It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the steady stream of criminal activity by people associated with “The Sopranos,” but this just cracked me up – Louis Gross, who just joined the cast as Tony’s bodyguard (the one Tony picked a fight with to prove he was still top dog), has been arrested twice in recent months:
[Gross] was busted Sunday for allegedly bashing in the front door of a home in St. Albans in Queens, N.Y., and walking off with $2,700 in property.
As he left Queens Criminal Court last night, Gross, 23, called the home’s owner, Trinny Hill, 38, “my landlord – my ex-landlord,” though cops countered that Hill is really his ex-girlfriend.
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He was busted on Feb. 3 for allegedly stealing a shirt from Michael K, a trendy SoHo men’s shop, and then beating the store manager and a security guard when they confronted him, law enforcement sources said.
What I just loved was Gross’ response:
“I don’t know nothing. I’m innocent. I’m always innocent,” he said last night. “They were personal items – they belonged to me,” he added. “I had the right to take them.”
I think I would not advise him to say that one in front of a jury.