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The veteran character actor pleaded guilty to taking part in a brutal attempt to collect a debt using mob enforcers from the infamous Gambino crime family.

A longtime character actor who played a mobster on "The Sopranos" was set to come face to face with real-life New York justice Wednesday.

Roughly a month after a wild night that left a New York hotel room in tatters and sent Charlie Sheen to the hospital, the drama continues.

A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the prosecutor said the actor no longer wanted to pursue a case stemming from the death of his teenage son.

A sheriff's official says Mel Gibson has met with detectives to discuss his claims that his ex-girlfriend attempted to extort money from him.

Sheriff's detectives in Los Angeles are checking extortion allegations against Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend.

Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a Michigan couple accused of trying to swindle actor John Stamos out of $680,000 by falsely claiming to have photos of him using illegal drugs.

Mel's lawyers will present evidence that Oksana lied to Sheriff's deputies by knowingly making numerous false statements.

A judge on Tuesday refused to throw out the criminal case against a TV producer who is accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman.

The case spurred the late-night icon to tell viewers in October that he had slept with women who worked for him.