Sopranos Cast Reunites For Charity Event. - page 2

20-12-2007 12:01

Robert Baer alleges he spent three days with Chase, introducing him to people with mobster connections and taking him for tours around mob sites.

He claims Chase based characters and much of the Sopranos pilot on information he had helped him obtain - and is suing for a share of profits.

On Tuesday (18Dec07), Chase told a Trenton, New Jersey, court he was left devastated by Baer's claims, saying, "You're a man, you're a grown-up, you're not supposed to cry. But I felt like crying. Mr Baer was going to sue me for half of everything I had made.

"The Sopranos was me. That was my mother, my uncles. Here he was saying he took credit for half of it.

"All I ever wanted was to be original, and for someone to claim I stole his idea, it made me sick - it was an anathema."

The court must decide if Baer's services should be compensated, and if so, by how much.