Sopranos creator wins court battle

A FEDERAL jury yesterday ruled against a man who says he helped The Sopranos creator David Chase develop ideas for the hit HBO mob drama.

The jury dismissed the claims of Robert Baer, ruling the aspiring writer and former prosecutor was not owed anything for help he provided while Mr Chase wrote an early draft of the pilot.

Mr Chase’s lawyers hugged after hearing the verdict, which came after less than two hours of deliberations on the trial’s fifth day.