THE SOPRANOS - CHASE WINS SOPRANOS LAWSUIT

A federal jury on Wednesday rejected former prosecutor Robert Baer's claim that he helped David Chase develop The Sopranos. While the jury agreed that Baer had indeed discussed mob activities in New Jersey with Chase and had introduced him to several people who provided useful information for the show, it found that Baer had not proved that he had a reasonable expectation to be compensated for those services. After the ruling, Chase told reporters that he had always regarded the lawsuit as a nuisance "This has been like having a fly buzzing in your bathroom for seven years and now it has been swatted," Chase said. Baer, however, continued to maintain, "I helped him to create it. I was feeding him information, bringing him to people."

20/12/2007