal cases.
John Ventimiglia, who plays temperamental chef Artie Bucco on the HBO hit, was arraigned Monday on drunken driving, drug possession and other charges after officers spotted him weaving in and out of traffic.
A criminal complaint alleges that when police pulled him over, the actor had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and smelled of booze. His blood-alcohol content was 0.12 – the legal limit is 0.08 – and he was carrying a zip-lock bag with cocaine residue, the complaint said.
Ventimiglia, 42, was released without bail.
Meanwhile, Louis Gross – who plays bodyguard Perry Annunziata on “The Sopranos” – was charged with criminal mischief after a woman claimed that he broke into her home on April 18.
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