David Chase is headed to federal court to defend his role in creating the hit HBO mob drama, "The Sopranos."
Jury selection was to begin Wednesday in Trenton in the case of a former New Jersey municipal court judge who claims his ideas helped Chase come up with the show's plot.
Robert Baer, also a former assistant prosecutor in Union and Hudson counties, sued Chase in 2002, claiming he suggested a TV show about organized crime in New Jersey and gave Chase a crash course on the north Jersey mob.
In court documents, Chase countered that Baer is "self-delusional." He is expected to testify at the trial.
A spokeswoman …
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